	RE: Coal Prep Items Requested

	Mary Johnson

	to:

	Higgins, Cortney

	09/23/2009 09:00 AM

	Cc:

	RobertJ Wayland

	Show Details

Cortney,

Attached, per your request, is the revised thermal dryer memo.

Thanks.

Mary Johnson

Environmental Engineer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards

Mail Code D 243-01

Research Triangle Park, NC  27711

Phone:<PHONE_NUMBER>

Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings #1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC19-87-000.
    Applicants: RWE Aktiengesellschaft, E.ON SE, Munnsville Wind Farm,
LLC, Pioneer Trail Wind Farm, LLC, Radford's Run Wind Farm, LLC,
Settlers Trail Wind Farm, LLC, Stony Creek Wind Farm, LLC, Wildcat Wind
Farm I, LLC, Iron Horse Battery Storage, LLC, EC&R Energy Marketing,
LLC, EC&R O&M, LLC.
    Description: Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 203
of the Federal Power Act, et al. of RWE Aktiengesellschaft, et al.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5160.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: EC19-88-000.
    Applicants: Cinergy Corp., Duke Energy Renewables, Inc., Caprock
Solar 1 LLC, Cimarron Windpower II, LLC, Frontier Windpower, LLC, Happy
Jack Windpower, LLC, Ironwood Windpower, LLC, Kit Carson Windpower,
LLC, Laurel Hill Wind Energy, LLC, North Allegheny Wind, LLC, Pumpjack
Solar I, LLC, Rio Bravo Solar I, LLC, Rio Bravo Solar II, LLC, Shoreham
Solar Commons LLC, Seville Solar One LLC, Seville Solar Two LLC, Silver
Sage Windpower, LLC, Three Buttes Windpower, LLC, Top of the World Wind
Energy LLC, Tallbear Seville LLC, Wildwood Solar I, LLC, Wildwood Solar
II, LLC, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), JH Symphony
Renewables, LLC.
    Description: Joint Application for Authorization Under Section 203
of the Federal Power Act of Cinergy Corp., et al.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5097.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER15-572-007.
    Applicants: New York Transco, LLC, New York Independent System
Operator, Inc.
    Description: Compliance filing: NY Transco compliance re: formula
rate revisions AC transmission projects to be effective 4/8/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5001.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-318-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. submits
tariff filing per 35.19a(b): Refund Report_Cleco Power [ER17-1368-000,
ER17-1669-000, ER18-1237-000 & ER19-318-000] to be effective N/A.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5058.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1456-001.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Tariff Amendment: 2019-05-08_SA 3293 Big Stone Sub
Transformer Upgrade Sub MPFCA (J488 J493 J526) to be effective 3/29/
2019.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5099.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1797-000.
    Applicants: Valcour Clinton Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Notice of Succession &
Clarification of Category Seller Status to be effective 5/8/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5108.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1798-000.
    Applicants: Valcour Ellenburg Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Notice of Succession &
Clarification of Category Seller Status to be effective 5/8/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5124.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1799-000.
    Applicants: Valcour Wethersfield Windpark, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Notice of Succession &
Clarification of Category Seller Status to be effective 5/8/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5128.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1800-000.
    Applicants: Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: 2019-05-07_SA 6511 ETEC-MISO
Agreement for Pseudo-Ties Out of MISO to be effective 6/1/2019.

    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5145.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1801-000.
    Applicants: Fresh Air Energy II, LLC.
    Description: Petition for Limited Waiver of Tariff of Fresh Air
Energy II, LLC.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5153.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1802-000.
    Applicants: Portland General Electric Company.
    Description: Petition to Terminate Settlement (EL02-114-000 and
EL02-115-001) of Portland General Electric Company.
    Filed Date: 5/7/19.
    Accession Number: 20190507-5159.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/28/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1803-000.
    Applicants: North Rosamond Solar, LLC.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Amendments to MBR Tariff to
Reflect Affiliation to be effective 4/10/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5010.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1804-000.
    Applicants: The Potomac Edison Company, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Potomac Edison submits CA,
Service Agreement No. 5274 with SVEC to be effective 7/7/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5028.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    Docket Numbers: ER19-1805-000.
    Applicants: El Paso Electric Company.
    Description: Sec.  205(d) Rate Filing: Service Agreement No. 317,
Short-Term Firm PTP Agreement with EDF to be effective 7/8/2019.
    Filed Date: 5/8/19.
    Accession Number: 20190508-5072.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/19.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: May 8, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09881 Filed 5-13-19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2008-0566]

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee
(HOGANSAC) and its working groups will meet in Texas City, Texas, to
discuss waterway improvements, aids to navigation, area projects
impacting safety on the Houston Ship Channel, and various other
navigation safety matters in the Galveston Bay area. All meetings will
be open to the public.

