Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Magnesium Refining (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0120; FRL-13638-01-OFA]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Magnesium Refining (Renewal)

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Primary Magnesium Refining EPA ICR Number 2098.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0536) 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 September 30, 2026. Public comments were previously requested via the

Federal Register

on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES:

Comments may be submitted on or before October 26, 2026.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0120, to EPA online using

www.regulations.gov

(our preferred method), by email to

a-and-r-docket@epa.gov,

or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.

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:

Aiden Titel Natural Resources Division (D230-0L), Office of Clean Air Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-4836; email address:

titel.aiden@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 30, 2026. 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.

Public comments were previously requested via the

Federal Register

on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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

www.regulations.gov

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. 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 Primary Magnesium Refining (40 CFR part 63, subpart TTTTT) were proposed on January 22, 2003; promulgated on October 10, 2003; and most recently amended on November 19, 2020. These regulations apply to both existing and new facilities that perform primary magnesium refining where the total hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted are greater than, or equal to, 10 tons per year for each HAP, or where the total HAPs emitted are greater than, or equal to, 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs. 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 TTTTT.

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.

Form Numbers:

None.

Respondents/affected entities:

Primary magnesium refining facilities.

Respondent's obligation to respond:

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart TTTTT).

Estimated number of respondents:

One (total).

Frequency of response:

Initially and semiannually.

Total estimated burden:

972 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).

Total estimated cost:

$135,000 (per year), which includes $1,820 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.

Changes in the Estimates:

There is no change in burden from the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-existent. Operation and maintenance (O&M) have been adjusted upwards based on inflation.

Courtney Kerwin,

Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.

[FR Doc. 2026-19503 Filed 9-23-26; 8:45 am]

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