Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0039-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Area Sources: Primary Copper Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous Metals-Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium
Posted Date: 2022-09-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 59078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21121]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0039; FRL-10256-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Area Sources: Primary Copper 
Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous Metals-
Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium (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 Area Sources: Primary 
Copper Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous 
Metals-Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium (EPA ICR Number 2240.08, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0596), 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 November 30, 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 October 31, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0039, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 
method), 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. The 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 Area Sources: Primary Copper Smelting, 
Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous Metals-Zinc, Cadmium, 
and Beryllium (40 CFR part 63, subparts EEEEEE, FFFFFF, and GGGGGG), 
apply to both new and existing primary copper smelting facilities 
(Subpart EEEEEE), new secondary copper smelting facilities (Subpart 
FFFFFF), and both new and existing primary zinc or beryllium production 
facilities (Subpart GGGGGG) that are an area source of hazardous air 
pollutant (HAP) emissions. 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 the 
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of new and 
existing primary copper smelting facilities, new secondary copper 
smelting facilities, and new and existing primary zinc or beryllium 
production facilities that are area sources of HAP.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subparts EEEEEE, FFFFFF, and GGGGGG).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 41 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,970 (per year), includes no annualized 
capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an 
updated respondent count that showed fewer primary copper sources than 
were estimated in the most-recently approved ICR. This count is based 
on data collected during a recently proposed rulemaking for primary 
copper smelting area sources (87 FR 1616; January 11, 2022). and better 
reflects the current industry. Because the proposed rulemaking is not 
yet finalized, this ICR renewal reflects the burden of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the existing regulation. 
There are no capital/startup vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs 
for the affected sources.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21121 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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