Notice2024-29421
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (Renewal)
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Published
December 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (EPA ICR Number 0746.12, 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 December 31, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 101005-101006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29421]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0112; FRL-12494-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget 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 (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in
Mineral Industries (EPA ICR Number 0746.12, 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
December 31, 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 January 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0112, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#244509454a40095609404b474f4150644154450a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a2b672b242e6738672e2529212f3e0a2f3a2b642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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.
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#9bfaf7f2b5f6eef5effae8f2e9dbfeebfab5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81e0ede8afecf4eff5e0f2e8f3c1e4f1e0afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2025. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on April 23, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 30358). 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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 regulations 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 NSPS Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing
Plants are not subject to these particular 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. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
60, subpart UUU.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Mineral processing plants that use
calciners and dryers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart UUU).
Estimated number of respondents: 167 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannual.
Total estimated burden: 6,630 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $990,000 (per year), includes $154,000
annualized capital 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. First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to
increase from 2008 to
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2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29421 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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