[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29862-29863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14059]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6353-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; NSPS Metallic Mineral Processing Plants
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 LL, Metallic
Mineral Processing Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0016, expiration
date 06/30/99. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden and cost, and where appropriate, it
includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 6, 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. 0982.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NSPS Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral
Processing Plants, OMB Control No. 2060-0016, EPA ICR No. 0982.06,
expiration date 6/30/99. This is a request for revision of a currently
approved collection.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metallic
Mineral Processing Plants were proposed on August 24, 1982 and
promulgated on February 21, 1984. These standards apply to the
following facilities in Metallic Mineral Processing Plants: each
crusher and screen in open-pit mines; each crusher, screen, bucket
elevator, conveyor belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product
packaging station, storage bin, enclosed storage area, truck loading
and unloading station at the mill or concentrator, commencing
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground
mines, or to facilities performing the beneficiation of uranium ore at
uranium ore processing plants.
Particulate matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this
Subpart. The standards limit the particulate matter emissions from the
stack to 0.05 grams per dry standard cubic meter and to 7% opacity.
Those sources which are using a wet scrubbing control device are
exempted from the 7% opacity requirement. No affected facility may
discharge any process fugitive emissions that exhibit greater than 10%
opacity.
Response to the collection of information is mandatory under 40 CFR
part 60. Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must
make initial notifications, including 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), and notification of the initial
performance test. Performance test reports are needed as these are the
Agency's records of a source's initial capability to comply with
emission standards, and note the operating conditions, flow rate and
pressure drop, under which compliance was achieved. Owners of affected
facilities are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a
continuous monitoring system to measure the change in the pressure of
the gas stream through the scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate.
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.
Semiannual excess emissions reports and monitoring systems
performance reports will include the exceeded findings of any control
device operating parameters, (specified in 40 CFR 60.735, Recordkeeping
and Reporting), the date and time of the deviance, the nature and cause
of the malfunction (if known) and the corrective measures taken, and
identification of the time period during which the CMS was inoperative
(this does not include zero and span checks or typical repairs/
adjustments). These notifications, reports and records are required, in
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 60. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this
part shall maintain a file of these measurements, (as specified in part
60.735, Recordkeeping and Reporting). These notifications, reports and
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
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 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 40
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: Owners and Operators of Metallic
Mineral Processing Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
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Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,760 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $14,300.
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. 0982.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0016 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 27, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-14059 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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