Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Radionuclides; Renewal
Posted Date: 2015-09-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58247-58248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24500]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085; FRL-9934-86-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Radionuclides 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1100.15, OMB Control No. 2060-0249) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register 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 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 28, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the above referenced 
Docket ID Number 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.
    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: Rajani Joglekar, Radiation Protection 
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code 6608J, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9462

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: In the context of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857), 
section 114 authorizes the Administrator of EPA to require any person 
who owns or operates any emission source or who is subject to any 
requirements of the Act to: (1) Establish and maintain records, (2) 
make reports, install, use, and maintain monitoring equipment or 
method, (3) sample emissions in accordance with EPA prescribed 
locations, intervals and methods, and (4) provide information as may be 
requested. EPA's regional offices use the information collected to 
ensure that

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public health continues to be protected from the hazards of 
radionuclides by compliance with health based standards. This 
information is required for those facilities meeting the definition of 
each Subpart. EPA's compliance monitoring activities vary widely. EPA 
could issue a letter requesting information about compliance or could 
conduct a full-scale investigation, including on site inspections. The 
information required to be submitted is not confidential in nature.
    Respondents/affected entities: The NAICS Codes of facilities 
associated with the activity of the respondents are: (1) Elemental 
Phosphorous 325188, (2) Phosphogypsum Stacks 212392, (3) Underground 
Uranium Mines 212291, and (4) Uranium Mill Tailings 212291.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 20 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially (Once), Annually, Random 
(Occasionally)
    Total estimated burden: 3,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $500,000, which includes $300,000 in 
annualized capital and O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-24500 Filed 9-25-15; 8:45 am]
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