[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49020-49021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23923]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7065-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt 
Roofing Manufacture

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 UU: Asphalt 
Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture; OMB Control Number 2060-
0002; expiring 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. 0661.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0002, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 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, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0661.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Gregory Fried at EPA at (202) 564-7016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacture; OMB 
Control Number 2060-0002; EPA ICR No. 0661.07, expiring September 30, 
2001. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, New 
Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Subpart UU. The respondents of the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are asphalt processing and 
roofing manufacturers (SIC Codes 2911, 2951, and 2952) which commenced 
construction, modification, or reconstruction after November 18, 1980, 
or May 26, 1981 as appropriate. The control of emissions of particulate 
matter from asphalt processing and asphalt roof manufacturing requires 
not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the 
operation and maintenance of that equipment. Particulate matter 
emissions from asphalt processing and asphalt roof manufacturing are 
the result of materials handling, fuel combustion, and storage. These 
standards rely on the reduction of particulate matter emissions by 
pollution control devices such as electrostatic precipitators, high 
velocity

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air filters, or afterburners. In order to ensure compliance with these 
standards, adequate 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. The standards require initial notification reports with 
respect to construction, modification, reconstruction, startups, 
shutdowns, and malfunctions. The standards also require reports on 
initial performance tests. Under the standard, the data collected by 
the affected industry is retained at the facility for a minimum of two 
(2) years and available for inspection by the Administrator.
    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 by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on February 1, 
2001. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,509 
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: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt 
Roofing Manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 83.
    Frequency of Response: Initial start-up.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 15,089 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $3,105,000.
    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. Please 
refer to EPA ICR Number 0661.07 and OMB Control Number 2060-0002, in 
any correspondence.

    Dated: September 12, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-23923 Filed 9-24-01; 8:45 am]
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