NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy Production Facilities (Renewal), 81115 [2016-27577]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 222 (Thursday, November 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 81115]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27577]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0334; FRL-9953-08-OEI]


NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production, Primary Copper 
Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary Lead Smelters, Primary 
Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy Production Facilities 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Secondary Brass and 
Bronze Production (40 CFR part 60, subpart M), Primary Copper Smelters 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart P), Primary Zinc Smelters (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Q), Primary Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart R), Primary 
Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart S), and Ferroalloy 
Production Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart Z) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR 
No. 1604.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0110), 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 November 30, 
2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (81 FR 26546) on May 3, 2016 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 neither conduct nor 
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 December 19, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0334, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@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: Owners and operators of secondary brass and bronze 
production, primary copper smelters, primary zinc smelters, primary 
lead smelters, primary aluminum reduction plants, and ferroalloy 
production facilities are required to comply with reporting and record 
keeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart A), as well as for the applicable standards in 40 CFR part 60, 
subparts M, P, Q, R, S, and Z, respectively. This includes submitting 
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and 
results, and maintaining 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. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Secondary brass and bronze 
production, primary copper smelters, primary zinc smelters, primary 
lead smelters, primary aluminum reduction plants, and ferroalloy 
production facilities.
    Respondent's Obligation to Respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60 
Subparts M, P, Q, R, S, and Z).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18 (total).
    Frequency of Response: Initially, monthly, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total Estimated Burden: 3,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $527,000 (per year), which includes $127,000 
in either annualized capital/startup or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in the 
respondent labor hours and costs compared to the estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 
decrease is not due to any program changes, but is a result of 
corrections. First, the previous ICR assumed all five secondary brass 
and bronze production sources subject to Subpart M would comply with 
the opacity standard using the Reference Method 9 performance test 
instead of continuous opacity monitoring (COM), and that the sources 
are not using any other continuous monitoring systems (CMS). However, 
the ICR included burden estimates for monitoring emissions and system 
performance associated with CMS and COM. Correcting this error 
consequently reduced the total labor hours for Subpart M.
    Second, the previous ICR incorrectly estimated that all four 
primary aluminum reduction plants subject to Subpart S would need to 
submit performance test results every month. This estimate is incorrect 
because only two out of four sources are required to perform monthly 
performance tests, and the other two sources are allowed to perform an 
annual performance test. Therefore, the requirement to submit 
performance test results was reduced to once per year for two sources, 
which consequently reduced the total labor hours for Subpart S.
    There is, however, a small adjustment increase in the total labor 
hours for Subparts P, Q, R, and Z due to a change in assumption; this 
ICR assumes all existing sources will need to re-familiarize with the 
regulation each year, even when the burden for Subpart R is now zero 
due to Doe Run no longer being a primary lead smelter.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-27577 Filed 11-16-16; 8:45 am]
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