The National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Secondary Aluminum Production
(40 CFR Part 60, Subpart RRR) were proposed on February 11, 1999,
promulgated on March 23, 2000, and amended on the following dates:
December 30, 2002 (67 FR 79808); September 3, 2004 (69 FR 53980);
October 3, 2005 (70 FR 57513); December 19, 2005 (70 FR 75320);
September 18, 2015 (80 FR 56700); and June 13, 2016 (81 FR 38085).
These regulations apply to secondary aluminum production facilities
that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) either
commencing construction, or reconstruction, after the date of
proposal. This includes facilities that operate aluminum scrap
shredders, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/delacquering
kilns/decoating kilns, group 1 furnaces, group 2 furnaces, sweat
furnaces, dross only furnaces, rotary dross coolers, and secondary
aluminum processing units (SAPUs). The SAPUs include group 1
furnaces and in-line fluxers. The regulations also apply to
secondary aluminum production facilities that are area sources of
HAP only with respect to emissions of dioxins/furans (D/F) from
thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/delacquering kilns/decoating
kilns, group 1 furnaces, sweat furnaces, and SAPUs. New facilities
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 RRR. The 2015 rule
amendments included a requirement to report performance testing
through the Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT); provisions allowing
owners and operators to change furnace classifications;
requirements to account for unmeasured emissions during compliance
testing for group 1 furnaces that do not have add-on control
devices; alternative compliance options for the operating and
monitoring requirements for sweat furnaces; compliance provisions
for hydrogen fluoride; provisions addressing emissions during
periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); and other
corrections and clarifications to the applicability, definitions,
operating, monitoring and performance testing requirements. The
2016 rule amendments amended the 2015 rule to clarify requirements
for initial performance tests and submittal of malfunction reports,
provide an additional option for group 1 furnaces to account for
unmeasured emissions during compliance testing, clarify what
constitutes a change in furnace operating mode, and updates the Web
addresses for the EPAs Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) and
Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). This ICR
package consolidates the burden associated with the 2015 rule,
which is currently approved under OMB Control Number 2060-0683,
with this ICR. 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 NESHAP.
There is an adjustment decrease
in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. The decrease is not due to any
program changes. The change is due to correction of a mathematical
error identified in the burden associated with the time required
for facilities to refamiliarize with the regulatory requirements
each year. The previous ICR stated that it would take each
respondent one hour to read and understand the reporting
requirements, but inadvertently included additional hours; the
current ICR has been corrected to reflect one hour for this
activity. The overall result is a slight decrease in burden
hours.
$83,300
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patrick Yellin 202
564-2970
No
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.
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