Effluent Guidelines: Iron and Steel - Information Collection Request

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel Industry Data

OMB Control No. 2040-0193; Approval Expired 08/31/2001

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• Information Collection Request (1st Portion) (PDF) (112 pages, 301 K)
  • Table of Contents
    1. Identification of the Information Collection
    2. Need For and Use of the Collection
    3. Nonduplication, Consultation, and Other Collection Criteria
    4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
    5. The Information Collected--Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management
    6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection
• U.S. EPA Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel--Detailed Survey
  • Attachment 1, Part A: Technical Information (2nd Portion) (PDF) (89 pages, 315 K)
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Definitions
    • 1. General Site Information
    • 2. Manufacturing Process Information
    • 2A. Cokemaking (Including By-Product Recovery and Wastewater Treatment)
    • 2B. Sintering
  • Attachment 1, Part A: Technical Information (3rd Portion) (PDF) (95 pages, 286 K)
    • 2C. Briquetting (and Other Agglomeration Processes)
    • 2D. Blast Furnace Ironmaking
    • 2E. Direct-Reduced Ironmaking
    • 2F. Basic Oxygen Furnace Steelmaking
    • 2G. Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
    • 2H. Vacuum Degassing
  • Attachment 1, Part A: Technical Information (4th Portion) (PDF) (106 pages, 328 K)
    • 2I. Ladle Metallurgy (and Other Refining Processes)
    • 2J. Casting
    • 2K. Hot Forming
    • 2L. Acid Pickling and Descaling (Including Acid Regeneration)
    • 2M. Cold Forming
    • 2N. Surface Cleaning and Coating
  • Attachment 1, Part A: Technical Information (5th Portion) (PDF) (61 pages, 210 K)
    • 2O. Skipped
    • 2P. Utility Operations (Intake Water Treatment and Steam and Power Generation)
    • 3. In-Process and End-of-Pipe Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Prevention Information
    • 3A. In-Process and End-of-Pipe Wastewater Treatment Systems
    • 3B. Plant-Wide Pollution Prevention Practices
    • 4. Wastewater Outfall Information
    • 4A. General Discharge Information
    • 4B. Permit Information and Discharges at Permit Monitoring Locations
  • Attachment 1, Part B: Financial and Economic Information (6th Portion) (PDF) (58 pages, 341 K)
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Definitions
    • 1. Site Identification
    • 2. Site Financial Information
    • 3. Business Entity Financial Information
    • 4. Corporate Parent Financial InformationAttachment 3, 8th Portion)
    • Appendix A: Product Categories and Codes
• U.S. EPA Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel--Short Survey
  • Attachment 2, Part A: Technical Information (7th Portion) (PDF) (103 pages, 407 K)
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Definitions
    • 1. General Site Information
    • 2. Manufacturing Process Information
    • 2A. Forming Operations
    • 2B. Surface Treatment
    • 2C. Pollution Prevention Practices (Including Waste Reduction and Process Recycling)
    • 3. In-Process and End-of-Pipe Wastewater Treatment and Outfall Information
    • 3A. In-Process and End-of-Pipe Wastewater Treatment Systems
    • 3B. General Discharge Information
    • 3C. Monitoring Data
    Includes Part B: Financial and Economic Information
    • Table of Contents
    • Introduction
    • Definitions
    • 1. Site Identification and Financial Information
• U.S. EPA Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel Wastewater Treatment Capital Cost Survey (PDF) (10 pages, 48 K) (Attachment 3, 8th Portion)
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Collection of Iron and Steel Industry Wastewater Treatment Capital Cost Data
• Federal Register Notice (Attachment 4, 9th Portion)
  • Federal Register: October 20, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 202, Page 54453-54454)
    Agency Announcement of Information Collection Activities: 1997 Iron and Steel Industry Survey (EPA ICR No. 1830.01)
• Public Comment Summaries and Responses (PDF) (149 pages, 258 K) (Attachment 5, 10th Portion)
  • Introduction
  • Summaries and Responses
• Federal Register Notice (Attachment 6, 11th Portion)
• • Federal Register: April 3, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 64, Page 16500-16501)
    Agency Announcement of Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Collection of 1997 Iron and Steel Industry Data (EPA ICR 1830.01)