80 FR 10088 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 37 (February 25, 2015)

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2267.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0605), 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, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014, 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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10088-10089]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03902]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0096; FRL-9923-49-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Iron and Steel 
Foundry Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) (Renewal)'' (EPA 
ICR No. 2267.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0605), 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, 
2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014, 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 27, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0096, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], 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 
[email protected]. 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: [email protected].

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, WJC 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundry Area Sources 
applies to either owners or operators of any existing or new iron or 
steel foundry that is an area source of hazardous air pollutant (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. 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 an initial notification 
report 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Iron and steel foundries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart ZZZZZ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 427 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 7,893 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $772,735 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-

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recently approved ICR is due to several changes. This ICR adds burden 
requirements to repeat certain performance tests (PM tests for large 
foundries and opacity tests for all foundries), and corrects the 
average number of respondents per year.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-03902 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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