DATES: The Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, from 9
a.m. to 12 noon. The Committee's working groups will meet on Thursday,
September 4, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. These meetings may close
early if all business is finished before 12 noon. Written material and
requests to make oral presentations to the Committee should reach the
Coast Guard on or before September 9, 2008. Requests to

have a copy of your materials distributed to each member of the
committee or working group should reach the Coast Guard on or before
September 2, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee will meet at Marine Safety Unit
Galveston, 2101 FM 2004, Texas City, Texas 77591,<PHONE_NUMBER>. The
working group meeting will be held at Marine Safety Unit Galveston,
2101 FM 2004, Texas City, Texas 77591,<PHONE_NUMBER>. Send written
material and requests to make oral presentations to LT Sean Hughes,
Assistant to the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, 9640 Clinton Drive,
Houston, Texas 77029. This notice is available in our online docket,
USCG-2008-0566, at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commander Hal R. Pitts, Executive
Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or Lieutenant Sean Hughes, Assistant to the
Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of these meetings is given pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92-463).
    Agendas of the Meetings:
    Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC).
The tentative agenda is as follows:
    (1) Opening remarks by the Committee Sponsor (RADM Whitehead) or
the Committee Sponsor's representative, Executive Director (CAPT Diehl)
and Chairperson (Ms. Tava Foret).
    (2) Approval of the May 22, 2008 minutes.
    (3) Old Business:
    (a) Navigation Operations (NAVOPS)/Maritime Incident Review
subcommittee report;
    (b) Dredging subcommittee report;
    (c) Technology subcommittee report;
    (d) Waterways Optimization subcommittee report;
    (e) Harbor of Safe Refuge subcommittee report;
    (f) HOGANSAC Outreach subcommittee report;
    (g) Commercial Recovery Contingency subcommittee report; and
    (h) Area Maritime Security Committee (AMSC) Liaison's report.
    (4) New Business:
    Working Groups Meeting. The tentative agenda for the working groups
meeting is as follows:
    (1) Presentation by each working group of its accomplishments and
plans for the future;
    (2) Review and discuss the work completed by each working group;
and
    (3) Put forth any action items for consideration at full committee
meeting.

Procedural

    Both meetings are open to the public. Please note that meetings may
close early if all business is finished. At the Chairs' discretion,
members of the public may make oral presentations during the meetings.
If you would like to make an oral presentation at the Committee's
September 16 meeting, please notify the Coast Guard no later than
September 9, 2008. Written material for distribution at a meeting
should reach the Coast Guard no later than September 2, 2008. If you
would like a copy of your material distributed to each member of the
committee in advance of the meetings, please submit 19 copies to the
Coast Guard no later than September 2, 2008.

Information on Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    For information on facilities or services for individuals with
disabilities or to request special assistance at the meetings, contact
the Executive Secretary or Assistant to the Executive Secretary as soon
as possible.

    Dated: June 24, 2008.
J.H. Korn,
Captain U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 8th Coast Guard District, Acting.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2387-003]

City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License.
    b. Project No.: 2387-003.
    c. Date filed: August 31, 2016.
    d. Applicant: City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department.
    e. Name of Project: Holyoke Number 2 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Between the first and second level canals on the
Holyoke Canal System adjacent to the Connecticut River, in the city of
Holyoke in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The project does not occupy
federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Paul Ducheney, Superintendent, City of
Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA
01040,<PHONE_NUMBER> or<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    i. FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott,<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and

serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: October 31, 2016.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-2387-003.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
    n. The existing Holyoke Number 2 project consists of: (1) An intake
at the wall of the First Level Canal fed by the Holyoke Canal System
(licensed under FERC Project No. 2004) with three trash rack screens
(one 16-foot-2-inch tall by 26-foot-2-inch-wide and two 14-foot-9-inch
tall by 21-foot-10-inch long) with 3-inch clear spacing; (2) two 9-
foot-diameter, 240-foot-long penstocks; (3) a 17-foot-high by 10-foot-
diameter surge tank; (4) a 60-foot-long by 40-foot-wide by 50-foot high
powerhouse with one 800-kilowatt vertical turbine generator unit; (4)
two parallel 9-foot-wide, 10-foot-high, 120-foot-long brick arched
tailrace conduits discharging into the Second Level Canal; (5) an 800-
foot-long, 4.8-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The project is estimated to generate 4,710,000 kilowatt-
hours annually.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter..  October 2016.
Request Additional Information.........  October 2016.
Issue Acceptance Letter................  January 2017.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments..  February 2017.
Request Additional Information (if       April 2017.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)  May 2017.
Notice that application is ready for     May 2017.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft  November 2017.
 EA.
Notice of the availability of the final  February 2018.
 EA.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: September 14, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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SF 83 SUPPORTING STATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces ( 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na)

1. Identification of the Information Collection 1( a) Title of the Information Collection NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces ( 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na)

1( b) Short Characterization/ Abstract The New Source Performance Standards ( NSPS) for Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces ( Subpart N) were proposed on June 11, 1973, and promulgated on March 8, 1974. These standards apply to each basic oxygen process furnace ( BOPF) in an iron and steel plant commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of a proposal. An opacity limit was promulgated on April 13, 1978, as a supplement to the mass standard. On January 20, 1983, amendments to the Standards of Performance for Primary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces, merged with Standards of Performance for Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Steelmaking Facilities ( Subpart Na). Subpart Na is applicable to any top blown BOPF, hot metal transfer station or skimming station for which construction, reconstruction, or modification commenced after January 20, 1983. These amendments were promulgated on January 2, 1986. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na.

In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators 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. In addition, all sources subject to this standard are required to submit semiannual reports of measurements that average 10 percent below the average measurements obtained during the most recent performance tests. Monitoring requirements specific to NSPS for Primary and Secondary Emissions from Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces at steelmaking facilities provide information on the operation of the emissions control device and compliance with the mass and visible emission standards. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS. All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) Regional Office. 2 Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated State or Local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA Regional Office.

For the renewal of this Information Collection Request ( ICR), we have determined that the number of sources has decreased within the past three years. There are only three BOPF shops, out of 19 BOPF shops at 17 facilities operating in the United States, which are subject to NSPS Subparts N and Na. We have also assumed that one of two BOPF shops that closed within the past three years, which has a vessel subject to NSPS Subpart Na, will reopen within the next few months ( approximately 6 months from July 2002) based on information that we have gathered on the source. Therefore, the burden estimate for the renewal of this ICR was calculated with the assumption that there are 4 operating BOPF shops. We have also determined that there is an average of 2.2 vessels per BOPF shop. In addition, we have assumed that one existing BOPF shop over the next three years will become subject to NSPS Subpart Na due to modifications/ reconstruction related to its furnaces, skimming stations and/ or hot metal transfer stations.

In the development of this ICR, we have addressed the Office of Management and Budget ( OMB) " Terms of Clearance" on the active ICR. Specifically, we revised the current number of sources affected by the rule and revised the assumptions that were made on the active ICR. We have also revised the estimate for capital and operation and maintenance costs for the three year period of this ICR. The total number of sources was based on an analysis of the BOPF shops operated by iron and steel facilities listed on the Sector Facility Indexing Project ( SFIP). We revised the list based with the technical support of Edward Wojciechowski, the Agency Iron and Steel Liaison, who has extensive knowledge on the industry sector, and information gathered on BOPF shops by the United Steel Workers of America, and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards ( OAQPS), and by contacting the sources' environmental affairs contact to confirm its status.

The average annual burden for capital and operations and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $ 25,794. The average annual burden to industry over the next three years for recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated at 1,012 person hours 2. Need for and Use of the Collection 2( a) Need/ Authority for the Collection The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act ( CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect: 3 . . . application of the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which ( taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any non air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated. Section 111( a)( l).

The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology ( BDT). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years.

In addition, Section 114( a) states that the Administrator may require any owner or operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:

( A) Establish and maintain such records; ( B) make such reports; ( C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; ( D) sample such emissions ( in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); ( E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; ( F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114( a)( 3); and ( G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from primary and secondary emissions from basic oxygen process furnaces cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na.

