[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18282-18283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08715]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0693; FRL-9993-09-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore Processing 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an

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information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Taconite Iron Ore 
Processing (EPA ICR Number 2050.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0538) 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 June 30, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on May 30, 2018 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 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0693, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], 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 
[email protected]. 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: [email protected].

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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart RRRRR were proposed on December 18, 2002, promulgated on 
October 30, 2003, and amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations 
apply to existing facilities and new taconite iron ore processing 
facilities that emit or have the potential to emit a single hazardous 
air pollutant (HAP) at a rate of 10 tons or more per year or any 
combination of HAPs at a rate of 25 tons or more per year. The affected 
sources are ore crushing and handling operations, ore dryers, 
indurating furnaces, finished pellet handling emission units, and 
fugitive dust emissions. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart RRRRR.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain 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 notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Taconite iron ore processing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63 
subpart RRRRR).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 483 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $576,000 (per year), includes $521,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
adjustment increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is 
due to an increase in the number of sources. Three sources that have 
been idle have restarted operations. There is no change in capital/
startup costs compared with the costs in the previous ICR, as there are 
no new sources subject to initial startup requirements. The change in 
the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs compared with the costs in 
the previous ICR are due to the three existing plants that were idle 
becoming operational.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-08715 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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