Notice2021-19473
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal)
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September 8, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1127.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0083), 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, 2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50343-50344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19473]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0631; FRL-8973-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities
(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 Hot Mix Asphalt
Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1127.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0083), 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,
2021. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on February 8, 2021 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 October 8,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0631 online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b7a777235766e756f7a6872695b7e6b7a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea8b8683c4879f849e8b998398aa8f9a8bc48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, 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: <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hot Mix
Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart I) apply to hot mix asphalt
facilities comprised only of a combination of the following: Dryers;
systems for screening, handling, storing, and weighing hot aggregate;
systems for loading, transferring, and storing mineral filler; systems
for mixing hot mix asphalt; and the loading, transfer, and storage
systems associated with emission control systems. 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: Hot mix asphalt facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart I).
Estimated number of respondents: 828 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 4,120 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $488,000 (per year), which includes $0 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The
decrease in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is due to a
decrease in the number of sources. This ICR reflects a decrease in the
number of respondents and additional respondents that the Agency
anticipates will become subject to these standards or modify existing
facilities. The estimates in the current approved ICR were based on
estimates collected in 2008 and adjusted for growth over time. This ICR
adjusts the number of respondents based on a review of facilities
identified in EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO)
database, assuming a similar rate of growth and modification of
existing facilities (about two and three percent, respectively). EPA's
ECHO database is the most-recent source of facility information
available for hot mix asphalt facilities and should reflect a more
accurate estimate of existing facilities. We have assumed a similar
rate of growth and modification of existing facilities due to
anticipated continuous demand within the asphalt mixing industry. This
ICR also corrects an error from the most-recently approved ICR by
accounting for the burden for responses for notifications of
performance tests for respondents required to conduct a repeat
performance test. The overall result is a decrease in burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-19473 Filed 9-7-21; 8:45 am]
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