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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Information Collection Request
Submitted 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.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc
Furnaces and Argon Oxygen
Decarburization Vessels (EPA ICR
Number 1060.18, OMB Control Number
2060–0038), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through August 31,
2019. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
May 30, 2018 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 July 29, 2019.
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
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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
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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://
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Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for Steel
Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon
Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (40
CFR part 60, subpart AA) were proposed
on October 21, 1974, promulgated on
September 23, 1975, and most recentlyamended on February 22, 2005. These
regulations apply to electric arc furnaces
and dust-handling systems that
commenced construction, modification,
or reconstruction either after October
21, 1974 or on/or before August 17,
1983 at steel plants that produce carbon,
alloy, or specialty steels. In addition, the
New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for these regulations (40 CFR
part 60, subpart AAa) were proposed on
August 17, 1983, promulgated on
October 31, 1984, and most recentlyamended on February 22, 2005. These
latter regulations apply to electric arc
furnaces, argon-oxygen decarburization
vessels, and dust-handling systems that
commenced construction, modification,
or reconstruction after August 17, 1983
at steel plants that produce carbon,
alloy, or specialty steels. New facilities
include those that commenced
construction, modification or
reconstruction after the date of proposal.
This information is being collected to
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60,
subparts AA and AAa.
In general, all NSPS standards require
initial notifications, performance tests,
and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. 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, or
any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. These
notifications, reports, and records are
essential in determining compliance,
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and are required of all affected facilities
subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Steel
plants that produce carbon, alloy, or
specialty steels: Electric arc furnaces
(EAFs), argon oxygen decarburization
(AOD) vessels, and dust handling
systems.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60 Subparts AA
and AAa).
Estimated number of respondents:
100.66 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 62,700 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $7,350,000 (per
year), which includes $207,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an
adjustment 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 adjustment
increase in burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to an
increase in the number of new or
modified sources, which is based on an
assumption of continued growth in the
industry. There is also an adjustment
increase in capital and operation and
maintenance costs due to the increase in
the number of respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other
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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the
Science Advisory Board’s 2019
Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting
of the SAB’s 2019 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards
(STAA) Committee. This meeting is
closed to the public.
DATES: The STAA Committee meeting
will be held Tuesday, July 16, 2019,
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, July 17, 2019, from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). A
meeting of the Chartered SAB will be
scheduled in the future to deliberate
and select awards. The meetings will be
closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The STAA Committee
meeting will be held at the Crystal City
Marriott at Reagan National Airport,
1999 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the
STAA Committee meeting may contact
Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal
Officer, by telephone: (202) 564–2049 or
email at wong.diana-m@epa.gov.
General information about the SAB as
well as updates concerning the SAB
meeting announced in this notice may
be found on the SAB website at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was
established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the technical basis for Agency positions
and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
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procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA
and EPA policy, notice is hereby given
that the SAB 2019 STAA Committee
will hold a closed meeting to develop
recommendations for recipients of the
Agency’s 2019 STAA program
achievement awards and
recommendations for improvement of
the Agency’s STAA program.
The STAA awards are established to
honor and recognize EPA employees
who have made outstanding
contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their
research and development activities, as
exhibited in publication of their results
in peer reviewed journals. In conducting
its review, the SAB considers each
nomination in relation to the following
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• Level I awards are for those who
have accomplished an exceptionally
high-quality research or technological
effort. The awards recognize the
creation or general revision of a
scientific or technological principle or
procedure, or a highly significant
improvement in the value of a device,
activity, program, or service to the
public. Awarded research is of national
significance or has high impact on a
broad area of science/technology. The
research has far reaching consequences
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technological achievement within its
discipline or field of study.
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qualities and values similar to, but to a
lesser degree, than those described
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achievement within its discipline or
field of study.
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technology.
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area of research that the Subcommittee
wants to encourage; or (3) show an area
of research that the Subcommittees feels
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Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
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Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed 06/17/2019 Through 06/21/2019
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice
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Dated: June 24, 2019.
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