[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8852-8854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2408]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0045; FRL-8034-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt 
Facilities (Renewal); ICR Number 1127.08, OMB Number 2060-0083

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 April 30, 2006. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to

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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 March 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0045, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute];, 
Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), 
Office of Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7027; 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 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0045, 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Use 
http://www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart I were proposed on 
June 11, 1973, and promulgated on July 25, 1977. These regulations 
apply to hot mix asphalt facilities comprised only of a combination of 
the following: Dryers; systems for screening, handling, storing, and 
weighing hot aggregate; systems for loading, transferring, and storing 
mineral filler; systems for mixing hot mix asphalt; and the loading, 
transfer, and storage systems associated with emission control systems.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators of the 
affected facilities described must make the following one-time-only 
reports: Notification of the date of construction or reconstruction; 
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of startup; 
notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; 
notification of the date of the initial performance test; and the 
results of the initial performance test. 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. In general, these notifications, reports and records are 
required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 60, subpart I. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions 
of this part will maintain a file of these records, and retain the file 
for at least two years following the date of such records. The 
reporting requirements for this industry currently include only the 
initial notifications and initial performance test report listed above. 
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 4 
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: Hot mix asphalt facilities.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 4,010.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,318 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,411,959, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,411,959 
annual labor costs.

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    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden of 7,015 
hours from the most recently approved ICR, due primarily to the 
assumption that there will be approximately 105 new sources each year 
that will become subject to this rule and, therefore, will be required 
to submit the appropriate notifications and conduct performance tests. 
As in the active ICR, we have assumed that there will be a number of 
existing sources (i.e., 140 facilities) conducting modifications of 
their facilities and, therefore, will be required to submit appropriate 
notifications and conduct performance tests.
    There are no annualized capital and operations and maintenance 
costs for this ICR because the rule does not require the use of 
continuous emission monitoring equipment, as stated in the active ICR.
    The use of updated higher labor rates and the inclusion of 
managerial and clerical labor categories in the burden calculation also 
affected both industry and the Federal government costs for complying 
with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the rule. We also 
deleted any burden associated with the Agency conducting inspection 
activities, such as travel costs and labor burden, which are activities 
that are exempt under the Paperwork Reduction Act. These changes 
resulted in a decrease in the Federal Government burden even when the 
number of sources submitting reports increased significantly, as 
discussed above.

    Dated: February 7, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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