
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80364-80366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32949]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0219; FRL-9508-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary 
Emissions From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal)

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 January 23, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0219, 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 (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2822IT, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB 
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0219, which is available for either public 
viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person viewing at 
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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) 
566-1752.
    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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen 
Furnaces (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1069.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0029.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
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 Primary 
and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts N and Na) were promulgated on July 25, 1977 and January 2, 
1986, respectively, and amended on October 17, 2000. These rules apply 
to Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces (BOPFs) in iron and steel plants 
commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after June 11, 
1973 (NSPS subpart N) and top-blown BOPFs, hot metal transfer stations 
or skimming stations for which construction, reconstruction, or 
modification commenced after January 20, 1983 (NSPS subpart Na).
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial 
notification, performance tests, periodic reports, and maintain records 
of the occurrence and duration of an affected facility, or any period 
during which the monitoring system is inoperative. Reports are required 
semiannually at a minimum. These notifications, reports, and records 
are essential in determining compliance; and, in general, are required 
of all sources subject to NSPS.
    Notifications are to inform the Agency or delegated authority when 
a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority may 
then inspect the source to ensure that the pollution control devices 
are properly installed and operating and that the standards are being 
met. Performance test reports are required as these are the Agency's 
records of a sources' initial capability to comply with the emission 
standards and to serve as a record of the operating conditions under 
which compliance are to be achieved. The information generated by 
monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements described in this 
ICR are used by the Agency to ensure that facilities that are affected 
by the standard continue to operate the control equipment and achieve 
continuous compliance with the regulation.
    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. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart H, as 
authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required 
information consists of emissions data and other information that have 
been determined to be private.
    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 the EPA 
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 174 
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: Primary and secondary emissions from 
basic oxygen furnaces.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,263.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $629,183, which includes $599,483 in 
labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $29,700 in operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment increase in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR is due to a more accurate estimate of 
existing sources. Consultations with the Office of Air Quality Planning 
and Standards (OAQPS) and trade associations revealed that there are 
approximately eighteen sources subject to the rule, as compared with 
the active ICR that shows five sources. There are no new facilities 
expected to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR. There 
is also an increase in the estimated burden cost as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of approved Burdens. The increase is 
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due to any program changes. The change in burden cost is due to the use 
of the most updated labor rates.
    Because there are no new sources with reporting requirements, no 
capital/startup costs are incurred. The only cost that is incurred is 
for the O&M of the monitoring equipment.

    Dated: December 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-32949 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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