Notice2021-19432
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions From Basic Oxygen Furnaces (Renewal)
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Published
September 8, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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 1069.13, 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 December 31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50348-50349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19432]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0629; FRL-8964-01-OMS]
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 1069.13, 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 December 31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested,
via the Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 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 October 8,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0629 online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any
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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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f495989dda99819a8095879d86b4918495da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2445484d0a49514a5045574d56644154450a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC
West Building, 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: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: This rule applies to Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces
(BOPFs) in iron and steel plants commencing construction, modification
or reconstruction after June 11, 1973 and top-blown BOPFs, hot metal
transfer stations or skimming stations for which construction,
reconstruction, or modification commenced after January 20, 1983.
Respondents are required to submit initial notifications, conduct
performance tests and report test results for the primary emission
control devices, and submit periodic reports. Sources also must develop
and implement a startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan (SSMP) and
submit semiannual reports of any event where the procedures in the plan
were not followed. This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts N and Na.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Basic oxygen process furnaces
(BOPF).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subparts N and Na).
Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 4,560 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $562,000 (per year), which includes $21,600
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR. This decrease is due to a decrease in the
number of sources. The estimate of 13 respondents in this ICR reflects
a decrease in the number of respondents from the prior ICR due to the
closing or merger of existing facilities, as confirmed through Agency
review of iron and steel facilities in related rulemaking activities.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is
no significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the
capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-19432 Filed 9-7-21; 8:45 am]
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