Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0066-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production--Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2015-04-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22991-22992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09507]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0066; FRL-9925-54-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: 
Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (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 Ferroalloys 
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
XXX)(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1831.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0391) 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 April, 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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 May 26, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0066, 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: 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: yellin.patrick@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 NESHAP applies to ferroalloy production facilities 
that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese that are major 
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) or are co-located at major 
sources of HAPs. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial 
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents 
that are not required to conduct an initial performance test are 
required to notify the EPA

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Administrator of the initial compliance status of the source. Sources 
are also required to monitor and maintain records of its operations 
including: (1) Process or control device parameters; (2) bag leak 
detention systems; (3) maintenance plan for air pollution control 
devices (e.g., capture system and venturi scrubbers); (4) certification 
that monitoring devices are accurate; and (5) the implementation and 
corrective actions taken related to the startup, shutdown and 
malfunction plan and the fugitive dust control plan. The types of 
periodic reports required by this regulation include: Opacity-related 
reports; performance test results reports; immediate and periodic 
startup, shutdown, and malfunction reports; quarterly emissions 
reports; capture hood inspection reports; fugitive dust operations 
reports; and annual compliance status reports. These notifications, 
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are 
required of all sources subject to NESHAP standards. This information 
is collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart XXX.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ferroalloy production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart XXX).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 600 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $57,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a slight increase of 16 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This is due to the rounding of estimates.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-09507 Filed 4-23-15; 8:45 am]
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