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ICR. Specifically, the previous ICR
overestimated the frequency of burden
activity associated with site-specific test
plans and startup, shutdown, and
malfunction plan reviews. The previous
ICR also double-counted total labor
costs associated with respondent
reporting activities. These discrepancies
resulted in the overestimation of
respondent and Agency labor burdens.
The revisions in this ICR address those
discrepancies, and contribute directly to
the observed decrease in respondent
and Agency labor burdens and costs.
There is an increase in labor rates for
both the respondents and the Agency
from the most- recently approved ICR.
This ICR uses updated labor rates from
the Bureau of Labor Statistics to
calculate burden costs for respondents,
and uses updated labor rates from OPM
to calculate burden costs for the Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0653; FRL–9528–6]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Steel Plants:
Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon
Oxygen Decarburization Vessels
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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
below describes the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2012–0653, 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 28221T, 1200
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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 October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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–2012–0653, which is
available for either 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 either 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, Confidentiality of
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
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Title: NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric
Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen
Decarburization Vessels (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1060.16, OMB Control Number 2060–
0038.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on March 31, 2013. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
either conduct or sponsor the collection
of information while this submission is
pending at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are
subject to the General Provisions of the
NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and
any changes, or additions to the
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60,
subparts AA and AAa.
Owners or operators of the affected
facilities must submit initial notification
report, performance tests, and periodic
reports and results. 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. Reports, at a
minimum, are required semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 308 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:
Owners or operator of electric arc
furnaces and argon oxygen
decarburization vessels.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
98.7.
Frequency of Response: Initially and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
61,310.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$6,137,827, which includes $5,936,587
in labor costs, $5,490 in capital/startup
costs, and $195,750 in operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase in the total estimated burden as
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This
increase is not due to any program
changes. The increases in burden,
including labor hours, labor costs, and
O&M costs reflect an increase in the
number of respondents. The new
number of respondents accounts for the
one new source that is subject to the
rule since the last ICR period. In
addition, this ICR uses updated labor
rates to calculate burden costs, which
results in an increase in labor costs for
both the respondents and the Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013–04405 Filed 2–25–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1184; FRL 9527–6]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Information Requirements for
Locomotives and Locomotive Engines
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Information
Requirements for Locomotives and
Locomotive Engines (Renewal)’’ (EPA
ICR No. 1800.07, OMB Control No.
2060–0392) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through February 28, 2013.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register (77
FR 69450) on November 19, 2012 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 March 28, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–1184, to (1)
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EPA online using www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), by email to aand-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nydia Yanira Reyes-Morales,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail Code
6403J, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–343–9264; fax
number: 202–343–2804; email address:
reyes-morales.nydia@epa.gov.
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,
EPA 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 https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: Title II of the Clean Air Act
(42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) (CAA) charges
the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) with issuing certificates of
conformity for those engines that
comply with applicable emission
standards. Such a certificate must be
issued before engines may be legally
introduced into commerce. Under this
ICR, EPA collects information necessary
to (1) issue certificates of compliance
with emission statements, and (2) verify
compliance with various programs and
regulatory provisions pertaining to
locomotives, locomotive engines, and
locomotive remanufacturing kits
(collectively referred to here as
‘‘engines’’ for simplicity). To apply for
a certificate of conformity,
manufacturers are required to submit
descriptions of their planned
production engines, including detailed
descriptions of emission control systems
and test data. This information is
organized by ‘‘engine family’’ groups
expected to have similar emission
characteristics. There are also
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recordkeeping requirements. Those
manufacturers electing to participate in
the Averaging, Banking and Trading
(AB&T) Program are also required to
submit information regarding the
calculation, actual generation and usage
of credits in an initial report, end-of-theyear report and final report. These
reports are used for certification and
enforcement purposes. Manufacturers
must maintain records for eight years on
the engine families included in the
AB&T Program.
The CAA also mandates EPA to verify
that manufacturers have successfully
translated their certified prototypes into
mass produced engines, and that these
engines comply with emission
standards throughout their useful lives.
Under the Production Line Testing
(PLT) Program, manufacturers are
required to test a sample of engines as
they leave the assembly line. This selfaudit program allows manufacturers to
monitor compliance with statistical
certainty and minimize the cost of
correcting errors through early
detection. A similar audit program
exists for the installation of locomotive
remanufacturing kits. In-use testing
allows manufacturers and EPA to verify
compliance with emission standards
throughout the locomotive’s useful life.
Through Selected Enforcement Audits
(SEAs), EPA verifies that test data
submitted by engine manufacturers is
reliable and testing is performed
according to EPA regulations.
The information requested is
collected by the Diesel Engine
Compliance Center (DECC), Compliance
Division (CD), Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Office of Air and
Radiation, EPA. Besides DECC and CD,
this information could be used by the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance and the Department of Justice
for enforcement purposes. Nonconfidential business information
submitted by respondents to this
information collection may be disclosed
over the Internet. That information is
used by trade associations,
environmental groups, and the public.
Under this ICR, most of the information
is collected in electronic format and
stored in CD’s databases.
Confidential business information
(CBI) is kept confidential in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act,
EPA regulations at 40 CFR Part 2, and
class determinations issued by EPA’s
Office of General Counsel. Nonproprietary information submitted by
manufacturers is held as confidential
until the specific locomotive or
locomotive engine to which it pertains
is available for purchase.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0653; FRL-9528-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric
Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (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 (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 March 28,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0653, 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
28221T, 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 October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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-2012-0653, which is available for either 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 either 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, Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI), or
other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon
Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1060.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0038.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2013.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to either conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and any changes,
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subparts AA
and AAa.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit initial
notification report, performance tests, and periodic reports and
results. 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. Reports, at a minimum, are required
semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 308
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: Owners or operator of electric arc
furnaces and argon oxygen decarburization vessels.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.7.
Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 61,310.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,137,827, which includes $5,936,587
in labor costs, $5,490 in capital/startup costs, and $195,750 in
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The
increases in burden, including labor hours, labor costs, and O&M costs
reflect an increase in the number of respondents. The new number of
respondents accounts for the one new source that is subject to the rule
since the last ICR period. In addition, this ICR uses updated labor
rates to calculate burden costs, which results in an increase in labor
costs for both the respondents and the Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-04405 Filed 2-25-13; 8:45 am]
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