Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0697-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Iron and Steel Foundries
Posted Date: 2019-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50830-50831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20953]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0697: FRL-10000-41-OMS]

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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Iron and Steel 
Foundries (EPA ICR Number 2096.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0543), 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, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 6, 2019 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 28, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0697, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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, WJC 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Iron and Steel Foundries (40 CFR part 63 
Subpart EEEEE) apply to both existing and new iron and steel foundry 
facilities that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) 
emissions.

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    Owners and operators of affected facilities are required to comply 
with reporting and record keeping requirements for the General 
Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as the applicable 
standards at 40 CFR part 63, subpart EEEEE. This includes submitting 
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and 
results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Iron and steel foundries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEEEE).
    Estimated number of respondents: 45 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 14,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,880,000 (per year), which includes 
$246,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The 
decrease in burden is an adjustment due to more accurate estimates of 
existing and anticipated new sources. The estimate of sources is based 
on Agency analyses conducted during the development the Risk and 
Technology Review for this subpart. The reduction in sources led to a 
decrease in burden hours and costs for labor, capital, and operation 
and maintenance. Activities for existing sources include continuous 
monitoring of pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-20953 Filed 9-25-19; 8:45 am]
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