[Federal Register: June 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0039; FRL-7506-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral
Processing
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 Nonmetallic Mineral
Processing (40 CFR part 60, subpart OOO) OMB Control Number 2060-0050,
EPA ICR Number 1084.07 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 July 2, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
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
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in 5 CFR 1320.12. On September 26, 2002 (67 FR 60672), 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
Number OECA-2003-0039, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 Docket 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. When 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, Mail Code: 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, 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 comment, whether submitted
electronically or on paper, will be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET, as EPA receives them without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (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
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including 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 for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing (40 CFR part 60,
subpart OOO), (OMB Control Number 2060-0050, EPA ICR Number 1084.07).
This is a request to renew an existing, approved collection that is
scheduled to expire on June 30, 2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency
may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while
this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from
nonmetallic mineral processing plants cause or contribute to air
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health
or welfare. This standard applies to owners or operators of new,
modified, or reconstructed facilities at nonmetallic mineral processing
plants that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction
after August 1, 1985. Nonmetallic mineral processing includes the
following affected facilities: each crusher, grinding mill, screening
operation, bucket elevator, belt conveyor, bagging operation, storage
bin, and enclosed truck or railcar loading station. This standard does
not apply to facilities located in underground mines; stand-alone
screening operations; operations that only involve recycled asphalt;
fixed sand gravel, or crushed stone plants with capacities of 25 tons
per hour or less; portable sand, gravel, or crushed stone plants with
capacities of 150 tons per hour or less; common clay or pumice plants
with capacities of 10 tons per hour or less. Additionally, when an
existing facility is replaced by a piece of equipment of equal or
smaller size it is not subject to the standard until all facilities in
a production line are replaced. Affected facilities in the plant
process that are subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart F, for Portland
Cement NSPS, or subpart I, Asphalt Concrete Plants NSPS, are not
subject to this NSPS.
Respondents must submit the following one-time-only reports:
notification of the date of construction or reconstruction,
notification of the actual date of initial startup, notification of any
physical or operational change to an existing facility which may
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate, notification of
demonstration of the continuous emission monitor system (CMS) where the
CMS is required (wet scrubber), notification of the date of the initial
performance test, and the results of the initial performance test. Wet
mining/screening operations are exempt from all requirements of the
regulation, except an initial report and record describing the location
of these operations. The general provision requirement to submit a
notification of the anticipated date of initial startup is being waived
for respondents subject to this standard. The required notifications
are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source
becomes subject to the standard.
Respondents are also required to maintain records of the occurrence
and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation
of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. Owners or operators of facilities using a wet
scrubber must record the measurements of both the change in pressure of
the gas stream across the scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate
and submit semiannual reports for occurrences when the measurements of
the scrubber pressure loss (or gain) and liquid flow rate differ by
more than +/-30 percent from the average determined during the most
recent performance test. All records shall be retained for at least two
years. The information collected from recordkeeping and reporting
requirements is necessary to ensure compliance with these standards, as
required by section 114(a) of 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 5.6
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
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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: Nonmetallic Mineral Processing
Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,825.
Frequency of Response: Initial.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 31,026 hours.
Estimated Total Capital and Operations & Maintenance (O & M) Annual
Costs: 0.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 720 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to correction of a
mathematical error regarding the total number of respondents in the
most recently approved ICR, in spite of a small increase in sources.
Dated: May 13, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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