

[Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0071; FRL-8199-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 0113.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0097

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18,
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0071, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@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 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0071, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 Cetner is (202)
566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
.

    Title: NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0113.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0097.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on August 31, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for mercury were proposed on December 7, 1971,
promulgated on April 6, 1973, and amended on October 14, 1975, March
19, 1987 and October 17, 2000. These standards apply to all stationary
sources which process mercury ore to recover mercury, use mercury
chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide,
and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment plant sludge. Approximately
107 sources (100 sludge incineration and drying plants and seven
mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants) are currently subject to the
standard; and no

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additional sources are expected to become subject to the standard in
the next three years. Mercury is the pollutant regulated under this
standard. This information is being collected to ensure compliance with
40 CFR part 61, subpart E.
    Owners or operators of affected facilities must make the following
one-time only notification: Date of construction or reconstruction,
anticipated and actual dates of startup; physical or operational change
to an existing facility; date of initial performance test; and results
of initial performance test. These facilities must also maintain
records of performance test results, and startup, shutdowns, and
malfunctions. In order to ensure compliance with the standards,
adequate recordkeeping and reporting is necessary. This information
enables the Agency to identify the sources subject to the standard,
ensure initial compliance with emission limits, and verify continuous
compliance with the standard.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at
least two years following the collection of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    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 160
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Mercury processing facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 107.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, semiannually, and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,490.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: Zero.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,672 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden is due to the fact that we
are presently accounting for technical, managerial, and clerical
burdens in the renewal package. The previous version of the ICR omitted
the managerial and clerical burdens and used only technical. There was
also a change in the labor rate which contributed to the increase in
cost.
    There are no changes in the capital/startup and operations and
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11429 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]

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