[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54751-54752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23744]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0037; FRL-9984-59-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Primary and Secondary 
Emissions from Basic Oxygen Furnaces (EPA ICR Number 1069.12, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0029), 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 November 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 November 30, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number HQ-OECA-
2014-0037, 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Primary 
Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces (Subpart N) apply to each 
basic oxygen process furnace (BOPF) in an iron and steel plant that 
commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. These standards were merged with Standards of Performance 
for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Steelmaking 
Facilities (Subpart Na). Subpart Na is applicable to any top-blown 
BOPF, and hot metal transfer station or skimming stations used with 
bottom-blown or top-blown BOPF's for which construction, 
reconstruction, or modification commenced after January 20, 1983. In 
general, all NSPS 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 with 40 CFR part 60, 
subparts N and Na.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of basic oxygen 
process furnaces at iron and steel plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart N and Na).
    Estimated number of respondents: 18 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,280 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $690,000 (per year), which includes $29,700 
in annualized capital and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. Hours were added to 
approximate the time spent by each source each year to familiarize with 
the rule requirements, and the total hours were rounded to three 
significant digits, which resulted in a small increase in labor hours 
since the last renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23744 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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