[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16081]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6111-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Standards of Performance for New Stationary 
Sources, Phosphate Rock Plants

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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Standards of Performance for 
New Stationary Sources--Phosphate Rock Plants--NSPS Subpart NN (OMB# 
2060-0111), expiring 8/31/98, The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at 
EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1078.05

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Subpart NN--Phosphate Rock Plants Subject to New Source 
Performance Standards (OMB Control No.2060-0111; EPA ICR No 1078.05) 
expiring 8/31/98. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Particulate matter emissions from phosphate rock plants 
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.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from phosphate rock 
plants requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
Emissions of particulate matter from phosphate rock plants are the 
result of operation of the calciners, dryers, grinders, and ground rock 
handling and storage facilities. These standards rely on the capture of 
particulate emissions by a baghouse or wet scrubber.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, 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. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on March 5, 
1998 (63 FR 10870-10874). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16 
hours of reporting per response, for ten respondents per year, and 87.5 
hours recordkeeping per response for 25 respondents per year. 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: Phosphate Rock Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2445 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $257,100.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1078.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0111 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460
    and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 11, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund, Acting Director,
Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-16081 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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