[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80935-80936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33127]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0224; FRL-9509-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 
Mineral Industries (Renewal)

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 January 26, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0224, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 
2822IT, 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, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email 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 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0224, 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 Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0746.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0251.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
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 regulations 
are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15, and are identified 
on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    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 
NSPS 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 section 60.730(b), which are not subject to 
the provisions of this subpart.
    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 UUU, as 
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of

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the Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data 
and other information that have been determined to be private.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 19 
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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 334.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally, semiannually and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,434.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $724,410, which includes $615,860 in 
labor costs, no capital startup costs; and $108,550 in operating and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden hours as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. The change was due to the fact that 
there are no new respondents. There is, however, an increase in the 
estimated labor cost. The increase is not due to any program changes. 
The change is due to the use of the most updated labor rates.
    There is a change in the capital/startup costs vs. operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs, which could be attributed to the fact that no 
capital/startup costs are incurred because there are no new sources. 
The only cost that is incurred is for the O&M of the monitoring 
equipment.

    Dated: December 20, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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