2( b) Practical Utility/ Users of the Data The control of emissions of particulate matter emissions from primary and secondary emissions from basic oxygen process furnaces requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. Emissions of particulate matter from basic oxygen process furnace shops are the result of operation of furnaces, skimming stations and/ or hot metal transfer stations. The subject standards are achieved by the capture and collection of primary and secondary particulate matter emissions by use of primary emission control systems such as the combination of open or closed hood capture systems in conjunction with electrostatic precipitators or venturi scrubbers, and the use of secondary emission control systems such as a combination of open or closed hood capture systems in 4 conjunction with baghouses or venturi scrubbers.

The notifications required in the applicable regulations are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and the opacity standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved. A source is required to monitor the operating conditions of each steel production cycle including time and duration of process, exhaust ventilation rates of gases, the pressure loss through a venturi scrubber, water supply pressure to the control equipment; and opacity through the shop roof or other building openings. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting are necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable regulations, as required by the Clean Air Act. The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for targeting inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as evidence in court.

3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria The recordkeeping and reporting requested is required under 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na.

3( a) Nonduplication If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA Regional Office. Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated State or local agency. If a State or local agency has adopted their own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the State or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards. Therefore, no duplication exists.

3( b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register on October 29, 2001. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.

3( c) Consultations 5 For this information collection, the originator conducted a query on the Aerometric Information Retrieval System ( AIRS) Facility Subsystem ( AFS) database maintained by OAQPS, and the Applicability Determination Index ( ADI) web site and the SFIP maintained by the Office of Compliance. The originator requested the support of Edward Wojciechowski in Region V, who is the Agency Iron and Steel Liaison. He provided technical support to develop a report of the status of the BOPF shops operating in the United States and determined the applicability with NSPS Subparts N and Na. Specifically, we developed a list of steel facilities based on the SFIP which we used to develop a list of BOPF shops. Subsequently, a report containing the status of the BOPF shops was developed based on their knowledge of the sector, the review of data from the United Steel Workers of America and OAQPS, and further consultation by Mr. Wojciechowski with some facilities to confirm data when needed.

3( d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet the standards. Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are applied and emission limitations are met. If the information required by these standards was collected less frequently, the likelihood of detecting poor operation and maintenance of control equipment and noncompliance would decrease.

3( e) General Guidelines None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations established by OMB at 5 CFR 1320.6.

3( f) Confidentiality The required information consists of emissions data and other information that have been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B  Confidentiality of Business Information ( see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

3( g) Sensitive Questions None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions. 4. The Respondents and the Information Requested 4( a) Respondents/ SIC Codes The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are iron and steel plants with BOPFs that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after June 11, 1973, 6 and with top blown BOPFs and hot metal transfer stations and skimming stations used with bottom blown or top blown BOPFs for which construction was commenced after January 20, 1983. The SIC code for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC ( U. S. Standard Industrial Classification) 3312, Steel Works, Blast Furnaces ( including coke ovens), and Rolling Mills ( hot rolling purchase steel), which corresponds to the NAICS ( The North American Industry Classification System) 331111, Iron and Steel Mills.

4( b) Information Requested ( i) Data Items All data in this ICR that is recorded and/ or reported is required by 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na.

A source must make the following reports:

Reports for 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na Notification of construction/ reconstruction 60.7( a)( 1)

Notification of anticipated startup 60.7( a)( 2)

Notification of actual startup 60.7( a)( 3)

Notification of physical or operational change 60.7( 4)

Notification of monitoring system performance commencement 60.7( 5)

Performance test results 60.8 ( a)

Notification of performance test 60.8( d)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system 60.7( a)( 5)

Semiannual compliance reports of all measurements over any 3 hour period that average more than 10% below the average level maintained during the most recent performance test in which the facility demonstrated compliance with the standard 60.7( c), 60.143( c e)

A source must maintain the following records:

Recordkeeping for 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na Startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative. 60.7( b) 7 Recordkeeping for 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na Emission test results, continuous monitoring system data, performance test results and other data needed to determine compliance with mass and visible emission limits. 60.7( f), 60.145a Time and duration of each steel production cycle. 60.143( a)

Record the time and duration of the rates or levels of any diversion of exhaust gases from the main stack servicing the BOPF. 60.143( a)

Record the various rates or levels of exhaust ventilation at each phase of the cycle through each duct of the secondary emission capture system. 60.143a( a)

Record the time and duration of the visible emission data sets. 60.145a( d)

Record the particulate matter concentration ( i. e., opacity levels) exiting the control device and discharge into the atmosphere. 60.142( a b)

Record the pressure loss through the venturi constriction of the scrubber continuously. 60.143( a)( 1)

Record the water supply pressure to the venturi scrubber control equipment continuously. 60.143( a)( 2)

Records are required to be retained for 2 of years. 60.7( f)

( ii) Respondent Activities Respondent Activities Read instructions. 8 Respondent Activities Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system for pressure loss through the constriction of the venturi scrubber and the water supply pressure to the venturi scrubber.

