Notice2024-30266
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal)
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Published
December 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (EPA ICR Number 1051.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0025), 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 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30266]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0113; FRL-12489-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Portland Cement
Plants (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 Portland Cement Plants
(EPA ICR Number 1051.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0025), 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 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0113, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/">www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f4e024e414b025d024b404c444a5b6f4a5f4e01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="147539757a70396639707b777f7160547164753a737b62">[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 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/PRA">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA</a> Main. Find this specific 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#84e5e8edaae9f1eaf0e5f7edf6c4e1f4e5aae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1909d98df9c849f8590829883b1948190df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 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 via 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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 for Portland Cement
Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart F) were promulgated on December 23,
1971; and amended on both February 12, 2013, and July 27, 2015. These
regulations apply to existing and new kilns, clinker coolers, raw mill
systems, raw mill dryers, raw material storage, clinker storage,
finished product storage, conveyor transfer points, bagging and bulk
loading and unloading systems at portland cement 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 F.
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: Portland cement plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart F).
Estimated number of respondents: 92 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 14,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,810,000 (per year), which includes
$1,040,000 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 an increase in
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to
increase from 2011 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-30266 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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