Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1821.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0419, 75091-75092 [E8-29230]
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the Agency publicized a supplemental
rulemaking for ferroalloys, mineral
wool, primary copper, primary lead and
wool fiberglass which enhanced the
requirements for bag leak detection
systems in 40 CFR 63.1625 and 40 CFR
63.1655 by including an enforceable
operating limit in this rule. These
standards apply to emissions sources
from primary lead smelters including
sinter machine, blast furnace, dross
furnace, process fugitive, and fugitive
dust sources.
The affected entities are subject to the
General Provisions of the NESHAP at 40
CFR part 63, subpart A, and any
changes, or additions to the General
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart TTT.
Respondents are required to submit
initial notifications, conduct
performance tests, and submit periodic
reports. 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; any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative; the production for
unrefined lead, copper matte, and
copper speiss; the date and times of bag
leak detection system alarms and the
corrective action taken; baghouse
inspection and maintenance; any
records required as part of the source
standard operating procedures (SOP)
manuals; and the compliance methods
chosen. Reports, at a minimum, are
required semiannually. These
notifications, reports, and records are
essential in determining compliance,
and are required of all affected facilities
subject to NESHAP.
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 3,048 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
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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:
Primary lead smelters including sinter
machine, blast furnace, dross furnace,
process fugitive, and fugitive dust
sources.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
occasionally, semi-annually, and yearly.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
12,190.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$1,003,082, which includes $984,082 in
Labor costs, $19,000 in O&M costs, and
no annualized capital/start-up costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0301; FRL–8749–7]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling,
HCl Process Facilities and
Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1821.06,
OMB Control Number 2060–0419
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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
below describes the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before January 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2008–0301, to (1) EPA online
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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:
Learia Williams, Compliance
Assessment and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2223A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
williams.learia@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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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–2008–0301, 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.,
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key in the docket ID number identified
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copyrighted material, Confidential
Business Information (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 Steel Pickling, HCl
Process Facilities and Hydrochloric
Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1821.06, OMB Control Number 2060–
0419.
ICR Status: This ICR is schedule to
expire on February 28, 2009. 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 Steel Pickling, HCl
Process Facilities and Hydrochloric
Acid Regeneration Plants published at
40 CFR part 63, subpart CCC, were
proposed on September 18, 1997 (62 FR
49051) and promulgated on June 22,
1999 (64 FR 33202). This rule applies to
all facilities that pickle steel using
hydrochloric acid or regenerate
hydrochloric acid, and are major
sources or are part of a facility that is
a major source. This regulation does not
apply to any pickling line that uses an
acid other than hydrochloric acid or an
acid solution containing less than 6
percent HCl or at a temperature less
than 100 degrees (Fahrenheit). This
rulemaking establishes limits for
hydrochloric acid emissions from
continuous and batch pickling lines and
acid regeneration units and limits for
chlorine emissions from acid
regeneration units. Also, operational
and equipment standards are
established for stationary acid storage
vessels.
The monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting requirements outlined in the
rule are similar to those required for
other NESHAP regulations. Consistent
with the NESHAP General Provisions
(40 CFR part 63, subpart A),
respondents would submit one-time
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notifications of applicability and a onetime report on performance test results
for the primary emission control device.
Plants also must develop and
implement a startup, shutdown, and
malfunction plan (SSMP) and submit
semiannual reports of any event where
the procedures in the plan were not
followed. Sources are required to submit
semiannual reports at all times
including for periods of monitoring
exceedances and periods of compliance
certifying that no exceedances have
occurred. NESHAP 40 CFR part 60,
subpart CCC, also requires the owner or
operator to submit a written
maintenance plan for each emission
control device. These notifications,
reports, and records are essential in
determining compliance, and are
required of all sources subject to
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. This information is
being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart CCC, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of
the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data
and other information that have been
determined to be private.
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 listed in
40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
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 168 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose and 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. All existing
ways will have to adjust to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements that have
subsequently changed; train personnel
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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: Steel
pickling, HCl process facilities and
hydrochloric acid regeneration plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
72.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
occasionally and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
25,316.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$2,283,406, which includes: $2,275,774
in Labor costs, $7,632 in O&M costs,
and no capital costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
decrease in labor hours from the most
recently approved ICR from 25,448 to
25,316 hours is due to a decrease in the
number of new or modified sources.
Based on our discussions with the steel
industry representatives, the steel
industry and the steel pickling, in
particular, will be experiencing
essentially a flat production in the
coming years with no new facilities
anticipated. There is an increase in the
labor cost burden, which is due to an
updating of the labor rates.
There is a decrease in the capital/
startup and operations and maintenance
(O&M) costs from the previous ICR,
which is due to the decrease in the
number of new or modified sources and
an adjustment for rounding-up in the
previous ICR.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Consolidation of Several Currently
Approved Collections; Comment
Request; Pesticide Registration Fees
Program; EPA ICR No. 2330.01, OMB
Control No. 2070–new
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew and
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0301; FRL-8749-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl
Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal),
EPA ICR Number 1821.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0419
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 9,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0301, 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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-2008-0301, 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
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copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (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 Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and
Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1821.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0419.
ICR Status: This ICR is schedule to expire on February 28, 2009.
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 Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and
Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart CCC, were proposed on September 18, 1997 (62 FR 49051) and
promulgated on June 22, 1999 (64 FR 33202). This rule applies to all
facilities that pickle steel using hydrochloric acid or regenerate
hydrochloric acid, and are major sources or are part of a facility that
is a major source. This regulation does not apply to any pickling line
that uses an acid other than hydrochloric acid or an acid solution
containing less than 6 percent HCl or at a temperature less than 100
degrees (Fahrenheit). This rulemaking establishes limits for
hydrochloric acid emissions from continuous and batch pickling lines
and acid regeneration units and limits for chlorine emissions from acid
regeneration units. Also, operational and equipment standards are
established for stationary acid storage vessels.
The monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements outlined
in the rule are similar to those required for other NESHAP regulations.
Consistent with the NESHAP General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart
A), respondents would submit one-time notifications of applicability
and a one-time report on performance test results for the primary
emission control device. Plants also must develop and implement a
startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan (SSMP) and submit semiannual
reports of any event where the procedures in the plan were not
followed. Sources are required to submit semiannual reports at all
times including for periods of monitoring exceedances and periods of
compliance certifying that no exceedances have occurred. NESHAP 40 CFR
part 60, subpart CCC, also requires the owner or operator to submit a
written maintenance plan for each emission control device. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to 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. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart CCC, as
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
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 listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 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 168
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose and 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. All
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements that 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: Steel pickling, HCl process
facilities and hydrochloric acid regeneration plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,316.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,283,406, which includes: $2,275,774
in Labor costs, $7,632 in O&M costs, and no capital costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in labor hours from the most
recently approved ICR from 25,448 to 25,316 hours is due to a decrease
in the number of new or modified sources. Based on our discussions with
the steel industry representatives, the steel industry and the steel
pickling, in particular, will be experiencing essentially a flat
production in the coming years with no new facilities anticipated.
There is an increase in the labor cost burden, which is due to an
updating of the labor rates.
There is a decrease in the capital/startup and operations and
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR, which is due to the
decrease in the number of new or modified sources and an adjustment for
rounding-up in the previous ICR.
Dated: December 3, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-29230 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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