Notice2021-25963
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal)
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Published
December 2, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Primary Copper Smelters (EPA ICR No. 1850.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0476), 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, 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 229 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 68493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25963]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0635; FRL 9323-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Copper Smelters (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), NESHAP for Primary Copper
Smelters (EPA ICR No. 1850.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0476), 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,
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 January 3,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0635, 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 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#06676a6f286b73687267756f744663766728616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d0c010443001803190c1e041f2d081d0c430a021b">[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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Copper Smelters (40 CFR part 63,
subpart QQQ) were proposed on April 20, 1998; promulgated on June 6,
2002; and most-recently amended on November 19, 2020. These regulations
apply to each existing and new copper concentrate dryer, smelting
furnace, slag cleaning vessel, copper converter department, and the
entire group of fugitive emission sources located at a primary copper
smelter facility that is a major source of hazardous air pollutant
(HAP) emissions. Major sources of HAP emissions are sites that emit, or
have the potential to emit, any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams
(10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAPs at a rate of
22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. New facilities include
those that commenced either construction or reconstruction after the
date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart QQQ.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Primary copper smelters.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart QQQ).
Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 6,380 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $761,000 (per year), which includes $5,480 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in burden
from the most-recently approved ICR. This increase is not due to any
program changes, but is due to a decrease in the estimated number of
sources subject to the NESHAP. The Agency has identified, through
recent rulemaking efforts, that one of three primary copper smelters
located in the United States is no longer a major source of HAP.
Therefore, approximately two respondents will be subject to these
standards over the three-year period covered by this ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-25963 Filed 12-1-21; 8:45 am]
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