[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68429-68430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27311]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0368; FRL-8741-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 
Mineral Industries, (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0746.07, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0251

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 18, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2008-0368, 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: Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-4003; 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 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no

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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-2008-0368, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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) 566-1927.
    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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0746.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0251.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2009. 
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 Calciners 
and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU) were 
proposed on April 23, 1986 and promulgated on September 28, 1992.
    The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the 
NSPA at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, or additions to the 
General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU.
    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. Particulate matter is the pollutant 
regulated under this subpart. Feed and product conveyors are not 
considered part of the affected facility. Facilities subject to NSPS 
subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing Plants are not subject to this 
standard. There are additional processes and process units at mineral 
processing plants listed at 60.730(b) which are not subject to the 
provisions of this subpart.
    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. Reports, at a minimum, are required 
semiannually. These notifications, reports, and records are essential 
in determining compliance, and are required, in general, of all sources 
subject to NSPS.
    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, 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: 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 167.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,955.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $674,485, which includes $561,485 in 
Labor costs, $4,000 in annualized capital costs, and $109,000 in 
Operations & Maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: November 12, 2008.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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