[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23915]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7064-6]


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 Number 2060-0025, 
expiration date 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 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1051.08 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0025, 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. 1051.08. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Gregory Fried at EPA at (202) 564-7016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: New Source Performance Standards for Portland Cement Plants, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0025; EPA ICR No. 1051.08; expiring September 30, 
2001. This is a request for 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 February 1, 2001 (66 FR 8588). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 18 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 Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $986,700.
    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. 1051.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0025 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 12, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-23915 Filed 9-24-01; 8:45 am]
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