Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2003-0048-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 1060.12 (OMB No. 2060-0038) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2003-06-17T04:00Z

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Register
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Vol.
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No.
113
/
Thursday,
June
12,
2003
/
Notices
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
0
includes
$
0
annualized
capital
or
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
a
decrease
of
8,686
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
decrease
in
burden
from
the
most
recently
approved
ICR
is
due
to
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
sources.
We
have
determined
that
the
number
of
sources
currently
subject
to
this
standard
has
decreased
based
on
the
most
recent
data
available
on
the
Air
Facility
System
database
for
NESHAP
respondent
cost
is
due
to
a
labor
rate
change
where
the
rate
was
increased;
however,
the
total
overall
cost
is
reduced
due
to
the
smaller
number
of
sources
covered
by
the
rule.

Dated:
June
5,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
1060.12
(
OMB
No.
2060
 
0038)
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
NSPS
for
Steel
Plants:
Electric
Arc
Furnaces
and
Argon­
Oxygen
Decarburization
Vessels
(
Renewal).
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
July
14,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
under
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Mari
´
a
Malave
´
,
Compliance
Assessment
and
Media
Programs
Division,
Mail
Code
2223A,
Office
of
Compliance,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
7027;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
0050;
e­
mail
address:
malave.
maria@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
September
26,
2002
(
67
FR
60672),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
Number
OECA
 
2003
 
0048,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566
 
1514.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
OMB
and
EPA
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503,
and
(
2)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
docket.
oeca@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center,
Mail
Code
2201T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
NSPS
for
Steel
Plants:
Electric
Arc
Furnaces
and
Argon­
Oxygen
Decarburization
Vessels
(
40
CFR
part
60,
subparts
AA
and
AAa)
(
Renewal)
(
OMB
Control
Number
2060
 
0038,
EPA
ICR
Number
1060.12).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection
that
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
June
30,
2003.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
The
New
Source
Performance
Standards
(
NSPS)
for
electric
arc
furnaces
were
proposed
on
October
21,
1974
(
39
FR
37466)
and
promulgated
on
September
23,
1975
(
40
CFR
43850).
These
standards
apply
to
the
following
affected
facilities
in
steel
plants
that
produce
carbon,
alloy,
or
specialty
steels:
Electric
arc
furnaces
(
EAFs)
and
dust
handling
systems
commencing
construction,
modification
or
reconstruction
after
the
date
of
proposal
and
on
or
before
August
17,
1983.
A
review
of
subpart
AA
in
1980
resulted
in
the
promulgation
of
a
new
standard
(
NSPS,
subpart
AAa).
The
review
of
NSPS
subpart
AA
found
that
fugitive
emissions
capture
technology
had
improved
since
promulgation
of
NSPS
subpart
AA,
and
that
argonoxygen
decarburization
(
AOD)
vessels
are
a
significant
source
of
particulates
in
specialty
steel
shops.
NSPS,
subpart
AAa
was
proposed
on
August
17,
1983
and
promulgated
on
October
31,
1984.
The
new
standard
established
new
standards
applicable
to
EAFs,
AOD
vessels,
and
dust
handling
systems
constructed,
modified,
or
reconstructed
after
August
17,
1983.
On
March
2,
1999,
the
Agency
promulgated
a
direct
final
rule
to
amend
subparts
AA
and
AAa
in
response
to
a
petition
made
by
the
Common
Sense
Initiative
Council,
established
under
a
charter
approved
pursuant
to
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act
(
FACA),
which
approved
daily
visible
emissions
observations
as
an
alternative
to
static
pressure
monitoring
at
an
EAF
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a
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Register
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Vol.
68,
No.
113
/
Thursday,
June
12,
2003
/
Notices
direct
shell
evacuation
system,
and
clarified
some
definitions.
In
general,
all
NSPS
standards
require
initial
notifications,
performance
tests,
and
periodic
reports.
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.
These
notifications,
reports,
and
records
are
essential
in
determining
compliance,
and
are
required
of
all
sources
subject
to
NSPS.
Any
owner
or
operator
subject
to
the
provisions
of
this
part
shall
maintain
a
file
of
these
measurements,
and
retain
the
file
for
at
least
two
years
following
the
date
of
such
measurements,
maintenance
reports,
and
records.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
303
(
rounded)
hours
per
response.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Plants
with
electric
arc
furnaces,
AOD
vessels,
and
dust
handling
systems
that
produce
carbon,
alloy,
or
specialty
steels.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
95.
Frequency
of
Response:
Initial
and
semiannual.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
58,195
hours
(
rounded).
Estimated
Total
Capital
and
Operations
&
Maintenance
(
O&
M)
Annual
Costs:
$
289,890
which
includes
$
4,140
annualized
capital/
startup
costs
and
$
285,750
annual
O&
M
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
9,782
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
is
due
to
an
increase
on
the
number
of
sources
and
revisions
to
the
assumptions
made
to
determine
the
industry
burden.
A
net
increase
of
5
sources
(
90
to
95)
was
determined
due
to
the
inclusion
of
10
steel
forging
facilities
that
use
electric
arc
furnaces
to
develop
intermediate
products
as
affected
facilities
which
offset
the
decreased
(
90
to
85)
number
of
minimills.
In
addition,
the
increase
is
due
to
corrections
made
to
the
percentages
used
to
evaluate
the
burden
associated
with
the
different
types
of
activities
sources
are
conducting
to
comply
with
the
monitoring
of
stack
emissions
and
the
fugitive
emissions
monitoring
requirements.

Dated:
June
5,
2003.
Doreen
Sterling,
Acting
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
FR
Doc.
03
 
14875
Filed
6
 
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03;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OECA
 
2003
 
0042;
FRL
 
7512
 
1]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
Number
1093.07
(
OMB
Number
2060
 
0162)
to
OMB
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
NSPS
for
the
Surface
Coating
of
Plastic
Parts
for
Business
Machines
(
Renewal).
The
ICR,
which
is
abstracted
below,
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
July
14,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
under
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Leonard
Lazarus,
Office
of
Compliance,
2223A,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
202)
564
 
6369;
fax
number:
(
202)
564
 
0050;
e­
mail
address:
lazarus.
leonard@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
September
26,
2002
(
67
FR
60672),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
Number
OECA
 
2003
 
0042,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566
 
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
Enforcement
and
Compliance
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566
 
1514.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
When
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
OMB
and
EPA
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503,
and
(
2)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
docket.
oeca@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mail
Code:
2201T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
on
paper,
will
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI),
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
placed
in
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200001
PO
00000
Frm
00018
Fmt
4703
Sfmt
4703
E:\
FR\
FM\
12JNN1.
SGM
12JNN1