[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38479-38480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15468]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0099; FRL--8748-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production Area 
Sources (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 Ferroalloys Production 
Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2303.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0625), 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 September 30, 
2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 12, 2020 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 August 20, 
2021.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0099, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), 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.

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, WJC 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 Ferroalloys Production Area Sources (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart YYYYYY) apply to existing and new ferroalloy 
production facilities that are an area source of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions. 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: Owners and operators of area source 
ferroalloys production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YYYYYY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 9 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, annually, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 362 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $42,500 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a small decrease in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program 
changes. This ICR reflects a reduction in the number of respondents 
based on a review of facilities listed in the 2008 final rule docket 
that remain in operation. A review of these facilities revealed that 
one of the existing ten companies has shut down, while remaining 
facilities appear to continue to be in operation. The growth rate for 
this industry is very low or non-existent, so no new companies are 
expected to become subject to this NESHAP during the three-year period 
of this ICR. There are no changes in the capital/startup or operation 
and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-15468 Filed 7-20-21; 8:45 am]
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