[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14915-14916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05696]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0028; FRL--10021-79-OMS]


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 (EPA ICR Number 0746.11, 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 May 
31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register (85 FR 28003), on May 12, 2020 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 April 19, 
2021.

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 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.
    The 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) were 
proposed on April 23, 1986; promulgated on September 28, 1992; and 
amended on July 29, 1993. These standards 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,

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lightweight aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, 
talc, titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. New facilities include those 
that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the 
date of proposal. Owners and operators of affected facilities are 
required to comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
(General Provisions at 40 CFR 60, subpart A), as well as for the 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU. This includes 
submitting initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic 
reports. 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 
used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Mineral processing plants with 
calciners and dryers.
    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: $887,000 (per year), which includes $109,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. 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; (2) the growth rate for this industry is 
very low or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the 
overall burden. Since there are no changes in the regulatory 
requirements and there is no significant industry growth, there are 
also no changes in the capital/startup or operation and maintenance 
(O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-05696 Filed 3-18-21; 8:45 am]
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