[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63636-63637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26730]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0030; FRL-9986-33-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Metallic Mineral 
Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 0982.12, OMB Control Number 2060-
0016), 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 
December 31, 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 neither conduct nor 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 January 10, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0030, 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,

[[Page 63637]]

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 Metallic 
Mineral Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart LL) apply to the 
following facilities at metallic mineral processing plants: Each 
crusher and screen at open-pit mines and each crusher, screen, bucket 
elevator, conveyor belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product 
packaging station, storage bin, enclosed storage area, and truck 
loading and unloading station at mills or concentrators commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground 
mines or uranium ore beneficiation processing plants.
    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 with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart LL.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Metallic mineral processing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart LL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 20 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,330 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $268,000 (per year), which includes $13,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase of 24 
labor hours due to a change in assumption. This ICR assumes all 
existing sources will spend time each year to re-familiarize with the 
regulations. There are no other changes in burden in this ICR compared 
to the previous ICR. This is due to two considerations: (1) The 
regulations have not changed over the past three years, and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth 
rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there 
is no significant change in the overall burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-26730 Filed 12-10-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P