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Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–6369; fax
number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail
address: lazarus.leonard@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to EPA
and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0433, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, in person viewing
at the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket and Information Center in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center Docket is (202)
566–1514.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Plastic Parts and
Products Surface Coating (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2044.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0537.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2007. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. An Agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
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information, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Respondents are owners, or
operators of plastic parts and products
surface coating operations. Owners, or
operators of the affected facilities
described must make initial reports
when a source becomes subject to the
standard, conduct and report on a
performance test, demonstrate and
report on continuous monitor
performance, and maintain records of
the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility.
Semiannual reports of excess emissions
are required. These notifications,
reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance and are
required, in general, of all sources
subject to National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP).
Any owner, or operator subject to the
provisions of this part shall maintain a
file of these measurements and retain
the file for at least five years following
the date of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. All
reports are sent to the delegated state, or
local authority. In the event that there
is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA
regional office.
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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 77 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
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existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Owners or operators of plastic parts and
products surface coating operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
828.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
Semiannually, On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
321,393.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $
27,220,752, includes $16,000 capital/
startup costs and $248,400 annualized
O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 278,860 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The increase in burden reflects
the need for facilities to be in
compliance with the rule requirements
prior to the date of this ICR, and a
revision in the number of facilities
subject to the NESHAP. The increase in
Operations and Maintenance cost is due
to installation and maintenance of
equipment used to verify compliance
with the rule requirements.
Dated: January 12, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel
Foundries (Renewal) EPA ICR Number
2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0543
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. The ICR which is abstracted
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below describes the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before February 21,
2007.
Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2006–0447, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, mail code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Marıa Malave, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail
Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–7027; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
malave.maria@epa.gov.
ADDRESSES:
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to EPA
and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0447, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov, in person
viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566–1927.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
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that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov,
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for the Iron and Steel
Foundries (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0543.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2007. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. 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.
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
and displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundries
(40 CFR part 63, subpart EEEEE) were
proposed on December 12, 2002, (67 FR
78274), and promulgated on April 22,
2004, (69 FR 21905). The final rule was
amended on May 20, 2005 (70 FR
29400). Entities potentially affected by
this rule are owners or operators of new
and existing iron and steel foundries
that are major sources of hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emissions. The rule
applies to emissions from metal melting
furnaces, scrap preheaters, pouring
areas, pouring stations, automated
conveyor and pallet cooling lines,
automated shakeout lines, and mold and
core making lines, and fugitive
emissions from foundry operations. This
information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 63,
subpart EEEEE.
Owners or operators of the affected
facilities described must make one-timeonly notifications including:
Notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility
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which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of
the initial performance test, including
information necessary to determine the
conditions of the performance test; and
performance test measurements and
results. All reports are sent to the
delegated State or local authority. In the
event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to
the EPA regional office. Owners or
operators must maintain records of
initial and subsequent compliance tests
for lead compounds, and identify the
date, time, cause, and corrective actions
taken for all bag leak detection alarms.
Records of continuous monitoring
devices, including parametric
monitoring, must be maintained and
reported semiannually. Owners or
operators 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. Any owner or operator
subject to the provisions of this part
shall maintain a file of these
measurements, and retain the records
for at least five years following the date
of such measurements and records. At a
minimum, records of the previous two
years must be maintained on site.
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. The OMB Control
Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
and are identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 151 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
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Respondents/Affected Entities:
Owners or operators of iron and steel
foundries.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
98.
Frequency of Response: Initially, on
occasion, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
29,747 hours.
Estimated Costs: $2,919,524, which
includes $0 annualized Capital Startup
costs, $400,060 annualized Operating &
Maintenance Costs (O&M), and
$2,519,464 annualized Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
increase in burden of 7,422 hours from
the most recently approved ICR is due
primarily to the inclusion of burden
associated with existing sources
commencing to conduct periodic scrap
inspections and submitting periodic
compliance reports. The burden
associated with these activities has
offset any burden associated with
sources complying with the initial rule
requirements (i.e., install the required
emissions control and monitoring
equipment, conduct initial performance
tests, prepare the required written plans,
and provide the one-time notifications),
which was the basis for the burden
calculation in the previous ICR.
The increase of $127,460 in the total
annualized cost is primarily due to an
increase on the burden associated with
operations and maintenance (O&M) of
monitors. The O&M costs in the renewal
of this ICR renewal has offset the capital
costs associated with installation of the
necessary monitoring equipment, which
was the basis of the total annualized
cost calculation in the previous ICR.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval: Comment
Request: National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES).
