[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64515-64516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18489]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427; FRL-8238-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral 
Processing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1084.08, OMB Control Number 2060-
0050

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 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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 4, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2006-0427, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or 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.


    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation by people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to 
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71FR 38147 
(July 15, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket status; locations and 
telephone numbers.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Office of Compliance, 
Assessment and Medium Programs Division (CAMPD), 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 21, 2006, (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0427, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket

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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 is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at 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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1084.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0050.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from 
nonmetallic mineral processing plants cause or contribute to air 
pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health 
or welfare. This standard applies to owners or operators of new, 
modified, or reconstructed facilities at nonmetallic mineral processing 
plants that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction 
after August 1, 1985. Nonmetallic mineral processing includes the 
following affected facilities: each crusher, grinding mill, screening 
operation, bucket elevator, belt conveyor, bagging operation, storage 
bin, and enclosed truck or railcar loading station. This standard does 
not apply to facilities located in underground mines; stand-alone 
screening operations; operations that only involve recycled asphalt; 
fixed sand gravel, or crushed stone plants with capacities of 25 tons 
per hour or less; portable sand, gravel, or crushed stone plants with 
capacities of 150 tons per hour or less; common clay or pumice plants 
with capacities of 10 tons per hour or less. Additionally, when an 
existing facility is replaced by a piece of equipment of equal or 
smaller size it is not subject to the standard until all facilities in 
a production line are replaced. Affected facilities in the plant 
process that are subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart F, for Portland 
Cement NSPS, or subpart I, Asphalt Concrete Plants NSPS, are not 
subject to this NSPS.
    Respondents must submit the following one-time-only reports: 
notification of the date of construction or reconstruction, 
notification of the actual date of initial startup, notification of any 
physical or operational change to an existing facility which may 
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate, notification of 
demonstration of the continuous emission monitor system (CMS) where the 
CMS is required (wet scrubber), notification of the date of the initial 
performance test, and the results of the initial performance test. Wet 
mining/screening operations are exempt from all requirements of the 
regulation, except an initial report and record describing the location 
of these operations. The general provision requirement to submit a 
notification of the anticipated date of initial startup is being waived 
for respondents subject to this standard. The required notifications 
are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source 
becomes subject to the standard.
    Respondents 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. Owners or operators of facilities using a wet 
scrubber must record the measurements of both the change in pressure of 
the gas stream across the scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate 
and submit semiannual reports for occurrences when the measurements of 
the scrubber pressure loss (or gain) and liquid flow rate differ by 
more than 30 percent from the averaged determined during 
the most recent performance test. All records shall be retained for at 
least two years. The information collected from recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements are necessary to ensure compliance with these 
standards, as required by section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5.6 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Nonmetallic mineral processing 
plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,825.
    Frequency of Response: Initial.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 31,026.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,772,177 which includes $0 
annualized capital startup costs, $0 annualized O&M costs, and 
$1,772,177 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the estimates from 
the previous ICR.

    Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-18489 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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