[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78458-78459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32399]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0007; FRL-7427-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1167.07 (OMB No. 2060-0063) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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 Lime Manufacturing, 
(OMB Control No. 2060-0063, EPA ICR No. 1167.07). The ICR, which is 
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection 
and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, mail code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-7016, fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No.OECA-2002-0007, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) Docket 
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) is (202) 566-1514. 
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (DOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use DOCKET to submit or 
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the 
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that 
are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' 
then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using DOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in DOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in DOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the 
official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is 
otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the official public 
docket, and will not be available for public viewing in DOCKET. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal

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Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Lime Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart HH) 
(OMB Control No. 2060-0063, EPA ICR Number 1167.07). This is a request 
to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on 
January 31, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to 
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission 
is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Lime 
Manufacturing Plants were proposed on May 3, 1977 and promulgated on 
April 26, 1984. These standards apply to each rotary lime kiln used in 
lime manufacturing, which commenced construction, modification or 
reconstruction after May 3, 1977. The standards do not apply to 
facilities used in the manufacture of lime at kraft pulp mills. The 
purpose of this NSPS is to control the emissions of particulate matter 
(PM) from lime manufacturing plants, specifically from the operation of 
the rotary lime kilns. The standards limit particulate emissions to 
0.30 kilogram per megagram (0.60 lb/ton) of stone feed, and limit 
opacity to 15% when exiting from a dry emission control device. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
60, subpart HH.
    There are three types of reporting requirements for owners or 
operators of facilities under this NSPS: (1) Notifications (e.g., 
notice for new construction or reconstruction, anticipated and actual 
startup dates, initial performance test, and demonstration of the CMS); 
(2) a report on the results of the performance test; and (3) semiannual 
reports of instances of occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunctions. The purpose of the notifications are to 
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject 
to this standard. Performance tests are conducted to ensure that the 
new plants operate within the boundaries outlined in the standard. The 
semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on 
source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. 
Under this standard the data collected by the affected industry is 
retained at the facility for a minimum of two years and made available 
for inspection by the Administrator.
    The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from lime 
manufacturing plants cause or contribute to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Owners/
operators of lime manufacturing plants must notify EPA of construction, 
modification, startups, shutdowns, malfunctions and performance test 
dates, as well as provide reports on the initial performance test and 
annual excess emissions. The industry costs associated with the 
information collection activity in the standards are capital costs and 
O&M costs associated with continuous emissions monitoring and labor 
costs associated with recordkeeping and reporting. 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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 42 
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: Lime Manufacturing Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initial, and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,434 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $91,500.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 244 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the number 
of existing facilities subject to this standard resulting from the 
availability of more accurate data.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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