[Federal Register: November 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427; FRL-8238-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral
Processing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1084.08, OMB Control Number 2060-
0050
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2006-0427, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation by people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71FR 38147
(July 15, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
for current information on docket status; locations and
telephone numbers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Office of Compliance,
Assessment and Medium Programs Division (CAMPD), 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 21, 2006, (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket
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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 is (202) 566-1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
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Title: NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1084.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0050.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
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 averaged 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 are necessary to ensure compliance with these
standards, as required by section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act.
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 requirements which have subsequently changed; 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.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,772,177 which includes $0
annualized capital startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and
$1,772,177 annualized labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the estimates from
the previous ICR.
Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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