[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 55833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22231]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7270-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers at Minerals 
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 for Calciners and Dryers 
in Mineral Industries (40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU), OMB Control Number 
2060-0251, expiration date August 31, 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 September 30, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0746.05 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0251, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20406-0001; 
and the 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) 566-1672, by email at [email protected], 
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR Number 0746.05. For technical questions about the ICR, contact 
Gregory Fried, Air, Hazardous Waste and Toxics Branch, EPA, by phone 
(202) 564-7016, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR 
part 60, subpart UUU); OMB Control Number 2060-0251; EPA ICR Number 
0746.05; expiration date August 31, 2002.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Calciners 
and Dryers in Mineral 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 to this standard. 
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 40 CFR 60.730(b) which are not subject to the provisions of 
this subpart.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities subject to this 
standard must make one-time-only reports including notification of 
startup, 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, and 
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 for this NSPS are outlined in 40 CFR 
60.734. They are dependant on the types of dryers or calciners used at 
the facility. 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 40 CFR 60.735. 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.
    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 October 29, 
2001. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
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, 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: Calcaneus and dryers at mineral 
processing plants.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 165.
    Frequency of Response: Initial and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,506 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Burden: $115,250.
    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 0746.05 and OMB Control Number 2060-0251 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 21, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-22231 Filed 8-29-02; 8:45 am]
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