[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27252-27253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12586]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6345-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, NSPS, Calciners and Dryers in Mineral
Industries
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 document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS subpart UUU, OMB Control
Number 2060-0251, expiration date 06/30/99. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost;
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 18, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or download a copy
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 0746.04.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS Subpart UUU (OMB Control No. 2060-0251; EPA ICR
No.0746.04 ) expiring 06/30/99. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Calciners
and Dryers in Mineral Industries were proposed on April 23, 1986 and
promulgated on September 28, 1992. These standards apply to new,
modified and reconstructed calciners and dryers at mineral processing
plants that process or produce any of the following minerals and their
concentrates or any mixture of which the majority is any of the
following minerals or a combination of these minerals: Alumina, ball
clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fire clay, fuller's earth,
gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight aggregate, magnesium
compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, titanium dioxide, and
vermiculite. Particulate matter is the pollutant regulated under this
subpart.
There are several exceptions to applicability. Feed and product
conveyors are not considered part of the affected facility. Facilities
subject to NSPS subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants are not
subject to this standard. There are additional processes and process
units at mineral processing plants listed at 60.730(b) which are not
subject to the provisions of this subpart.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make one-time
only reports including notifications of start up, scheduling and
results of the initial performance test, notification of any physical
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the demonstration of
the continuous monitoring system (CMS). Owners or operators are also
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shut down, or malfunction in the operation of an affected
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is
inoperative. Performance tests are needed as these are the Agency's
records of a source's initial capability to comply with emissions
standards and note the operating conditions under which compliance was
achieved. These notifications, reports and records are required, in
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
The monitoring requirements are outlined in section 60.734. They
are dependant on the type of dryers or calciner. Specific calciners and
dryers are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a
continuous monitoring system. Semiannual reports of excess emissions
are required.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 60, subpart UUU. Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part will maintain a file of these measurements, and
retain the file for at least two years following the date of such
measurements, (as specified in 60.735, Recordkeeping and Reporting).
All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In the
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent
directly to the EPA Regional Office.
Approximately 150 sources are currently subject to the standard,
and approximately 5 sources a year become subject.
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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published in FR Vol. 63
No. 172 on September 4, 1998. No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 19
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;
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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: Owners and Operators of Calciners
and Dryers in Mineral Industries.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 155.
Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,939 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $117,500.
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.0746.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0251 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 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: May 13, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-12586 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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