[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 210 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65893-65894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21760]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0024; FRL-7991-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 
Mineral Industries (Renewal), ICR Number 0746.06, OMB Number 2060-0251

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document 
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. 
This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 1, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0024, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, 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) 564-4113; 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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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-2005-0024, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of 
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET 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. When 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. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business 
Information (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 EDOCKET. 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 EDOCKET. For further 
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register 
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), 
or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR 
part 60, subpart UUU) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for calciners 
and dryers in mineral

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industries, were proposed on April 23, 1986, and promulgated on 
September 28, 1992. These standards 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.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make one-time-
only reports including notification of startup, initial performance 
test, notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
facility, 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, 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. Semiannual reports of excess emissions are also required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part must 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the collection of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records. 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, 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 20 
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: Owner or operator of each calciner 
and dryer at a mineral processing plant.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 167.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual, initially and on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,955 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $674,035, which includes $108,550 
annualized capital/startup costs, $4,000 annual O&M costs, and $561,485 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in the burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to the fact that there is an increase of 
one source per year. In addition, we are presently accounting for 
management and clerical person hours per year, which was not shown in 
the previous ICR, and we have updated the salary table.
    There is however, a decline in the annualized cost. The reason for 
the decline is because there is only one new source in the renewal ICR 
instead of two as in the previous ICR.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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