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2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the EPA Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the EPA Administrator determines 

that emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. The Washington 

State Department of Agriculture has 

requested the EPA Administrator to 

issue a specific exemption for the use of 

lambda-cyhalothrin on asparagus to 

control the European asparagus aphid. 

Information in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 166 was submitted as part of this 

request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that the cancellation of the 

previously relied-upon tool, disulfoton, 

has left asparagus growers in the state of 

Washington with no adequate 

alternatives to control the European 

asparagus aphid, and significant 

economic losses will occur without 

sufficient control. The Applicant 

proposes to make no more than 3 

applications at a maximum rate of 0.03 

pounds (lb.) (total of 0.09 lb.) per acre 

of lambda-cyhalothrin on up to 7,000 

acres of asparagus grown in the state of 

Washington from June 15 to October 30, 

2018. Treatment of the maximum 

acreage at the maximum rate would 

result in a total use of lambdacyhalothrin of 630 lbs. 

This notice does not constitute a 

decision by EPA on the application 

itself. The regulations governing FIFRA 

section 18 require publication of a 

notice of receipt of an application for a 

specific exemption proposing a use 

which is supported by the Interregional 

Research Project Number 4 (IR–4) 

program and has been requested in 5 or 

more previous years, and a petition for 

tolerance has not yet been submitted to 

the Agency. Therefore, in accordance 

with the requirement at 40 CFR 

166.24(a)(7), EPA is soliciting public 

comment before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

The notice provides an opportunity for 

public comment on the application. 

The Agency will review and consider 

all comments received during the 

comment period in determining 

whether to issue the specific exemption 

requested by the Washington State 

Department of Agriculture. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Michael L. Goodis, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13946 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0348; FRL–9979– 

77–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Primary Aluminum Reduction 

Plants (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR)—NESHAP for 

Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants 

(Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1767.08, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0360—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 June 30, 

2018. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

June 29, 2017, 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 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0348, 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, 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, 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 National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Primary Aluminum 

Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 63, 

subpart LL) were proposed on 

September 26, 1996, promulgated on 

October 7, 1997, and most-recently 

amended on October 15, 2015. The 2015 

amendment includes: (1) Polycyclic 

organic matter (POM) emission limits 

for new, existing and reconstructed 

prebake potlines; (2) revised POM limits 

for new, existing and reconstructed 

Soderberg potlines; (3) carbonyl sulfide 

(COS) emission limits for new, existing 

and reconstructed potlines; (4) POM 

emission limits for existing pitch storage 

tanks; (5) particulate matter (PM) 

emission limits for new, existing and 

reconstructed potlines, paste production 

plants and anode bake furnaces; (6) 

mercury (Hg) limits for new, existing 

and reconstructed anode bake furnaces; 


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(7) arsenic, nickel and polychlorinated 

biphenyl (PCB) limits for new, existing 

and reconstructed Soderberg potlines; 

(8) new work practice standards for 

anode bake furnaces, paste production 

plants and potlines; and (9) eliminates 

the exemptions for periods of startup, 

shutdown, and malfunctions (SSM). The 

amendment also reduces the testing 

frequency for total fluoride (TF) from 

prebake and Soderberg potlines and 

POM from Soderberg potlines from 

monthly to semiannually. These 

regulations apply to the following 

affected sources at a primary aluminum 

reduction plant are covered: Each new 

and existing pitch storage tank, potline, 

paste production plant and anode bake 

furnace that is located at a plant site that 

is a major source as defined at § 63.2 

(except for anode bake furnaces that are 

not located on the same site as a 

primary aluminum reduction plant). 

New facilities include those that 

commenced construction or 

reconstruction after the date of proposal. 

In general, all NESHAP 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, and are required of all 

affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Primary aluminum reduction plants. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart LL). 

Estimated number of respondents: 11 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially and 

semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 71,900 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $7,630,000 (per 

year), which includes $78,500 in either 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the total 

estimated burden as currently identified 

in the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. This decrease is primarily due 

to a program change. The 2015 

amendment reduces the frequency of TF 

performance tests from monthly to 

semiannually. This ICR combines 

burden from the existing provisions 

with the burden associated with the 

2015 amendment to the rule, resulting 

in a net decrease in burden. 

Additionally, there is an adjustment 

decrease because the total number of 

affected sources has decreased as 

compared to the most recently-approved 

ICR. There is an adjustment decrease in 

the total estimated capital and O&M 

costs as compared to the most recently 

approved ICR. This decrease occurred 

because there is a decrease in the total 

number of respondents subject to the 

rule. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13922 Filed 6–27–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0323; FRL–9979– 

58–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking 

Facilities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR)— 

NESHAP for Electric Arc Furnace 

Steelmaking Facilities (Renewal), EPA 

ICR Number 2277.04, OMB Control 

Number 2060–0608—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 June 30, 

2018. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

June 29, 2017 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 30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing EPA–HQ–OECA–2013– 

0323, 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, 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, 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 National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Area Sources: Electric 

Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities (40 

CFR part 63, subpart YYYYY) apply to 

existing and new Electric Arc Furnace 

(EAF) steelmaking facilities that are area 

sources of hazardous air pollutants 

(HAP) emissions. The standards 

establish particulate matter (PM) 

emission limits for control devices and 

opacity limits for melt shops, pollution 

prevention requirements for ferrous 

scrap that is melted in EAFs, and 

monitoring, reporting, and 

recordkeeping requirements. New 

facilities include those that commenced 

construction or reconstruction after the 

date of proposal. In general, all NESHAP 

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, and are required of all 

affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

Form numbers: None. 


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