Modification and Variance Requests:
EPA ICR Number 0234.09, OMB
Control Number 2080–0021; Correction
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
EPA published Federal
Register on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 130–
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132), requesting comments and
information on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection to
enable it to evaluate the impact of the
Discharge Monitoring Report-Quality
Assurance (DMR–QA) program on the
Clean Water Act’s National Pollution
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Permittees. The document contains an
incorrect heading. Deadline for seeking
public comment has been extended to
March 15, 2007.
DATES: Submission of comments on the
January 3, 2007 Federal Register (72 FR
130) are extended until on or before
March 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID Number: EPA–
HQ–OECA–2006–0931, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: helm.john@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–564–0029.
• Mail: DMR–QA Permittee Data
Report Form, EPA Docket Center, (EPA/
DC) Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
• OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Instruction: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–
0931. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
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name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. (For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.) .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Helm, Office of Compliance, Laboratory
Data Integrity Branch, 2225A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–
4144; fax number 202–564–0029; e-mail
address: helm.john@epa.gov.
Correction
The Heading in the Federal Register
of January 3, 2007 (72 FR 130), should
read: Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Performance
Evaluation Studies on Water and
Wastewater Laboratories, EPA ICR
Number 0234.09. OMB Control Number
2080–0021.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
Richard Colbert,
Director, Agriculture Division.
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Child-Specific Exposure Factors
Handbook
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Re-opening of Public
Comment Period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is re-opening the public
comment period for the draft document
titled, ‘‘Child-Specific Exposure Factors
Handbook’’ (EPA/600/R–06/096A). The
document was prepared by the National
Center for Environmental Assessment
within EPA’s Office of Research and
Development.
On October 6, 2006, EPA published a
Federal Register notice (71 FR 59107)
announcing a 60-day public comment
period that ended December 5, 2006.
EPA is re-opening the public comment
period for an additional 30 days in
response to requests to extend the
comment period.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel
Foundries (Renewal) EPA ICR Number 2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060-
0543
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted
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below describes the nature of the collection and the estimated burden
and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 21,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0447, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7027; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0447, which is available for public viewing
online at https://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for the Iron and Steel Foundries (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2096.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0543.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundries (40 CFR part 63,
subpart EEEEE) were proposed on December 12, 2002, (67 FR 78274), and
promulgated on April 22, 2004, (69 FR 21905). The final rule was
amended on May 20, 2005 (70 FR 29400). Entities potentially affected by
this rule are owners or operators of new and existing iron and steel
foundries that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
emissions. The rule applies to emissions from metal melting furnaces,
scrap preheaters, pouring areas, pouring stations, automated conveyor
and pallet cooling lines, automated shakeout lines, and mold and core
making lines, and fugitive emissions from foundry operations. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
63, subpart EEEEE.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make
one-time-only notifications including: Notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the initial
performance test, including information necessary to determine the
conditions of the performance test; and performance test measurements
and results. All reports are sent to the delegated State or local
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. Owners or
operators must maintain records of initial and subsequent compliance
tests for lead compounds, and identify the date, time, cause, and
corrective actions taken for all bag leak detection alarms. Records of
continuous monitoring devices, including parametric monitoring, must be
maintained and reported semiannually. Owners or operators 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. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this
part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the
records for at least five years following the date of such measurements
and records. At a minimum, records of the previous two years must be
maintained on site.
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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 151
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
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Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of iron and
steel foundries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.
Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 29,747 hours.
Estimated Costs: $2,919,524, which includes $0 annualized Capital
Startup costs, $400,060 annualized Operating & Maintenance Costs (O&M),
and $2,519,464 annualized Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden of 7,422 hours
from the most recently approved ICR is due primarily to the inclusion
of burden associated with existing sources commencing to conduct
periodic scrap inspections and submitting periodic compliance reports.
The burden associated with these activities has offset any burden
associated with sources complying with the initial rule requirements
(i.e., install the required emissions control and monitoring equipment,
conduct initial performance tests, prepare the required written plans,
and provide the one-time notifications), which was the basis for the
burden calculation in the previous ICR.
The increase of $127,460 in the total annualized cost is primarily
due to an increase on the burden associated with operations and
maintenance (O&M) of monitors. The O&M costs in the renewal of this ICR
renewal has offset the capital costs associated with installation of
the necessary monitoring equipment, which was the basis of the total
annualized cost calculation in the previous ICR.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-825 Filed 1-19-07; 8:45 am]
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