Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 28, 2022 / Notices 38397 

Abstract: Owners and operators of 

mercury cell chlor-alkali plants are 

required to comply with reporting and 

record keeping requirements for the 

General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, 

subpart A), as well as for the applicable 

specific standards in 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart IIIII. 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 

these standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

IIIII). 

Estimated number of respondents: 1 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 1,880 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $231,000 (per 

year), which includes $8,200 in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This is due to a 

decrease in the number of sources 

subject to the rule. Data gathered by 

EPA in the development of the proposed 

Residual Risk and Technology Review 

for 40 CFR part 63, subpart IIIII (86 FR 

1362, January 8, 2021) indicates that 

there is only one source subject to this 

rule. The regulations have been revised 

in the past three years to add electronic 

reporting requirements, but it is 

assumed that there is no additional 

burden associated with the 

requirements, which consist of an 

upload of a currently required 

notification in portable document 

format (PDF). There is no change in 

capital/startup costs, as there is no 

change in the number of new facilities, 

which remains at zero. Due to the 

decrease in the number of facilities 

subject to the rule, total O&M costs have 

decreased from the previous ICR. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13770 Filed 6–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2019–0296; FRL–OP–OFA– 

22] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Procedures for Implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Assessing the Environmental Effects 

Abroad of EPA Actions (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Procedures for Implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Assessing the Environmental Effects 

Abroad of EPA Actions’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2243.08, OMB Control No. 2020–0033) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 

the EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through February 28, 2023. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2019–0296, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

The 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: 

Candi Schaedle, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities, 

Mail Code 2501G, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–6121; 

email address: schaedle.candi@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 the EPA’s public 

docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. The EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, the 

EPA will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347 establishes a national policy 

for the environment. The Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) oversees 

the NEPA implementation. CEQ’s 

Regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508 set the standard for NEPA 

compliance. They also require agencies 

to establish their own NEPA 

implementing procedures. The EPA’s 

procedures for implementing NEPA are 

found in 40 CFR part 6. Through this 

part, the EPA adopted the CEQ 

Regulations and supplemented those 

regulations for actions proposed by the 

EPA that are subject to NEPA 

requirements. The EPA actions subject 

to NEPA include the award of 

wastewater treatment construction 

grants under section 201 of the Clean 

Water Act, the EPA’s issuance of new 

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38398 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 28, 2022 / Notices 

Elimination System (NPDES) permits 

under section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act, certain research and development 

projects, the EPA actions involving 

renovations or new construction of EPA 

facilities, and certain grants awarded for 

projects authorized by Congress through 

the agency’s annual appropriations act. 

The EPA is collecting information from 

certain applicants as part of the process 

of complying with either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114 (‘‘Environmental 

Effects Abroad of Major Federal 

Actions’’). The EPA’s NEPA regulations 

apply to actions of the EPA that are 

subject to NEPA in order to ensure that 

environmental information is available 

to the agency’s decision-makers and the 

public before decisions are made and 

before actions are taken. When the EPA 

conducts an environmental assessment 

pursuant to its Executive Order 12114 

procedures, the agency generally 

follows its NEPA procedures. 

Compliance with the procedures is the 

responsibility of the EPA’s Responsible 

Officials, and for applicant proposed 

actions, applicants may be required to 

provide environmental information to 

the EPA as part of the environmental 

review process. For this ICR, applicantproposed projects subject to either 

NEPA or Executive Order 12114 (and 

that are not addressed in other EPA 

programs’ ICRs) are addressed through 

the NEPA process. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

certain grant or permit applicants who 

must submit environmental information 

documentation to the EPA for their 

projects to comply with NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114, including 

Wastewater Treatment Construction 

Grants Program facilities funded under 

section 201 of the Clean Water Act, 

State and Tribal Assistance Grant 

recipients, and new source NPDES 

permittees. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

516 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 27,004 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,290,209 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 19,444 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to an 

adjustment change in the size of the 

respondent universe due to the return of 

congressional earmarks in the EPA 

annual appropriations act. 

Dated: June 23, 2022. 

Robert Tomiak, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13790 Filed 6–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0119; FRL—9974–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Taconite Iron Ore Processing 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore 

Processing (EPA ICR Number 2050.10, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0538), 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, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested, 

via the Federal Register, on April 13, 

2021 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 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2021–0119, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

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 Taconite Iron Ore 

Processing (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

RRRRR), were proposed on December 

18, 2002; promulgated on October 30, 

2003; and most-recently amended on 

both July 28, 2020 and November 19, 

2020. These regulations apply to 

existing facilities and new taconite iron 

ore processing facilities that emit or 

have the potential to emit a single 

hazardous air pollutant (HAP) at a rate 

of 10 tons or more per year or any 

combination of HAPs at a rate of 25 tons 

or more per year. The affected sources 

are ore crushing and handling 

operations, ore dryers, indurating 

furnaces, finished pellet handling 

emission units, and fugitive dust 

emissions. New facilities include those 

that commenced construction or 

reconstruction after the date of proposal. 

This information is being collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart RRRRR. 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 


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