[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 126 (Friday, June 30, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 34244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16183]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5251-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For further information, or a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy Farmer at 
(202) 260-2740, please refer to EPA ICR #1084.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

    Title: New Source Performance Standard for Nonmetallic Mineral 
Processing Plants (EPA ICR #1084.04; OMB #2060-0050).
    Abstract: This ICR is for an extension of an existing information 
collection in support of the Clean Air Act, as described under the 
general NSPS at 40 CFR 60.7-60.8, and the specific NSPS, regulating 
emissions from nonmetallic mineral processing plants, at 40 CFR 60.674-
60.676. The EPA will use the information to direct monitoring, 
inspection, and enforcement efforts, thereby ensuring compliance with 
the NSPS.
    Under this ICR owners and operators of new facilities, must provide 
EPA, or a delegated State or local authority, with: (1) Notification of 
construction or reconstruction, (2) notification of anticipated and 
actual dates of facility start-up, and (3) notification of the date of 
the initial performance test of the wet scrubber and a copy of the test 
results, (4) notification of demonstration of the continuous monitoring 
system, and (5) notification that the CMS data will be used during the 
initial performance test.
    Owners and operators of facilities that were constructed or 
reconstructed, or modified prior to September 1, 1983 are exempt from 
this New Source Performance Standard. Owners or operators of exempted 
facilities may replace a piece or pieces of equipment with equal or 
smaller size piece(s) that perform the same function (provided that 
they do not replace the entire production line) without falling subject 
to this NSPS. An exemption report, however must be submitted to the 
Administrator describing: (1) Size and age of existing facility and the 
size of the new facility, (2) a description of the control device used 
on the existing facility, and a list of all facilities using the 
control device.
    Owners and operators of all affected facilities must provide EPA, 
or a delegated State or local authority, with: (1) Reports, 
semiannually, of instances when scrubber pressure drop and liquid flow 
rate differ by more than 30% from the rates recorded during the most 
recent performance test; and (2) any physical or operational change to 
their facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission 
rate. All facilities must maintain records on the facility operation 
that document: (1) The occurrence and duration of any start-ups, 
shutdowns, and malfunctions; (2) daily CMS readings; and (3) initial 
performance test conditions, measurements, and results.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 78 hours per response, including 
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering the data needed, completing the collection of information and 
maintaining records.
    Respondents: Facilities in fixed or portable nonmetallic mineral 
processing plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 84.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 6,572.
    Frequency of Collection: Semiannual reporting for existing 
facilities, with additional one-time reporting requirements for new 
facilities. Daily recordkeeping for all facilities.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, (please refer to EPA ICR #1084.04 and OMB #2060-0050) to:

Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1084.04, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Information Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20460.

      and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-0050, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Dated: June 26, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-16183 Filed 6-29-95; 8:45 am]
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