Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0697-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundries (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2013-07-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41061-41062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16425]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0697; FRL-9533-9]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Iron and Steel Foundries 
(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 Iron and Steel 
Foundries (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart EEEEE) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
2096.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0543), 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, which is currently approved through September 30, 2013. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (77 FR 
63813) on October 17, 2012, 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 August 8, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0697, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to: docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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: Learia Williams, 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) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

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, EPA 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 affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes, 
or additions to the

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Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEEEE.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit an 
initial notification report, performance tests, and periodic reports 
and results. Owners or operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are 
required semiannually.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of iron and 
steel foundries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEEEE).
    Estimated number of respondents: 98 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 29,747 hours (per year). ``Burden'' is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,309,697 (per year), includes $400,060 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in labor hours 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 the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there 
is no significant change in the overall burden. However, there is an 
adjustment increase in the respondent labor costs due to an increase in 
labor rates. Additionally, there is an adjustment decrease in the 
Agency labor costs due to a correction of mathematical error. The 
previous ICR incorrectly calculated total Agency labor cost for each 
burden item.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-16425 Filed 7-8-13; 8:45 am]
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