[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40287-40288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14763]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7229-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants 
(Subpart LL)

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 for Metallic Mineral 
Processing Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0016, expiration date July 
21, 2002. 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 July 12, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0982.07 and OMB 
Control Number 2060-0016 to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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 20530.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Auby, (202) 566-1672. For 
technical questions about the ICR, contact Gregory Fried at EPA by 
phone (202) 564-7016, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants (Subpart LL), 
OMB Control Number 2060-0016, EPA ICR Number 0982.07, expiration date 
July 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metallic 
Mineral Processing Plants were promulgated on February 21, 1984. These 
standards apply to the following facilities in Metallic Mineral 
Processing Plants: each crusher and screen in open-pit mines; each 
crusher, screen, bucket elevator, conveyor belt transfer point, thermal 
dryer, product packaging station, storage bin, enclosed storage area, 
truck loading and unloading station at the mill or concentrator, 
commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal.
    Response to the collection of information is mandatory under 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart LL. Owners or operators of the affected facilities 
described must make initial notifications, including 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), and 
notification of the initial performance test. Performance test reports 
are needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial 
capability to comply with emission standards, and note the operating 
conditions, flow rate and pressure drop, under which compliance was 
achieved. Owners of affected facilities are required to install, 
calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system to 
measure the change in the pressure of the gas stream through the 
scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate. Owners or operators are 
also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative.
    Semiannual excess emissions reports and monitoring systems 
performance reports will include the exceeded findings of any control 
device operating parameters, (specified in 40 CFR 60.735, Recordkeeping 
and Reporting), the date and time of the deviance, the nature and cause 
of the malfunction (if known) and the corrective measures taken, and 
identification of the time period during which the CMS was inoperative.
    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, and retain the file 
for at least two years.
    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

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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 October 29, 2001 (FR); no comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
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: Owner/operators of Metalic Mineral 
Processing Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 44.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,760 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $14,300. Send 
comments on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the 
provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing a 
respondent burden, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques to Ms Susan Auby, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 
2822T), Office of Environmental Information, United States 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; and to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Include the 
EPA ICR number 0982.07 and OMB Control Number 2060-0016 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14763 Filed 6-11-02; 8:45 am]
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