Notice2022-17395
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From Primary Copper Smelters (Renewal)
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Published
August 12, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Primary Copper Smelters (EPA ICR Number 1089.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0044), 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 October 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022, 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 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 49828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17395]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0065; FRL-10141-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Inorganic Arsenic Emissions From
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 Inorganic Arsenic
Emissions from Primary Copper Smelters (EPA ICR Number 1089.07, OMB
Control Number 2060-0044), 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 October 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested,
via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022, 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 September 12,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0065, online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#593d363a323c2d193c2938773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcb8b3bfb7b9a89cb9acbdf2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>; or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
For additional delivery options and information about EPA's
dockets, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. 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#71101d185f1c041f0510021803311401105f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e485888dca89918a9085978d96a4819485ca838b92">[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 Inorganic Arsenic Emissions from Primary Copper
Smelters (40 CFR part 61, subpart O) were proposed on July 20, 1983,
and promulgated on August 4, 1986. These regulations apply to existing
facilities and new facilities where the total arsenic charging rate for
the copper converter department averaged over a 1-year period is
greater than 75 kg/hr (165 lb/hr), as determined under 40 CFR
61.174(f). New facilities include those that either commenced
construction, or reconstruction, after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
61, subpart O.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Primary copper smelters.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart O).
Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, annual.
Total estimated burden: 6,260 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $753,000 (per year), which includes $1,500 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. The increase is due to revisions to the labor
burden associated with certain tasks including performing monthly
Method 108A sample collection, calculations, and the time to record
results. This ICR adjusts the burden for these activities based on
comments received from industry and incorporates additional burden
hours. The comments reflected additional time to complete activities
and resulted in an increase in labor burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-17395 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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