Notice2025-11777
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing (Renewal)
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Published
June 26, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 2040.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0515) 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 June 30, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27301-27302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11777]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0104; FRL-12850-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Refractory Products Manufacturing (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 Refractory Products
Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 2040.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0515) 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 June 30,
2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on August 6, 2024 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 July 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0104, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b6d79bd7d8d29bc49bd2d9d5ddd3c2f6d3c6d798d1d9c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfaee2aea1abe2bde2aba0aca4aabb8faabfaee1a8a0b9">[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.
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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, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard, D243-05,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0869646126657d667c697b617a486d7869266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a4b464304475f445e4b5943586a4f5a4b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 2025. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). 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="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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart SSSSS were proposed on June 20, 2002, promulgated on April 16,
2003, and most recently amended on November 19, 2021 (86 FR 66045).
These regulations apply to each refractory products manufacturing
facility which produces refractory bricks, refractory shapes,
monolithics, kiln furniture, crucibles, and other materials used as
linings for boilers, kilns, and other processing units and equipment
where extreme temperature, corrosions, and abrasion would destroy other
materials. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new
facilities that manufacture refractory products and use organic
hazardous air pollutant (HAP), chromium refractory, and clay refractory
products. New facilities include those that commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. Revisions
to the NESHAP were finalized on November 19, 2021 as a result of the
residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air
Act (CAA). This information is being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 63, subpart SSSSS.
In general, all NESHAP 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 NESHAP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Refractory products manufacturing
facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart SSSSS).
Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 341 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $134,000 (per year), which includes $87,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 111 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to a correction of the estimated
person-hours per occurrence and number of respondents per year for
performance tests and reports. These estimates were updated in this ICR
renewal based on information provided by industry through consultation
as described in section 8 of the supporting statement. Additionally,
corrections were made to remove burden and costs associated with
notifications and reports of alternative fuel use. The rule does not
allow alternative fuel use after November 19, 2021. The overall result
is an increase in burden hours and costs. There is an increase in the
capital/startup and operation and maintenance (O&M) costs as calculated
in section 13 of the supporting statement compared with the costs in
the previous ICR. The increase is due to cost increases from updating
the CEPCI index to the 2023 index and corrections to the estimated
costs for performance tests. The corrections are based on information
provided by industry through consultation as described in section 8 of
the supporting statement.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-11777 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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