[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 125 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30444-30445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13922]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0348; FRL-9979-77-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR)--NESHAP for Primary Aluminum 
Reduction Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1767.08, OMB Control No. 2060-
0360--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, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on June 29, 2017, 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 July 30, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0348, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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, 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 Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 
63, subpart LL) were proposed on September 26, 1996, promulgated on 
October 7, 1997, and most-recently amended on October 15, 2015. The 
2015 amendment includes: (1) Polycyclic organic matter (POM) emission 
limits for new, existing and reconstructed prebake potlines; (2) 
revised POM limits for new, existing and reconstructed Soderberg 
potlines; (3) carbonyl sulfide (COS) emission limits for new, existing 
and reconstructed potlines; (4) POM emission limits for existing pitch 
storage tanks; (5) particulate matter (PM) emission limits for new, 
existing and reconstructed potlines, paste production plants and anode 
bake furnaces; (6) mercury (Hg) limits for new, existing and 
reconstructed anode bake furnaces;

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(7) arsenic, nickel and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) limits for new, 
existing and reconstructed Soderberg potlines; (8) new work practice 
standards for anode bake furnaces, paste production plants and 
potlines; and (9) eliminates the exemptions for periods of startup, 
shutdown, and malfunctions (SSM). The amendment also reduces the 
testing frequency for total fluoride (TF) from prebake and Soderberg 
potlines and POM from Soderberg potlines from monthly to semiannually. 
These regulations apply to the following affected sources at a primary 
aluminum reduction plant are covered: Each new and existing pitch 
storage tank, potline, paste production plant and anode bake furnace 
that is located at a plant site that is a major source as defined at 
Sec.  63.2 (except for anode bake furnaces that are not located on the 
same site as a primary aluminum reduction plant). New facilities 
include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the 
date of proposal.
    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: Primary aluminum reduction plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart LL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 11 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 71,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,630,000 (per year), which includes $78,500 
in either annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This decrease is primarily due to a program change. 
The 2015 amendment reduces the frequency of TF performance tests from 
monthly to semiannually. This ICR combines burden from the existing 
provisions with the burden associated with the 2015 amendment to the 
rule, resulting in a net decrease in burden. Additionally, there is an 
adjustment decrease because the total number of affected sources has 
decreased as compared to the most recently-approved ICR. There is an 
adjustment decrease in the total estimated capital and O&M costs as 
compared to the most recently approved ICR. This decrease occurred 
because there is a decrease in the total number of respondents subject 
to the rule.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-13922 Filed 6-27-18; 8:45 am]
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