[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17516]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards for Portland 
Cement 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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: New Source Performance 
Standards for Portland Cement Plants, OMB Control No. 2060-0025, 
expiration date 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 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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. 1051.07

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: New Source Performance Standards for Portland Cement Plants, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0025; EPA ICR No. 1051.07; expiring 8/31/98. This 
is a request for the extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Entities potentially affected by this action are portland 
cement plants with the following facilities: kilns, clinker coolers, 
raw mill systems, raw mill dryers, raw material storage, clinker 
storage, finished product storage, conveyor transfer points, bagging 
and bulk loading and unloading systems. The Administrator has judged 
that PM emissions from portland cement plants cause or contribute to 
air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 
health or welfare. Owners/operators of portland cement plants must 
notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date 
and results of initial performance test and excess emissions. 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. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on 3/5/98. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 279 
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: Owners/Operators of Portland Cement 
Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 113.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,968 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $941,720.
    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. 1051.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0025 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 25, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-17516 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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