[Federal Register: December 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2002-0006; FRL-7427-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1130.07 (OMB No. 2060-0082) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
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 for Grain Elevators--
subpart DD, OMB Control No. 2060-0082, EPA ICR No. 1130.07, expiration
date January 31, 2003. The ICR, which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost.
DATES: Additional Comments must be submitted on or before January 23,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Harmon, Compliance
Assistance and Sector Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 2224A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7049; fax number:
(202) 564-7083; e-mail address: harmon.kenneth @ epa.gov. Refer to EPA
ICR Number 1130.07.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2002-0006, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (EDIC) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number of the EDIC is (202)
566-1514. An electronic version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
Title: NSPS Grain Elevators--subpart DD (OMB Control No. 2060-0082;
EPA ICR No. 1130.07). This is a request to renew a collection that is
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2003. Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 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.
Controlling emissions of particulate matter from grain elevators
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but
also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 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
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would be unable to determine if the standards are being met.
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).
Approximately 127 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2
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: 132.
Frequency of Response: 155 annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 259.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $14,811.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 9 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This slight increase in burden results from the
slight growth in the number of regulated grain elevators.
Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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