Notice2022-25797
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy Production Facilities (Renewal)
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November 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy Production Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1604.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0110), 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 January 31, 2023. 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 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72990-72991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25797]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0074; FRL-10455-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Brass and Bronze
Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters, Primary
Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and Ferroalloy
Production Facilities (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 Secondary Brass and
Bronze Production, Primary Copper Smelters, Primary Zinc Smelters,
Primary Lead Smelters, Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants, and
Ferroalloy Production Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1604.13, OMB Control
Number 2060-0110), 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 January 31, 2023. 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 December 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0074, to EPA 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#10747f737b7564507560713e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="afcbc0ccc4cadbefcadfce81c8c0d9">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
[[Page 72991]]
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#03626f6a2d6e766d7762706a71436673622d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcbdb0b5f2b1a9b2a8bdafb5ae9cb9acbdf2bbb3aa">[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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Secondary
Brass and Bronze Production (40 CFR part 60, subpart M) apply to both
existing facilities and new facilities that commenced either
construction or modification after June 11, 1973. These standards apply
to the following facilities in secondary brass or bronze production
plants: reverberatory and electric furnaces of 1,000 kg or greater
production capacity and blast (cupola) furnaces of 250 kg/hr or greater
production capacity. Furnaces from which molten brass or bronze are
cast into the shape of finished products, such as foundry furnaces, are
not considered to be affected facilities. The NSPS for Primary Copper
Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart P) apply to both existing facilities
and new facilities that commenced either construction or modification
after October 16, 1974. These standards apply to the following
facilities in primary copper smelters: dryer, roaster, smelting
furnace, and copper converter. The NSPS for Primary Zinc Smelters (40
CFR part 60, subpart Q) apply to both existing facilities and new
facilities that commenced either construction or modification after
October 16, 1974. These standards apply to the following facilities in
primary zinc smelters: roaster and sintering machines. The NSPS for
Primary Lead Smelters (40 CFR part 60, subpart R) apply to both
existing facilities and new facilities that commenced either
construction or modification after October 16, 1974. These standards
apply to the following facilities in primary lead smelters: sintering
machine, sintering machine discharge end, blast furnace, dross
reverberatory furnace, electric smelting furnace, and converter. The
NSPS for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart S)
apply to both existing facilities and new facilities that commenced
either construction or modification after October 23, 1974. These
standards apply to the following facilities in primary aluminum
reduction plants: potroom groups and anode bake plants. The NSPS for
Ferroalloy Production Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart Z) apply to
both existing facilities and new facilities that commenced either
construction or modification after October 21, 1974. These standards
apply to the following facilities in ferroalloy production plants:
electric submerged arc furnaces which produce silicon metal,
ferrosilicon, calcium silicon, silicomanganese zirconium, ferrochrome
silicon, silvery iron, high-carbon ferrochrome, charge chrome, standard
ferromanganese, silicomanganese, ferromanganese silicon, or calcium
carbide; and dust-handling equipment.
In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain 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 notifications, reports, and
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators or secondary
brass and bronze production facilities, primary copper smelters,
primary zinc smelters, primary lead smelters, primary aluminum
reduction plants, and ferroalloy production facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 60, subparts
M, P, Q, R, S, and Z).
Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total).
Frequency of response: Monthly, semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: 2,008 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $349,000 (per year), which includes $107,000
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). Based on information
collected by the Agency, all facilities subject to 40 CFR part 60,
subpart S are complying with MACT Subpart LL for potroom groups and
anode back furnaces as an alternative to the NSPS requirements. In
addition, the MACT rule requirements for anode bake plants are more
stringent and superseded the NSPS requirements for such affected
facility. We assume all facilities subject to this NSPS will continue
to comply with the MACT instead; therefore, this ICR adjusts the burden
for Subpart S to reflect no respondents. In addition, Capital/Startup
vs. O&M costs have decreased due to the same reasons as stated above.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25797 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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