[Federal Register: August 6, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 151)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium, 40 CFR Part 61,
Subpart C; OMB Control Number 2060-0092; EPA ICR Number 0193.07;
expiration date is September 30, 2001. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 5, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Number 0193.07, and OMB
Control Number 2060-0092, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division
(Mail Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at
farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR Number 0193.07. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Maria Malave at (202) 564-7027 or via
E-mail to Malave.Maria@EPAMAIL.EPA.Gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Beryllium, 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart C; OMB Control Number
2060-0092; EPA ICR Number 0193.07. This is a request for an extension
of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Beryllium were proposed on December 7, 1971 (36
FR 23939) and promulgated on April 6, 1973 (38 FR 8826). This standard
applies to all extraction plants, ceramic plants, foundries,
incinerators, and propellant plants which process beryllium ore,
beryllium, beryllium oxide, beryllium alloys, or beryllium-containing
waste. The standard also applies to machine shops which process
beryllium, beryllium oxides, or any alloy when such alloy contains more
than five percent beryllium by weight. All sources known to have
caused, or to have the potential to cause, dangerous levels of
beryllium in the ambient air are covered by the Beryllium NESHAP. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
61, subpart C.
There are approximately 236 existing sources subject to this rule.
Of the total number of existing sources, we have assumed that
approximately 10 sources (i.e., respondents) have elected to comply
with an alternative ambient air quality limit by operating a continuous
monitor in the vicinity of the affected
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facility. The monitoring requirements for these facilities provide
information on ambient air quality and ensure that locally, the
airborne beryllium concentration does not exceed 0.01 micrograms/
m3. These sources meeting the rule requirements by means of
ambient monitoring are required to submit a monthly report of all
measured concentrations to the Administrator. The remaining 226 sources
have elected to comply with the rule by conducting a one-time only
stack test to determine beryllium emission levels. We have assumed that
10 percent of the 226 sources (or 23 respondents) complying with the
emission limit standard will engage in an operational change at their
facilities that could potentially increase beryllium emissions, and
would be required to repeat the stack test to determine the beryllium
emission limits. Consequently these sources will have recordkeeping and
reporting requirements associated with the stack test. The owners or
operators subject to the provisions of this part are required to
maintain a file of all measurements, and retain the file for at least
two years following the date of such measurements and records. We have
assumed that no additional sources are expected to become subject to
the standard in the next three years. Therefore, there are 33
respondents for the purpose of determining the recordkeeping and
reporting burden associated with this rule.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on February 1,
2001. No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 13.4
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Business or other for profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
Frequency of Response: monthly and as needed basis (potentially
yearly), depending on the applicable requirement.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,232 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost
Burden: $35,000.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR Number 0193.07 and OMB Control Number 2060-0092 in any
correspondence.
Dated: July 25, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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