[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 84 (Thursday, April 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23958-23959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09240]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0317; FRL-10006-06-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Gold Mine Ore Processing 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Gold Mine Ore 
Processing (EPA ICR Number 2383.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0659), to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 
2020. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on May 6, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and 
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 1, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2003-0152, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Gold Mine Ore Processing (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEEEEEE) were proposed on April 28, 2010; and promulgated on 
February 17, 2011. These regulations apply to both existing and new 
gold mine ore processing and production facilities that are area 
sources and use ore pretreatment, carbon processes with mercury 
retorts, carbon processes without mercury retorts, and non-carbon 
concentrate processes. The regulation sets mercury emission limits for 
each of the affected processes at both new and existing facilities. New 
facilities include those that either commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEEEEEE.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Gold mine ore processing and 
production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEEEEEE).
    Estimated number of respondents: 21 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,840 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $556,000 (per year), which includes $227,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The burden in labor hours is unchanged 
from the previous ICR renewal and the number of responses is unchanged. 
The costs of performance testing and CEMS monitoring are unchanged from 
the previous ICR renewal. The regulations have not changed over the 
past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. The growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-
existent, so there is no change in the estimate of the number of 
sources subject to these regulations since the previous ICR renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-09240 Filed 4-29-20; 8:45 am]
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