Notice2023-06049
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (Renewal)
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Published
March 24, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (EPA ICR Number 1060.20, OMB Control Number 2060-0038), 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, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17841-17842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06049]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0057; FRL-10834-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen
Decarburization Vessels (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 Steel Plants: Electric
Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (EPA ICR Number
1060.20, OMB Control Number 2060-0038), 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, 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.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0057, 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#54303b373f3120143124357a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b7f7478707e6f5b7e6b7a357c746d">[email protected]</span></a>, 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#0e6f626720637b607a6f7d677c4e6b7e6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3828f8acd8e968d9782908a91a3869382cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
(87 FR 20847) on April 8, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 Steel
Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen Decarburization Vessels
(40 CFR part 60, subpart AA) were proposed on October 21, 1974,
promulgated on September 23, 1975, and most-recently amended on
February 22, 2005. These regulations apply to electric arc furnaces and
dust-handling systems that commenced construction, modification, or
reconstruction either after October 21, 1974 or on/or before August 17,
1983 at steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels.
In addition, the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for these
regulations (40 CFR part 60, subpart AAa) were proposed on August 17,
1983, promulgated on October 31, 1984, and most recently-amended on
February 22, 2005. These
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latter regulations apply to electric arc furnaces, argon-oxygen
decarburization vessels, and dust-handling systems that commenced
construction, modification, or reconstruction after August 17, 1983 at
steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels. New
facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts AA and
AAa. EPA proposed revisions to Subparts AA and AAa and proposed a new
Subpart AAb on May 16, 2022 (87 FR 29710). The burden for these
requirements is not included in this renewal and will be accounted for
once the rule is finalized. 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: Steel plants that produce carbon,
alloy, or specialty steels.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subparts AA and AAa).
Estimated number of respondents: 90 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 56,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $7,000,000 (per year), which includes
$198,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The
change in the burden and cost estimates is due to a decrease in the
average number of respondents per year subject to subparts AA and AAa
based on information gathered by EPA for a proposed rulemaking.
Although there was a decrease in the average number of respondents per
year, there was an increase in the number of new sources each year.
This resulted in an adjustment increase to the total capital/startup
cost. There is an adjustment decrease in the operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs as calculated in section 6(b)(iii) compared with the costs
in the previous ICR due to the decreased number of respondents based on
more recent information provided by EPA.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06049 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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