[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15103-15104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06215]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0337; FRL-9943-92-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Portland Cement 
Plants (40 CFR part 63, subpart LLL) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1801.12, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0416), to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of 
the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2016. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 
32116) on June 5, 2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 20, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0337, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the

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Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's 
public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as the 
applicable standards at 40 CFR part 63, subpart LLL. This includes 
submitting initial notification reports, performance tests and periodic 
reports and results, and maintaining 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. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance 
with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Portland cement plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart LLL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 87 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 59,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $25,800,000 (per year), which includes 
$19,800,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in burden as 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 
decrease is not due to any program changes. The change in the burden 
and cost estimates occurred because the standard has been in effect for 
more than three years and the requirements are different during initial 
compliance (new facilities) as compared to on-going compliance 
(existing facilities). The previous ICR reflected those burdens and 
costs associated with the initial activities for subject facilities. 
This includes purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting performance 
tests and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by in large, 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. 
Activities for existing source include continuously monitoring of 
pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports. In addition, we 
have updated the number of respondents from 100 to 87 using the most 
recent data available. The overall result is a decrease in the number 
of responses, labor hours, and costs (including capital and O&M cost).

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting-Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-06215 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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