[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17549-17550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08332]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0028; FRL--9974-54-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR)--NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in 
Mineral Industries (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0746.10, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0251--to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through April 30, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on June 29, 2017 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 May 21, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0028, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method); or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA

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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 Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Calciners 
and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU) apply 
only to new calciners and dryers at mineral processing plants that 
either process or produce either 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 (PM) is the pollutant regulated under 
this subpart. Feed and product conveyors are not considered part of the 
affected facility. Facilities subject to the NSPS for Metallic Mineral 
Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart LL) are not subject to these 
standards. 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. New facilities include those that 
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. In general, all NSPS standards require initial 
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of calciners 
and dryers at mineral processing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart UUU).
    Estimated number of respondents: 167 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,630 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $805,000 (per year), includes $109,000 in 
either annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a small increase in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
Burdens. The adjustment in the burden occurred because this ICR assumes 
all existing respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory 
requirements each year. Further, there is an increase of one response 
due to a correction. The previous ICR did not account for the 
notification of operational/physical change in calculating the number 
of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-08332 Filed 4-19-18; 8:45 am]
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