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Notice2026-19505

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Aluminum, Copper, and Other Non-Ferrous Foundries (Renewal)

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September 24, 2026

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Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Aluminum, Copper, and Other Non-Ferrous Foundries (EPA ICR Number 2332.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0630) 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 September 30, 2026. 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 91, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60621-60622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19505]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0124; FRL-13639-01-OFA]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Aluminum, Copper, and Other Non-Ferrous Foundries 
(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 Aluminum, Copper, and 
Other Non-Ferrous Foundries (EPA ICR Number 2332.07, OMB Control Number 
2060-0630) 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 
September 30, 2026. 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 October 26, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0124, 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#741559151a10590659101b171f1100341104155a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ed8cc08c8389c09fc089828e868899ad889d8cc38a829b">[email&#160;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: Aiden Titel, Natural Resources 
Division (D230-0L), Office of Clean Air Programs, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-4836; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2a5e435e4f46044b434e4f446a4f5a4b044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c3825382920622d252829220c293c2d622b233a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through September 30, 2026. 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 Aluminum, Copper and Other Non-ferrous Metals 
Foundries (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZZZ) were proposed on February 9, 
2009; promulgated on June 25, 2009; and revised on September 10, 2009. 
These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities 
conducting melting operations located at an aluminum, copper, or other 
non-ferrous foundry that is an area source of hazardous air

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pollutants (HAP) emissions, melts 600 tons per year (tpy) of aluminum, 
copper, or other non-ferrous metal or greater, and uses material that 
either contains or has the potential to emit HAP for which the source 
category was listed. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction, or modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR Part 63, Subpart ZZZZZZ.
    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: Aluminum, copper and other non-
ferrous metals foundries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR Part 63, 
Subpart ZZZZZZ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 318 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 11,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,640,000 (per year). There are no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-19505 Filed 9-23-26; 8:45 am]
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