[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3955-3956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1097]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0051; FRL-8518-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Asphalt Processing and 
Roofing Manufacture (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 0661.09 OMB Control 
Number 2060-0002

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 February 22, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0051, 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.

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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-2007-0051 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 3334, 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 is (202) 566-1752.
    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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0661.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0002.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008. 
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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Asphalt 
Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU), were 
proposed on November 18, 1980 and promulgated on May 26, 1981. These 
standards apply to each saturator and each asphalt storage facility at 
asphalt roofing plants; and to each asphalt storage tank and each 
blowing still at asphalt processing plants, petroleum refineries, and 
asphalt roofing plants. New facilities include those that commenced 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information will then be used by enforcement agencies to

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verify that sources subject to the standard are meeting the emission 
reductions mandated by the Clean Air Act.
    Owners/operators of asphalt processing and roofing manufacture are 
required to submit one-time only notification of construction/
reconstruction, actual startup, initial performance test, physical or 
operational changes, and demonstration of a continuous monitoring 
system. Records must be maintained 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. These notifications reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources 
subject to NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date 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. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
UU, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.
    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 Number 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 113 
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: Asphalt processing and roofing 
manufacture.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 144.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 33,912.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $8,714,925, which includes $200,000 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $5,040,000 annualized Operating and 
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $3,474,925 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden hours as currently identified in the OMB 
inventory of burdens because the previous tables did not represent all 
of the reporting requirements. The decrease in the number of sources 
was caused by buy-outs and/or consolidation which the industry has been 
experiencing for the last several years. The decrease in the capital 
startup and O&M costs estimates as compared with the previous ICR is 
attributed solely to the decrease in the number of sources. This ICR 
corrects the deficiencies.

    Dated: January 16, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-1097 Filed 1-22-08; 8:45 am]
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