Perform an initial performance test, Reference Method 5 for determination of particulate matter concentration, Method 9 determination of opacity, Method 2 for determination of the various rates of exhaust ventilation, and repeat performance tests.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 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.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

The information on BOPF shops gathered by EPA and the States is through inspections and reports submitted by industry. Presently, several regulatory agencies are setting up electronic reporting systems to enable facilities to report electronically, which will further reduce labor costs. 9 5. The Information Collected  Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management 5( a) Agency Activities EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and semiannual reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the AIRS ( Aerometric Information Retrieval System) Facility Subsystem ( AFS) database and the Sector Facility Indexing Project ( SFIP).

5( b) Collection Methodology and Management Performance test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard and the operating conditions of each steel production cycle including time and duration of process, exhaust ventilation rates of gases, the pressure loss through a venturi scrubber, and the water supply pressure to the control equipment and monitor opacity through the shop roof or other building openings under which compliance was achieved. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs.

Information contained in the reports is entered into AFS which is operated and maintained by EPA's OAQPS. AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance and annual emission inventory data for over 100,000 industrial and government owned facilities. EPA uses AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by Local and State regulatory agencies, EPA Regional Offices and EPA Headquarters. EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for two years.

5( c) Small Entity Flexibility 10 This rule addresses basic oxygen process furnaces at iron and steel facilities. Iron and steel facilities are large and very complex facilities. Therefore, there are no small businesses affected by this regulation.

5( d) Collection Schedule The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown in Table 2: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces ( 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na).

6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection Table 2 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for each of the Subparts included in this ICR. The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.

The 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.

6( a) Estimating Respondent Burden The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 1,012 ( Total Labor Hours from Table 2). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously approved ICR, and any comments received.

6( b) Estimating Respondent Costs ( i) Estimating Labor Costs This ICR uses a Technical Labor Rate of $ 57.12 per hour. This rate is from the United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2001, " Table 10. Private industry, by occupational and industry group." The rates are from column 1, " Total compensation." The wage rate has been increased by 110% to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry. ( ii) Estimating Capital/ Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the regulations are labor and the Continuing Emission Monitoring System ( CEMS). The capital/ startup costs are one time costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation. The 11 1 One BOPF shop will become subject to this rule and will incur in startup cost to monitor the exhaust gas flow rate at the secondary emission control system, as a result of modifications to the BOPF hot metal transfer system. Startup cost is based on the Continuous Emission Monitoring System Cost Model, Version 3.0.

2 We have assumed that the annual operation and maintenance cost is at 5 percent of the flow monitor cost.

3 Pressure flow rate monitors are necessary to continuously measure the pressure loss through the venturi constriction and the water supply pressure to the control equipment, if a source uses a venturi scrubber as the control equipment. We have assumed that the BOPF shop that will become subject to this rule due to modification will use venturi scrubbers as the primary emission control system annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor and other costs such as photocopying and postage.

( iii) Capital/ Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance ( O& M) Costs Capital/ Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance ( O& M) Costs ( A) Continuous Monitoring Device ( B) Startup Cost ($) per BOPF shop ( C) Number of BOPF shops that will with startup cost 1 ( D) Total Startup Cost ($) ( B X C) ( E) Annual O& M Costs ($) per BOPF shop 2 ( F) Number of BOPF shops with O& M ( G) Total O& M ( E X F)

Flow meters to measure exhaust gas flow rate 18,000 1 18,000 $ 900 4.33 $ 3,897 Flow meters to measure pressure flow rate 3 0 0 0 $ 900 4.33 $ 3,897 Total Cost $ 18,000 $ 7,794 The total capital/ startup costs for this ICR are $ 18,000. This is the total of column D in the above table. These costs are shown in block 14( a), Total annualized capital/ startup costs, on the OMB 83 I form. It should be noted that the numbers in block 14 of the OMB 83 I form are rounded to show the cost in thousands of dollars.

