[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27252-27253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12586]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6345-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NSPS, Calciners and Dryers in Mineral 
Industries

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: NSPS subpart UUU, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0251, expiration date 06/30/99. 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 June 18, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by E-Mail at Farmer.S[email protected] or download a copy 
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 0746.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: NSPS Subpart UUU (OMB Control No. 2060-0251; EPA ICR 
No.0746.04 ) expiring 06/30/99. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.

    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Calciners 
and Dryers in Mineral Industries were proposed on April 23, 1986 and 
promulgated on September 28, 1992. These standards apply to new, 
modified and reconstructed calciners and dryers at mineral processing 
plants that process or produce any of the following minerals and their 
concentrates or any mixture of which the majority is any of the 
following minerals or a combination of these minerals: Alumina, ball 
clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fire clay, fuller's earth, 
gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight aggregate, magnesium 
compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, titanium dioxide, and 
vermiculite. Particulate matter is the pollutant regulated under this 
subpart.

    There are several exceptions to applicability. Feed and product 
conveyors are not considered part of the affected facility. Facilities 
subject to NSPS subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants are not 
subject to this standard. There are additional processes and process 
units at mineral processing plants listed at 60.730(b) which are not 
subject to the provisions of this subpart.

    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make one-time 
only reports including notifications of start up, scheduling and 
results of the initial performance test, notification of any physical 
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the demonstration of 
the continuous monitoring system (CMS). Owners or operators are also 
required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shut down, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. Performance tests are needed as these are the Agency's 
records of a source's initial capability to comply with emissions 
standards and note the operating conditions under which compliance was 
achieved. These notifications, reports and records are required, in 
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.

    The monitoring requirements are outlined in section 60.734. They 
are dependant on the type of dryers or calciner. Specific calciners and 
dryers are required to install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a 
continuous monitoring system. Semiannual reports of excess emissions 
are required.

    This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 60, subpart UUU. Any owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part will maintain a file of these measurements, and 
retain the file for at least two years following the date of such 
measurements, (as specified in 60.735, Recordkeeping and Reporting). 
All reports are sent to the delegated State or local authority. In the 
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent 
directly to the EPA Regional Office.

    Approximately 150 sources are currently subject to the standard, 
and approximately 5 sources a year become subject.

    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 in FR Vol. 63 
No. 172 on September 4, 1998. No comments were received.

    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 19 
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;

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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 and Operators of Calciners 
and Dryers in Mineral Industries.

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 155.

    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.

    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,939 hours.

    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $117,500.

    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.0746.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0251 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, 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: May 13, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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