Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0323-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking Facilities
Posted Date: 2018-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30445-30446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13923]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0323; FRL-9979-58-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking 
Facilities (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR)--NESHAP for Electric Arc Furnace 
Steelmaking Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2277.04, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0608--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, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on June 29, 2017 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 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0323, to: 
(1) EPA online using 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; and (2) OMB via email to: 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; 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 
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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Area Sources: Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking 
Facilities (40 CFR part 63, subpart YYYYY) apply to existing and new 
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) steelmaking facilities that are area sources 
of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. The standards establish 
particulate matter (PM) emission limits for control devices and opacity 
limits for melt shops, pollution prevention requirements for ferrous 
scrap that is melted in EAFs, and monitoring, reporting, and 
recordkeeping requirements. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction 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, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form numbers: None.

[[Page 30446]]

    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of electric arc 
furnace steelmaking facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YYYYY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 91 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 4,450 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $467,000 per year, which includes no 
annualized capital and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in burden hours and 
number of responses in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This 
adjustment is due to (1) this ICR adjusts the number of affected 
sources subject to the rule based on the latest available data; (2) 
this ICR corrects the number of sources keeping records and entering 
information in record system, as well as the number of sources 
estimated to submit SSM reports; and (3) consistent with the Terms of 
Clearance, this ICR assumes all existing respondents will have to 
familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-13923 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P