[Federal Register: December 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2002-0007; FRL-7427-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1167.07 (OMB No. 2060-0063) 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 Lime Manufacturing,
(OMB Control No. 2060-0063, EPA ICR No. 1167.07). The ICR, which is
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23,
2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, mail code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-7016, fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: fried.gregory@epa.gov.
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-2002-0007, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Avenue, 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 for the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) is (202) 566-1514.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (DOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use DOCKET 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 DOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to 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 DOCKET 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 DOCKET. 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 DOCKET. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
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Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
Title: NSPS for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart HH)
(OMB Control No. 2060-0063, EPA ICR Number 1167.07). This is a request
to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on
January 31, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission
is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Lime
Manufacturing Plants were proposed on May 3, 1977 and promulgated on
April 26, 1984. These standards apply to each rotary lime kiln used in
lime manufacturing, which commenced construction, modification or
reconstruction after May 3, 1977. The standards do not apply to
facilities used in the manufacture of lime at kraft pulp mills. The
purpose of this NSPS is to control the emissions of particulate matter
(PM) from lime manufacturing plants, specifically from the operation of
the rotary lime kilns. The standards limit particulate emissions to
0.30 kilogram per megagram (0.60 lb/ton) of stone feed, and limit
opacity to 15% when exiting from a dry emission control device. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
60, subpart HH.
There are three types of reporting requirements for owners or
operators of facilities under this NSPS: (1) Notifications (e.g.,
notice for new construction or reconstruction, anticipated and actual
startup dates, initial performance test, and demonstration of the CMS);
(2) a report on the results of the performance test; and (3) semiannual
reports of instances of occurrence and duration of any startup,
shutdown, or malfunctions. The purpose of the notifications are to
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject
to this standard. Performance tests are conducted to ensure that the
new plants operate within the boundaries outlined in the standard. The
semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on
source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
Under this standard the data collected by the affected industry is
retained at the facility for a minimum of two years and made available
for inspection by the Administrator.
The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from lime
manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of lime manufacturing plants must notify EPA of construction,
modification, startups, shutdowns, malfunctions and performance test
dates, as well as provide reports on the initial performance test and
annual excess emissions. The industry costs associated with the
information collection activity in the standards are capital costs and
O&M costs associated with continuous emissions monitoring and labor
costs associated with recordkeeping and reporting. In order to ensure
compliance with the standards promulgated to protect public health,
adequate reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of
such information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine
whether the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required
by the Clean Air Act.
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, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 42
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: Lime Manufacturing Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, initial, and semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,434 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,500.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 244 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number
of existing facilities subject to this standard resulting from the
availability of more accurate data.
Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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