[Federal Register: June 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 113)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0018; FRL-7512-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury, ICR Number
0113.08, OMB Number 2060-0097
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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: NESHAP for Mercury, OMB
Control Number 2060-0097, EPA ICR Number 0113.08. The ICR, which is
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.
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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 14, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, (Mail Code 2223A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; E-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2003-0018, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center is: (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by E-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that public comment, whether submitted
electronically or on paper, will be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET, as EPA receives them without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI),
or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute.
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including copyrighted
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102
(May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) OMB Control
Number 2060-0097, EPA ICR Number 0113.08. This is a request to renew an
existing, approved collection that is scheduled to expire on June 30,
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB.
Abstract: The NESHAP for Mercury, published at 40 CFR part 61,
subpart E, were proposed on December 7, 1971, promulgated on April 6,
1973, and amended on October 14, 1975 and March 19, 1987. These
standards apply to all stationary sources which process mercury ore to
recover mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas
and alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment
plant sludge. Approximately 107 sources (100 sludge incineration and
drying plants and seven mercury-cell chlor-alkali plants) are currently
subject to the standard; and no additional sources are expected to
become subject to the standard in the next three years. Mercury is the
pollutant regulated under this standard. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart E.
Owners or operators of affected facilities described must make the
following one-time-only reports: Notification of the date of
construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and
actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational
change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial
performance test; and the results of the initial performance test.
These facilities must also maintain records of performance test
results, startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions. In order to ensure
compliance with the standards, adequate recordkeeping and reporting is
necessary. This information enables the Agency to: (1) Identify the
sources subject to the standard; (2) ensure initial compliance with
emission limits; and (3) verify continuous compliance with the
standard. A written report of each period for which hourly monitored
parameters fall outside their established limits is required
semiannually for mercury-cell chlor-alkali facilities. Reporting and
recordkeeping is mandatory under section 114 of the Clean Air Act as
amended in 40 CFR part 61. Records of emission test results and other
data needed to determine total emissions will be maintained at the
source and made available for inspection for a minimum of two years.
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, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 156
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: Stationary Mercury processing
facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 107.
Frequency of Response: Annually, Semiannually, and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,818.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0 includes $0 annualized capital or
O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 8,686 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in burden from the most recently
approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. We have
determined that the number of sources currently subject to this
standard has decreased based on the most recent data available on the
Air Facility System database for NESHAP respondent cost is due to a
labor rate change where the rate was increased; however, the total
overall cost is reduced due to the smaller number of sources covered by
the rule.
Dated: June 5, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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