[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07625]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0111; FRL-11864-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for Asphalt Processing and Roofing Manufacture (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Asphalt Processing and 
Roofing Manufacture (EPA ICR Number 0661.14, OMB Control Number 2060-
0002), 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, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 10, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0111, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 
method), 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. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested in the Federal Register 
on May 18, 2023, during a 60-Day comment period (88 FR 31748). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 Building, 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 Asphalt 
Processing and Roofing Manufacture (40 CFR part 60, subpart UU) were 
promulgated on August 6, 1982, and most-recently amended on February 
27, 2014. These regulations apply to both existing and new saturators 
and mineral handling and asphalt storage facilities at asphalt roofing 
manufacturing plants and to asphalt storage tanks and blowing stills at 
asphalt processing plants, petroleum refineries, and asphalt roofing 
plants. New facilities include those that commenced construction, 
modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
60, subpart UU.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Asphalt processing and asphalt 
roofing manufacture facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 60, Subpart 
UU).
    Estimated number of respondents: 144 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 34,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $11,700,000 (per year), which includes 
$7,430,000 in annualized capital//startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. 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 this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. There is a slight increase in 
costs, which is wholly due to the use of updated labor rates. There is 
an increase in capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs due 
to an adjustment to increase from 2008 to 2022 dollars using the CEPCI 
Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-07625 Filed 4-9-24; 8:45 am]
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