EPA will administer the Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel Industry Data as a census of the iron and steel industry. The iron and steel industry includes 901 sites engaged in the following manufacturing processes: Cokemaking, sintering, briquetting (and other agglomeration processes), ironmaking, steelmaking, vacuum degassing, ladle metallurgy (and other refining processes), casting, hot forming, acid pickling, descaling, acid regeneration, cold forming, and surface cleaning and coating (including alkaline cleaning, hot dip coating, and electroplating.
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.