[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65321-65322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30793]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5398-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The 

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ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
cost and burden; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0191; EPA ICR No. 1100.08). ``This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.''
    Abstract: On December 15, 1989 pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean 
Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1857), the Environmental 
Protection Agency promulgated NESHAPs to control Radionuclide emissions 
from several source categories. The regulations were published in 54 FR 
51653, and are codified at 40 CFR Subparts B, H, I, K, R, T, and W, and 
imposes the following radionuclide dose and emission standards:
Subpart B--Underground Uranium Mines
    10 mrem/yr
Subpart H--Department of Energy
    10 mrem/yr, 20 pci/m \2\-s
Subpart I--Non-DOE not licensed by NRC
    10 mrem/yr, 3 mrem/yr; iodine
Subpart I--Licensed by NRC
    10 mrem/yr, 3 mrem/yr iodine
Subpart K--Elemental Phosphorous
    2 curies/yr
Subpart R--Phosphogypsum Stacks
    20 pci/m \2\-s
Subparts T and W--Uranium Mill Tailings Piles
    20 pci/m \2\-s

    Information collected is used by EPA to ensure that public health 
continues to be protected from the hazards of airborne radionuclides by 
compliance with these. If the information were not collected, it is 
unlikely that violation of the standards would be identified and no 
corrective action would be initiated to bring the facilities back into 
compliance. Compliance is demonstrated through emission testing and/or 
dose calculation. Results are submitted to EPA Regional office annually 
or when required for verification of compliance and maintained for a 
period of 5 years.
    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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 08/25/95 
(FR Doc. 95-21169).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and Record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 6112.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 412.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually or less than annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 188,708 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,758,559.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0191 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

      and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 5, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-30793 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]
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