OMB is
withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the
final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments
related to the information collection and their response, including
any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition,
the agency must enter the correct burden estimates. This action has
no effect on any current approvals.
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The National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at
40 CFR subpart XXX were proposed on August 4, 1998, promulgated on
May 20, 1999, and amended most recently on March 22, 2001. The
purpose of this information collection request is to document the
expected impacts of proposed changes to subpart XXX that are being
developed as part of the risk and technology review process of the
current subpart XXX. Subpart XXX would continue to apply to new and
existing ferroalloys production facilities that manufacture
ferromanganese and silicomanganese, and that are either major
sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emissions or are
co-located at major sources of HAPs. The following affected
facilities at ferroalloy production plants are subject to this
NESHAP rule: submerged arc furnaces; casting operations, metal
oxygen refining (MOR) process; crushing and screening operations;
and fugitive dust sources. New sources include those that commenced
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 63, subpart XXX. Compared to existing subpart XXX, the
proposed changes would increase the number of pollutants and
sources regulated and add requirements for continuous monitoring
and periodic testing. In addition, the proposed rule would
eliminate the startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) exemption,
remove the SSM plan requirement, add provisions to provide an
affirmative defense against civil penalties for exceedances of
emission standards caused by malfunctions and add a requirement for
electronic submittal of performance tests.
The purpose of this information
collection request is to document the expected impacts of proposed
changes to subpart XXX that are being developed as part of the risk
and technology review process of the current subpart XXX.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.