[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17084-17085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06351]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085; FRL-9696-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides (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 Radionuclides (EPA ICR 
Number 1100.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0191) 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 May 31, 2022. In addition, the 
Agency proposes the consolidation of this ICR with OMB Control Number 
2060-0706, which was established to address the information collection 
requirements created by the revisions to NESHAP subpart W in 2017. All 
information collection required would then be included in a single ICR, 
together with the information collection requirements of subparts B, K, 
and R. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on October 4, 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 not conduct or 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 April 25, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0085, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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: Jonathan P. Walsh, Radiation 
Protection Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 
6608T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9238; fax number: 202-
343-2304; 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: On December 15, 1989, pursuant to Section 112 of the 
Clean Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1857), the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations to control radionuclide 
emissions from several source categories. The regulations are codified 
at 40 CFR part 61. Of the eight subparts (B, H, I, K, Q, R, T and W) 
included in the 1989 rule, as currently amended, four apply to 
privately-operated facilities. In addition to requiring operational 
practices that limit emissions, subparts B, K, R, and W impose 
radionuclide dose and/or emission limits, respectively, to underground 
uranium mines, elemental phosphorous plants, phosphogypsum stacks, and 
uranium mill tailings impoundments. Facilities must inspect 
impoundments, measure radionuclide emissions, perform analyses or 
calculations per EPA procedures, and report the results to the EPA.
    Information collected is used by the EPA to ensure that public 
health and the environment continue to be protected from the hazards of 
airborne radionuclides by compliance with these standards. Compliance 
is demonstrated through emissions testing and dose calculation when 
appropriate.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: The North American Industry 
Classification

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System (NAICS) codes of facilities associated with the activity of the 
respondents are: (1) Elemental Phosphorous--325180, (2) Phosphogypsum 
Stacks--212392, (3) Underground Uranium Mines--212291, and (4) Uranium 
Mill Tailings--212291.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (CAA, Sec, 112; 40 
CFR part 61).
    Estimated number of respondents: 25 (total).
    Frequency of response: Monthly, annual, or one-time depending on 
the source category and respondent activity.
    Total estimated burden: 4,146 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $632,392 (per year), which includes $338,600 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Total estimated respondent hours 
increased from 1,880 hours in the previous approved version of this ICR 
to 4,146. The primary source of this increase was the consolidation of 
this ICR with ICR 2060-0706. 1,806 hours of burden that were approved 
by OMB in 2021 for ICR 2060-0706 were added. Additionally, while no 
Subpart B facilities were reporting at the time of the last renewal in 
2018, the Agency identified two respondents that are likely to submit 
annual reports in 2021. These two responses were added to the ICR, 
adding 460 hours of labor and $10,600 of non-labor cost to the burden 
that was approved in 2019. For Subparts K, R, and W, there were no 
changes to the number of respondents, the annual time burden, or the 
annual non-labor cost compared to the most recent approvals of these 
ICRs. The requested burden reflects the sum of the two ICRs that are 
being consolidated.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06351 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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