[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38642-38643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19138]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6125-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS Standards of Performance for Coal 
Preparation Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Subpart Y--Standards of 
Performance for Coal Preparation Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0122, 
expiration date August 31, 1998. 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 August 17, 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. 1062.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Subpart Y--Standards of Performance for Coal 
Preparation Plants (OMB Control Number 2060-0122; EPA ICR No. 1062.06) 
expiring August 31, 1998. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 
must make the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date 
of construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and 
actual dates of start-up; and notification of any physical or 
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate.
    Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any start-up, shutdown, or malfunction in 
the operation of an affected facility. These notifications, reports, 
and records are required, in general for all sources subject to NSPS. 
There are no additional recordkeeping or reporting requirements 
specific to coal preparation plants.
    Owners or operators of all affected facilities shall install, 
calibrate, maintain, and continuously operate a monitoring device which 
continuously measures the temperature of the gas stream of the thermal 
dryer, and if applicable, the pressure drop across the process 
scrubbing system. Therefore, the recordkeeping requirements for coal 
preparation plants that have thermal dyers consist of the occurrence 
and duration of any start-up and malfunction as described, temperature, 
pressure drop across any scrubber system, measurements of PM emissions, 
and the initial performance test results including conversion factors, 
measurements of PM emissions, and daily charge rates and hours of 
operation. Records of start-ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be 
noted as they occur. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of 
this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the 
file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, 
maintenance reports and records.
    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 March 5, 
1998 (63 FR 10870). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 37 
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 Coal Preparation 
Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 399.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,729 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $14,060.
    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. 1062.06 and OMB Control No.2060-0122 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.


[[Page 38643]]


    Dated: July 13, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-19138 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P