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[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0080; FRL-8201-8]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Integrated Iron and 
Steel Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2003.03, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0517

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0080, 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 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute], 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 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-2005-0080, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, 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 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 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, 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 Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2003.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0517.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled 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, and 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 Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing were 
proposed on July 13, 2001 (66 FR 36835), and promulgated on May 20, 
2003 (68 FR 27645). The proposed amendments were published August 30, 
2005 (70 FR 51306). These standards apply to new and existing sinter 
plants, blast furnaces, and basic oxygen process furnace (BOPF) shops 
at integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities that are major 
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), or are collocated at major 
sources. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF.
    Owners and operators of affected sources are subject to the 
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart A, the General Provisions, unless specified otherwise in the 
regulation. This rule requires sources to submit initial notifications, 
conduct performance tests if source is using an add-on control device, 
and submit periodic compliance reports. In addition, sources are 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation if using an add-on 
control device; any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative; parametric monitoring data; system maintenance and 
calibration; and work practices to demonstrate

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initial and ongoing compliance with the regulation. Records of such 
measurements and actions are to be retained two years on-site of the 
required total five years. 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 419 
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: Owners or operators of integrated 
iron and steel manufacturing facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually, and initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,421.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $67,000, includes O&M costs only.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase from 4,772 hours to 18,421 
hours in the annual labor burden to industry from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to adjustments. The increase in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR is due to the assumption that respondents 
are in full compliance with the rule's periodic requirements since the 
compliance date of the rule passed. The active ICR burden calculation 
was based on the assumption that a subset of the respondents (i.e., 6 
of a total of 18 sources each year) would be implementing the initial 
rule requirements over the three year period of the ICR, and would not 
have to comply with the rule on-going requirements since the compliance 
date for the rule was not due until 3 years after rule promulgation.
    The increase from $64,000 to $67,000 in the total annualized 
capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs is due to the 
assumption that respondents are in full compliance with the rule on-
going requirements, as mentioned above. Even when there are no capital 
and startup costs for this ICR, the costs for operation and maintenance 
for baghouses and continuous capacity monitors increased significantly 
since we are accounting such costs for all three years of this ICR.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11607 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]

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