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of these voluntary partnership
programs.
EPA has developed this ICR to obtain
authorization to collect information
from organizations participating in the
GPP and CHPP. Organizations that join
these programs voluntarily agree to the
following respective actions: (1)
Designating a Green Power or CHP
liaison and filling out a Partnership
Agreement or Letter of Intent (LOI)
respectively, (2) for the GPP, reporting
to EPA, on an annual basis, their
progress toward their green power
commitment via a 3-page reporting
form; (3) for the CHP Partnership,
reporting to EPA information on their
existing CHP projects, new project
development, and other CHP-related
activities via a one-page reporting form
(for projects) or via an informal email or
phone call (for other CHP-related
activities). EPA uses the data obtained
from its Partners to assess the success of
these programs in achieving their
national energy and greenhouse gas
(GHG) reduction goals. Partners are
organizational entities that have
volunteered to participate in either
Partnership program.
Burden Statement: Please note that
the following burden hour and labor
rates may change in the final ICR,
pending the application of survey
results of Partners. The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to equal 10,407 hours for
submission and processing and to
average 4.79 hours per year per
respondent. The average number of
annual burden hours on first-year
Partners for each type of one-time
response is: 4.4 hours for a Partnership
Agreement (a one-time burden for GPP
Partners) and 2.5 hours for a Letter of
Intent (a one-time burden for CHPP
Partners). Annual burden hours on
existing Partners for yearly reports are
estimated at 2.6 hours for the Partner
Yearly Report for the GPP and 3.5 hours
for the Partner Yearly Report for the
CHPP.
Partners from both programs may also
submit voluntary updates of simple
information, such as contact
information or company profiles, via the
EPA Web site. These updates would
take from 15 minutes to 0.5 hours each.
A subset of Partners may participate in
brief (i.e., 15 minute) telephone calls
with EPA to clarify questions pertaining
to the Partnership Agreement or LOI,
GPP Yearly Report or CHPP Partner
project reporting. All of these activities
are included in the annual burden
estimate.
The estimated number of annual
respondents averaged over three (3)
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years is 2,174 which include an average
of 1,660 for the GPP and 514
respondents for the CHPP.
There are no capital or start-up costs
associated with this information
collection. The average annual
operation and maintenance cost
resulting for this collection of
information is $3 per respondent. The
average annual labor cost is $152.09 per
respondent, pending the application of
survey results of Partners. The resulting
total annual cost for Partners averaged
over the three year period is $337,166.
In the previous ICR the total cost
averaged over the 3-year period was
$521,937. The total cost estimate
decrease for Partners is due to a
corrected downward adjustment in the
labor rates used to calculate respondent
burden, partially offset by an increase in
the number of Partners.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,174.
Frequency of Response: Annually, on
Occasion, One time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
10,407.
Estimated Total Annual Cost
(including Partner, EPA, and contractor
costs): $473,979, which includes $0
annualized Capital Startup costs, $6,522
annualized Operating and Maintenance
(O&M) costs and $467,457 annualized
Labor costs.
Are there changes in the estimates from
the last approval?
Since the last ICR renewal, both the
GPP and CHPP have introduced
program efficiencies to reduce program
burden by encouraging the electronic
submission of documents directly to the
program support contractors. The
average number of hours per Partner
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remained the same, at 3.24 hours,
pending a partner survey to determine
the results of these efficiencies. The
total hourly burden increased due to an
increase in the number of Partners. For
perspective on the magnitude of partner
growth, the number of Partners at the
end of 2008 was 1,286, whereas by the
end of 2011 there will be an estimated
1,725. The total cost estimate over the
3-year period for this renewal ICR is
$1,421,937, or an average of $473,979
per year, of which $6,522 is O&M costs.
The total cost to GPP and CHPP Partners
is $1,011,498 ($19,566 is O&M), or
$337,166 ($6,522 is O&M) per year. In
the previous 2008 ICR renewal, the total
cost over the 3-year period was
$1,991,978. The total cost estimate
decrease for Partners is due to a
corrected downward adjustment in the
labor rates for respondents, partially
offset by an increase in the number of
Partners.
What is the next step in the process for
this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package then
will be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
Elizabeth Craig,
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships
Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0229; FRL–9509–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel
Foundry Area Sources (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
SUMMARY:
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(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 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2011–0229, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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 2822IT, 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, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; email 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 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both
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–2011–0229, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov or 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) 566–1752.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://www.
regulations.gov to submit or view public
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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, 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 Iron and Steel
Foundry Area Sources (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2267.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0605.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2011. 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
the EPA regulations are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Abstract: The final rule for National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel
Foundry Area Sources (40 CFR part 63,
subpart ZZZZZ) published on January 2,
2008 (73 FR 225). Potential respondents
are owners or operators of any existing
or new iron or steel foundry that is an
area source of hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) emissions. Research and
development facilities are not covered
by the rule. Foundries covered by the
rule would not be required to obtain a
Title V operating permit.
