[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47210-47211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22746]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7053-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, NSPS for Coal Preparation Plants.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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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: ICR for 40 CFR Part 60 
Subpart Y--NSPS for Coal Preparation Plants; OMB Control Number 2060-
0122; expiration date is September 30, 2001. 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 October 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No.1062.07 and, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0122, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1062.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Dan Chadwick at (202) 564-7054.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation Plants, NSPS 
Subpart Y, (OMB Control Number 2060-0122; EPA ICR No.1062.07); expiring 
September 30, 2001. 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 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.
    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 September 
15, 2000; (65 FR 55955); no comments were received.

Burden Statement

    The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 69 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 and operators of coal 
preparation plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 390.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15463.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $15,000.
    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 listed 
above.
    Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1062.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0122 
in any correspondence.

    Dated: August 29, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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