[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51968-51969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25046]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6444-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Grain Elevators
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: New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS) Subpart DD, Grain Elevators, OMB No. 2060-0082,
expires November 30, 1999. 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 October 27, 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. 1130.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS Subpart DD (OMB Control No. 2060-0082; EPA ICR
No.1130.06) expiring 11/30/99. This is a request for extension of the
expiration date of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.300, et
seq., subpart DD, New Source Performance
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Standards for Grain Elevators. This information notifies EPA when a
source becomes subject to the regulations, informs the Agency if a
source is in compliance.
In the Administrator's judgment, particulate matter emissions from
grain elevators cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category, as required
under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act.
Particulate emissions from grain elevators are the result of grain
drying and grain handling operations, including loading and unloading.
These standards rely on the proper operation of particulate control
devices such as baghouses and equipment such as shed doors and spouts
designed to reduce particulate emission during grain unloading and
loading.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities subject to NSPS
Subpart DD must make the following one-time-only reports: notification
of the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the
anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical
or operational change to an existing facility that may increase the
rate of emission of the regulated pollutant; notification of the date
of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial
performance test, including information necessary to determine the
conditions of the performance test and performance test measurements
and results, including particulate matter concentration and opacity.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility, as well as the nature and cause of
the malfunction (if known) and corrective measures taken. These
notifications, reports and records are required, in general, of all
sources subject to NSPS. Without such information, enforcement
personnel would be unable to determine if the standards are being met.
Approximately 118 sources are currently subject to the standard.
EPA estimates that three additional sources will become subject to the
standard in each of the next three 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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on June 4,
1999 (64 FR 30011); no comments were received.
The required information consists of emissions data and other
information that have been determined not to be private. However, any
information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency
policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902,
September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR
42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 1764, March 23, 1979).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.1
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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are each truck unloading station, truck loading station,
barge and ship unloading station, barge and ship loading station,
railcar loading station, railcar unloading station, grain dryer, and
all grain handling operations at any grain terminal elevator or any
grain storage elevator subject to NSPS Subpart DD.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 121.
Frequency of Response: Initial.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 250.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
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 1130.06 and OMB Control No.2060-0082 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: September 21, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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