Notice2022-06351
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides (Renewal)
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Published
March 25, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Radionuclides (EPA ICR Number 1100.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0191) 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 May 31, 2022. In addition, the Agency proposes the consolidation of this ICR with OMB Control Number 2060-0706, which was established to address the information collection requirements created by the revisions to NESHAP subpart W in 2017. All information collection required would then be included in a single ICR, together with the information collection requirements of subparts B, K, and R. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on October 4, 2020 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 not conduct or 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 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17084-17085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06351]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0085; FRL-9696-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Radionuclides (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 Radionuclides (EPA ICR
Number 1100.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0191) 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 May 31, 2022. In addition, the
Agency proposes the consolidation of this ICR with OMB Control Number
2060-0706, which was established to address the information collection
requirements created by the revisions to NESHAP subpart W in 2017. All
information collection required would then be included in a single ICR,
together with the information collection requirements of subparts B, K,
and R. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on October 4, 2020 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 not conduct or 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 April 25,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0085, 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 2821T, 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: Jonathan P. Walsh, Radiation
Protection Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Mail Code
6608T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9238; fax number: 202-
343-2304; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfa8beb3acb7f1b5b0b1beabb7beb19fbaafbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5829499869ddb9f9a9b94819d949bb5908594db929a83">[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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: On December 15, 1989, pursuant to Section 112 of the
Clean Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1857), the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations to control radionuclide
emissions from several source categories. The regulations are codified
at 40 CFR part 61. Of the eight subparts (B, H, I, K, Q, R, T and W)
included in the 1989 rule, as currently amended, four apply to
privately-operated facilities. In addition to requiring operational
practices that limit emissions, subparts B, K, R, and W impose
radionuclide dose and/or emission limits, respectively, to underground
uranium mines, elemental phosphorous plants, phosphogypsum stacks, and
uranium mill tailings impoundments. Facilities must inspect
impoundments, measure radionuclide emissions, perform analyses or
calculations per EPA procedures, and report the results to the EPA.
Information collected is used by the EPA to ensure that public
health and the environment continue to be protected from the hazards of
airborne radionuclides by compliance with these standards. Compliance
is demonstrated through emissions testing and dose calculation when
appropriate.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: The North American Industry
Classification
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System (NAICS) codes of facilities associated with the activity of the
respondents are: (1) Elemental Phosphorous--325180, (2) Phosphogypsum
Stacks--212392, (3) Underground Uranium Mines--212291, and (4) Uranium
Mill Tailings--212291.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (CAA, Sec, 112; 40
CFR part 61).
Estimated number of respondents: 25 (total).
Frequency of response: Monthly, annual, or one-time depending on
the source category and respondent activity.
Total estimated burden: 4,146 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $632,392 (per year), which includes $338,600
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Total estimated respondent hours
increased from 1,880 hours in the previous approved version of this ICR
to 4,146. The primary source of this increase was the consolidation of
this ICR with ICR 2060-0706. 1,806 hours of burden that were approved
by OMB in 2021 for ICR 2060-0706 were added. Additionally, while no
Subpart B facilities were reporting at the time of the last renewal in
2018, the Agency identified two respondents that are likely to submit
annual reports in 2021. These two responses were added to the ICR,
adding 460 hours of labor and $10,600 of non-labor cost to the burden
that was approved in 2019. For Subparts K, R, and W, there were no
changes to the number of respondents, the annual time burden, or the
annual non-labor cost compared to the most recent approvals of these
ICRs. The requested burden reflects the sum of the two ICRs that are
being consolidated.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06351 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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