[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 59078]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21121]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0039; FRL-10256-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Area Sources: Primary Copper
Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous Metals-
Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium (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 Area Sources: Primary
Copper Smelting, Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous
Metals-Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium (EPA ICR Number 2240.08, OMB
Control Number 2060-0596), 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 November 30, 2022. 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. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 31,
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0039, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
https://www.regulations.gov, 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<PHONE_NUMBER>. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Area Sources: Primary Copper Smelting,
Secondary Copper Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous Metals-Zinc, Cadmium,
and Beryllium (40 CFR part 63, subparts EEEEEE, FFFFFF, and GGGGGG),
apply to both new and existing primary copper smelting facilities
(Subpart EEEEEE), new secondary copper smelting facilities (Subpart
FFFFFF), and both new and existing primary zinc or beryllium production
facilities (Subpart GGGGGG) that are an area source of hazardous air
pollutant (HAP) emissions. 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 the
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of new and
existing primary copper smelting facilities, new secondary copper
smelting facilities, and new and existing primary zinc or beryllium
production facilities that are area sources of HAP.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subparts EEEEEE, FFFFFF, and GGGGGG).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 41 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,970 (per year), includes no annualized
capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment
decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an
updated respondent count that showed fewer primary copper sources than
were estimated in the most-recently approved ICR. This count is based
on data collected during a recently proposed rulemaking for primary
copper smelting area sources (87 FR 1616; January 11, 2022). and better
reflects the current industry. Because the proposed rulemaking is not
yet finalized, this ICR renewal reflects the burden of the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the existing regulation.
There are no capital/startup vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs
for the affected sources.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21121 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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