Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0641-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundries Area Sources (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2022-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65062-65063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23372]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0641; FRL-10379-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundries Area 
Sources (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Iron and Steel 
Foundries Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2267.08, OMB Control Number 
2060-0605), 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 
September 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on February 8, 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 November 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0641 to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or 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.
    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: [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 
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 Iron and Steel Foundries Area Sources (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart ZZZZZ) apply to both new and existing iron and/or 
steel foundries that are an area source of hazardous air pollutants 
(HAP) emissions. There are different requirements for foundries based 
on size. Existing foundries with an annual metal melt production 
greater than 20,000 tons and new foundries with an annual melt capacity 
of 10,000 tons are classified as large foundries. Existing foundries 
with an annual metal melt capacity of 10,000 tons or less are 
classified as small foundries. Research and development facilities are 
not covered by the rule. New facilities include those that commenced 
either construction, modification 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 with 40 CFR part 63, subpart ZZZZZ.
    Form Numbers: 5900-521.
    Respondents/affected entities: Iron and steel foundries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart 
ZZZZZ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 390 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly, 
semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 12,970 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,540,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
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 not due to any program changes. 
There are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no 
significant industry growth since the most-recently approved ICR was 
developed. The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs 
associated with certain one-time activities including reviewing record 
keeping systems, adjusting methods, and training employees as a result 
of the 2020 rule

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revisions (85 FR 56080). This ICR, by and large, reflects the on-going 
burden and costs for existing facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-23372 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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