The total operation and maintenance ( O& M) costs for this ICR are $ 7,794. This is the total of column G. These costs are shown in block 14( b), Total annual costs ( O& M), on the OMB 83 I form. The total respondent non labor costs in block 14 have been calculated as the addition of the 12 1 One existing modified BOPF shop will become subject to Subpart Na. In addition, we have assumed for the burden calculation that a BOPF shop that has an older vessel subject to Na and closed within the past three years will reopen and, therefore, will have to meet initial requirements ( notification of startup and performance test). This is an average of 0.66 new sources per year. capital/ startup costs, and the annual operation and maintenance costs. The average annual cost for capital/ startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $ 25,794. This cost is shown on the OMB 83 I form in block 14 ( c), Total annualized cost requested. The numbers in block 14 of the OMB 83 I form are rounded to show the cost in thousands of dollars.

6( c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. Publication and distribution of the information are part of the AFS program. Examination of records to be maintained by the respondents will occur as part of the periodic inspection of sources, which is part of EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program.

The average annual Agency cost during the 3 years of the ICR is estimated to be $ 2,361 [ see Table 1 associated with Section 6( e)]. This cost is based on the average hourly labor rates of a GS 12 in the technical category, as specified by the Office of Personnel Management " 2002 General Schedule" ( excludes locality rates of pay) times a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor for a total of $ 38.30 ( GS 12, Step 1: $ 23.94 x 1.6) which accounts for government overhead expenses.

6( d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs Respondent Universe and Number of Responses Per Year Regulation Citation ( A) Number of BOPF shops per year to have initial requirements ( B) Number of Initial Reports for BOPF shops ( C) Number of existing BOPF shops subject to the rule ( D) Number of regular reports/ year for BOPF shops subject to this rule ( E) Total Annual Responses ( AxB)+( CxD)

NSPS Subpart Na 0.66 3 2 2 5.98 NSPS Subpart N 0 0 2 2 4 Total 0.66 1 4 9.98 The number of total respondents is 4.33. This number is usually the sum of Column A and 13 Column C of the Respondent Universe and Number of Responses Per Year table. This represents the number of existing sources plus the number of new sources averaged over the three year period. It is shown in block 13 ( a), Number of respondents, on the OMB 83 I form.

The number of Total Annual Responses is 9.98. This is the number in column E of the Respondent Universe and Number of Responses Per Year table. It is shown in block 13 ( b), Total annual responses, on the OMB 83 I form. The total annual labor costs are $ 57,777. This number is not shown on the OMB 83 I form in block 13( c), Total hours requested. Only the burden hours are reflected in block 13( c). Details upon which this estimate is based appear in Table 2. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Iron and Steel Plants: Basic Oxygen Process Furnaces ( 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts N and Na).

The total annual capital and O& M costs to the regulated entity are $ 25,794. This number is shown on the OMB 83 I form in block 14 ( c), Total annualized cost requested. These costs are detailed in section 6( b)( iii), Capital/ Startup vs. Operating and Maintenance ( O& M) Costs.

6( e) Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables The bottom line burden hours and cost tables for both the Agency and the respondents are attached.

6( f) Reasons for Change in Burden The change in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The decrease in labor hours from the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of basic oxygen process furnace ( BOPF) shops operating in the United States and more accurate information on the status of the BOPF shops. The industry labor rate used in the previous, active ICR did not account for employees benefits that would increment the labor rate by 110 percent, as was used for this renewal of the ICR. In calculating the number and status of the BOPF shops, the originator used an initial list on the iron and steel sector from the Sector Facility Indexing Project ( SFIP) web site. Subsequently, the originator developed a table on the status of the BOPF shops with the technical support of Edward Wojciechowski, the Agency Iron and Steel Liaison, who reviewed the table and provided comments based on his knowledge of the sector, existing data on BOPFs developed by the United Steelworkers of America and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, and through his consultation with a source's environmental affairs when there were any questions on the available data or any data gaps for the source.

6( g) Burden Statement 14 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. 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 standards are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

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 Ms. Susan Auby, Collection Strategies Division ( Mail Code 2822T), Office of Environmental Information, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20460 0001; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Include the EPA ICR number and OMB Control Number in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.