Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0065-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2022-08-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 49828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17395]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0065; FRL-10141-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From 
Primary Copper Smelters (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 Inorganic Arsenic 
Emissions from Primary Copper Smelters (EPA ICR Number 1089.07, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0044), 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 October 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, 
via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022, 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 September 12, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0065, 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.
    For additional delivery options and information about EPA's 
dockets, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 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 Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Primary Copper 
Smelters (40 CFR part 61, subpart O) were proposed on July 20, 1983, 
and promulgated on August 4, 1986. These regulations apply to existing 
facilities and new facilities where the total arsenic charging rate for 
the copper converter department averaged over a 1-year period is 
greater than 75 kg/hr (165 lb/hr), as determined under 40 CFR 
61.174(f). New facilities include those that either commenced 
construction, or reconstruction, after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
61, subpart O.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Primary copper smelters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart O).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, annual.
    Total estimated burden: 6,260 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $753,000 (per year), which includes $1,500 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. The increase is due to revisions to the labor 
burden associated with certain tasks including performing monthly 
Method 108A sample collection, calculations, and the time to record 
results. This ICR adjusts the burden for these activities based on 
comments received from industry and incorporates additional burden 
hours. The comments reflected additional time to complete activities 
and resulted in an increase in labor burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17395 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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