Notice2022-01763
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (Renewal)
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January 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (EPA ICR Number 1831.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0391), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 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 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4584-4585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01763]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0093; FRL-9517-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Ferroalloys Production:
Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (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 Ferroalloys
Production: Ferromanganese and Silicomanganese (EPA ICR Number 1831.08,
OMB Control Number 2060-0391), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 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 February 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0093, 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#8dece1e4a3e0f8e3f9ecfee4ffcde8fdeca3eae2fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="63020f0a4d0e160d1702100a11230613024d040c15">[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>.
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Abstract: Owners and operators of ferromanganese and
silicomanganese production facilities are required to comply with
reporting and record keeping requirements for the General Provisions
(40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as for the applicable specific
standards in 40 CFR part 63 Subpart XXX. This includes submitting
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and
results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with
these standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Ferroalloy production facilities
that manufacture ferromanganese and silicomanganese.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart XXX).
Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannually, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 1,610 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $609,000 (per year), which includes $424,000
for annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a change in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR (ICR Number 1831.07) as currently identified
in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several
considerations. The regulations are not anticipated to change over the
next three years. The growth rate for this industry is either very low
or non-existent, so there is no change in the number of respondents.
The 2015 Risk and Technology Review final rule, issued June 30, 2015
(80 FR 37366), and the 2017 reconsideration, issued January 18, 2017
(82 FR 5408), revised the rule significantly, resulting in changes in
the labor burden, capital/startup costs, and operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs. However, these changes were not included in the
previously-approved ICR (ICR Number 1831.07: Issued March 8, 2019).
Instead, the burden for the rule revision was included in ICR Number
2448.02, issued March 16, 2015, which showed only the increase in
burden due to the rule changes. This ICR (1831.08) combines and
incorporates the `burden' from the 2015 and 2017 rule revisions, as
shown in ICR Number 2448.02, with the `burden' shown in the previously-
approved ICR (1831.07). This ICR also reorganizes and clarifies the
`burden' associated with each rule requirement.
There is a decrease in the total estimated burden for capital/
startup costs from that shown in ICR Number 2448.02. This decrease is
not due to any program changes. The change in the burden and cost
estimates occurred because the revised standard has been in effect for
more than three years and the requirements are different during initial
compliance. ICR Number 2448.02 reflected those burdens and costs
associated with the initial activities for the two subject facilities.
This includes purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting performance
test(s) and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR reflects the
on-going burden and costs for existing facilities.
There is an increase in the total estimated burden from that shown
in ICR Number 2448.02. This increase is not due to any program changes.
This increase is due to an omission in the burden calculations for O&M
costs in ICR Number 2448.02, which failed to include costs for periodic
testing (every five years) for certain equipment and processes.
The 2020 amendment to the regulation (85 FR 73902) added electronic
notification requirements, but this did not add to the burden. There is
a slight increase in labor costs, which is due wholly to the use of
updated labor rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most-recent
Bureau of Labor Statistics report (March 2021) to calculate respondent
burden costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01763 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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