Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The

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ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected

cost and burden; where appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant (OMB

Control No. 2060-0191; EPA ICR No. 1100.08). ``This is a request for

extension of a currently approved collection.''

Abstract: On December 15, 1989 pursuant to Section 112 of the Clean

Air Act as amended in 1977 (42 U.S.C. 1857), the Environmental

Protection Agency promulgated NESHAPs to control Radionuclide emissions

from several source categories. The regulations were published in 54 FR

51653, and are codified at 40 CFR Subparts B, H, I, K, R, T, and W, and

imposes the following radionuclide dose and emission standards:

Subpart B--Underground Uranium Mines

10 mrem/yr

Subpart H--Department of Energy

10 mrem/yr, 20 pci/m \2\-s

Subpart I--Non-DOE not licensed by NRC

10 mrem/yr, 3 mrem/yr; iodine

Subpart I--Licensed by NRC

10 mrem/yr, 3 mrem/yr iodine

Subpart K--Elemental Phosphorous

2 curies/yr

Subpart R--Phosphogypsum Stacks

20 pci/m \2\-s

Subparts T and W--Uranium Mill Tailings Piles

20 pci/m \2\-s

Information collected is used by EPA to ensure that public health

continues to be protected from the hazards of airborne radionuclides by

compliance with these. If the information were not collected, it is

unlikely that violation of the standards would be identified and no

corrective action would be initiated to bring the facilities back into

compliance. Compliance is demonstrated through emission testing and/or

dose calculation. Results are submitted to EPA Regional office annually

or when required for verification of compliance and maintained for a

period of 5 years.

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

regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 08/25/95

(FR Doc. 95-21169).

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and Record keeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31

hours per response. 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: 6112.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 412.

Frequency of Responses: Annually or less than annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 188,708 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,758,559.

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 following addresses. Please

refer to EPA ICR No. 1100.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0191 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: December 5, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95-30793 Filed 12-18-95; 8:45 am]

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