There are different requirements for
foundries based on size. Small iron and
steel foundries are required to comply
with pollution prevention management
practices for scrap materials, the
removal of mercury switches, and
binder formulations. Large iron and
steel foundries are required to comply
with the same pollution prevention
management practices as small
foundries in addition to emissions
limitations for melting furnaces and
foundry operations.
Owners or operators must submit
notification that the facility is subject to
the rule, notification of performance
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test, notification of compliance status
(including results of performance tests
and other initial compliance
demonstrations), and the semiannual
compliance report. Owners or operators
of cellulose products manufacturing
facilities subject to the rule must
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 63, subpart ZZZZZ, as
authorized in section 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 16 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Iron
and Steel Foundry Area Sources.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
427.
Frequency of Response: Initially, and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
6,024.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$429,208, which includes $420,718 in
labor costs, $8,490 capital/startup costs,
and no operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in the labor hours or cost to the
respondents in this ICR compared to the
previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations: (1) the regulations have
not changed over the past three years
and are not anticipated to change over
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the next three years; and (2) the growth
rate according to the industry sources is
very low, negative or non-existent, so
there is no significant change in the
overall burden. There are no new
facilities expected to be constructed
over the next three years of this ICR.
Therefore, the labor hours and cost
figures in the previous ICR reflect the
current burden on the respondents and
are reiterated in this ICR.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Gasoline
Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk
Plants, Pipeline Facilities and Gasoline
Dispensing Facilities
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2011–0230, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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 2822IT, 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.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Learia Williams, Monitoring,
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Assistance, and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; email address:
williams.learia@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both
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–2011–0230, 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) 566–1752.
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, 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 Gasoline
Distribution Bulk Terminals, Bulk
Plants, Pipeline Facilities and Gasoline
Dispensing Facilities (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2237.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0620.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2011. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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
the EPA regulations are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Gasoline Distribution
Bulk Terminals, Bulk Plants, Pipeline
Facilities and Gasoline Dispensing
Facilities was published on January 10,
2008 (73 FR 1916), and amended on
January 24, 2011 (76 FR 4156). Potential
respondents are owners or operators of
any existing or new gasoline
distribution facilities that are an area
source of hazardous air pollutants
(HAP) emissions.
In addition to the initial notification
and notification of compliance status
required by the General Provisions to 40
CFR part 63, subpart A, respondents are
required to submit one-time reports of
start of construction, anticipated and
actual startup dates, and physical or
operational changes to existing
facilities. Reports of initial performance
tests on control devices at gasoline
distribution storage tanks, loading racks,
and vapor balance systems are also
required and are necessary to show that
the installed control devices are meeting
the emission limitations required by the
NESHAP. Annual reports of storage tank
inspections at all affected facilities are
required. In addition, respondents must
submit semiannual compliance and
continuous monitoring system
performance reports, and semiannual
reports of equipment leaks not repaired
within 15 days or loadings of cargo
tanks for which vapor tightness
documentation is not available.
All records are to be maintained for at
least five years. All reports are to be
submitted to the respondent’s State or
local agency, whichever has been
delegated enforcement authority by the
EPA. The information is to be used to
determine whether all sources subject to
the NESHAP are achieving the
standards.
This information is being collected to
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63,
subpart BBBBBB and CCCCCC, as
authorized in section 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0229; FRL-9509-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry
Area Sources (Renewal)
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
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(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 27,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0229, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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
2822IT, 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, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0229, which is available for public viewing
online at https://www.regulations.gov or 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) 566-1752.
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, 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 Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2267.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0605.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011.
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 the EPA
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Abstract: The final rule for National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundry Area
Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) published on January 2, 2008
(73 FR 225). Potential respondents are owners or operators of any
existing or new iron or steel foundry that is an area source of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. Research and development
facilities are not covered by the rule. Foundries covered by the rule
would not be required to obtain a Title V operating permit.
There are different requirements for foundries based on size. Small
iron and steel foundries are required to comply with pollution
prevention management practices for scrap materials, the removal of
mercury switches, and binder formulations. Large iron and steel
foundries are required to comply with the same pollution prevention
management practices as small foundries in addition to emissions
limitations for melting furnaces and foundry operations.
Owners or operators must submit notification that the facility is
subject to the rule, notification of performance test, notification of
compliance status (including results of performance tests and other
initial compliance demonstrations), and the semiannual compliance
report. Owners or operators of cellulose products manufacturing
facilities subject to the rule must 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 63, subpart ZZZZZ, as
authorized in section 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16
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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 427.
Frequency of Response: Initially, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,024.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $429,208, which includes $420,718 in
labor costs, $8,490 capital/startup costs, and no operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost to the respondents in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This
is due to two considerations: (1) the regulations have not changed over
the past three years and are not anticipated to change over
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the next three years; and (2) the growth rate according to the industry
sources is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There are no new facilities
expected to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR.
Therefore, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR reflect
the current burden on the respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.
Dated: December 21, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-33267 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
