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form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: EPA, under authority of 

section 112d of the Clean Air Act, 

established National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAPs) for hazardous waste 

combustors: hazardous waste burning 

incinerators, cement kilns, lightweight 

aggregate kilns, industrial/commercial/ 

institutional boilers and process heaters, 

and hydrochloric acid production 

furnaces. These NESHAPs are found in 

40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE. Under 

these standards, hazardous waste 

combustors are required to meet 

emission levels that reflect the 

maximum achievable control 

technology. 

Subpart EEE of 40 CFR part 63 

requires hazardous waste combustors to 

perform testing and monitoring and 

submit various reports and perform 

recordkeeping activities in order to 

demonstrate compliance with emission 

standards. Much of the information is 

kept on-site at the facilities; some is also 

submitted to the EPA or the delegated 

state agency. Facilities and EPA use the 

data to ensure compliance with 

Maximum Achievable Control 

Technology (MACT) standards. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 52 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 

Business or other for-profit, and State, 

Local, or Tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

289. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

199,897. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$21,696,865, includes $16,010,727 for 

annualized labor cost, and $5,686,138 in 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,630 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to the fact 

that most sources have completed 

several actions involving one-time costs, 

such as initial notification, notice of the 

intent to comply, as well as public 

meetings related to these actions. 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0374; FRL–8718–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Primary and 

Secondary Emissions From Basic 

Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 1069.09, OMB Control Number 

2060–0029 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 23, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA– 

OECA–2008–0374, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by e-mail to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 2201T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement 

and Compliance Assurance, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4003; e-mail address: 

gairola.sounjay@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0374, which is 

available for public viewing either 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 

in person viewing at the Enforcement 

and Compliance Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1927. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted either electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Primary and 

Secondary Emissions from Basic 

Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1069.09, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0029. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 2008. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

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collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, and displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for 

Primary and Secondary Emissions from 

Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, 

subparts N and Na) were promulgated 

on July 25, 1977 and January 2, 1986, 

respectively. These rules apply to Basic 

Oxygen Process Furnaces (BOPFs) in 

iron and steel plants commencing 

construction, modification or 

reconstruction after June 11, 1973 

(NSPS subpart N) and top-blown 

BOPFs, hot metal transfer stations or 

skimming stations for which 

construction, reconstruction, or 

modification commenced after January 

20, 1983 (NSPS subpart Na). 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must make an initial 

notification, performance tests, periodic 

reports, and maintain records of the 

occurrence and duration of an affected 

facility, or any period during which the 

monitoring system is inoperative. 

Reports, at a minimum, are required 

semiannually. These notifications, 

reports, and records are essential in 

determining compliance; and are 

required, in general, of all sources 

subject to NSPS. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 158 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 

Facilities with basic oxygen furnaces. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,896. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$179,440, which is comprised of $8,397 

in O&M costs, $153,043 in labor costs, 

and $18,000 in annualized capital/ 

startup costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the labor hours to the 

respondents in this ICR compared to the 

previous ICR. This is due to two 

considerations: (1) The regulations have 

not changed over the past three years 

and are not anticipated to change over 

the next three years; and (2) the growth 

rate for respondents is either very low, 

or negative, or non-existent. Therefore, 

the labor hours in the previous ICR 

reflect the current burden to the 

respondents and are reiterated in this 

ICR. There is a minor change to the cost 

figures, since the previous ICR rounded 

to the nearest $1,000; this ICR presents 

cost figures which differ by $397 from 

the previous ICR due to using exact 

figures instead of rounding. 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8718–5] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Science Advisory Board (SAB); 

Notification of a Public Advisory 

Committee Meeting and Three 

Teleconferences of the Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

face-to-face meeting of the Science 

Advisory Board’s (SAB’s) Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee (INC) and three 

subsequent public teleconference of the 

INC. 

DATES: INC will meet from 8:30 a.m. on 

Monday, October 20 through 12:30 p.m. 

on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. The 

teleconferences will be held December 

8, 9, and 10, 2008 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

All times are given in Eastern Time. 

Location: The October 20–22, 2008 

public meeting will take place at the 

Renaissance—M Street Hotel, 1143 New 

Hampshire Ave., NW., Washington, DC 

20037, telephone: (202) 775–0800. The 

December 8, 9, and 10, 2008 public 

teleconferences will be conducted by 

phone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the October 20– 

22, 2008 meeting or on the 

teleconferences December 8, 9, and 10, 

2008 may contact Ms. Kathleen White, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail: (202) 343–9878; fax: (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at 

white.kathleen@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/SAB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

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), as amended, 5 

U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with 

the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background: The SAB Integrated 

Nitrogen Committee is studying the 

need for integrated research and 

strategies to reduce reactive nitrogen in 

the environment. At the global scale, 

reactive nitrogen from human activities 

now exceeds that produced by natural 

terrestrial ecosystems. Reactive nitrogen 

both benefits and impacts the health 

and welfare of people and ecosystems. 

Scientific information suggests that 

reactive nitrogen is accumulating in the 

environment and that nitrogen cycling 

through biogeochemical pathways has a 

variety of consequences. Research 

suggests that the management of 

reactive nitrogen should be viewed from 

a systems perspective and integrated 

across environmental media. 

Accordingly, linkages between reactive 

nitrogen induced environmental and 

human health effects need to be 

understood to optimize reactive 

nitrogen research and risk management 

strategies. Information on the 

Committee’s previous meetings was 


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