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but must keep copies of installation
invoices and records for 6 months that
show the reason an aftermarket catalyst
installation was permissible. A
technical change is made to note that
the warranty period for the Original
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
converter originally installed on the
vehicle is 8 years/80,000 miles starting
with the 1995 model year. Therefore,
aftermarket or reconditioned converters
generally cannot be installed on such
vehicles until the vehicles are at least 8
(eight) years old, or have accumulated
80,000 miles of service life. Removed
catalysts must be tagged with
identifying information and be retained
for 15 days. EPA allows the use of preprinted documents or computer
generated documents. All the record
keeping under the policy is authorized
by section 114 of the Act, 42 U.S.C.
7414 and section 208 of the Act, 42
U.S.C. 7542 and is a mandatory
condition for participation in this
voluntary alternative program to
manufacturing catalytic converters
equivalent to OE. Not complying with
the record keeping and remaining
reporting requirements would violate
section 203(a)(3) of the Act, 42 U.S.C.
7522(a)(3). Parties who comply with
these policies are allowed to install
aftermarket catalysts instead of OE
catalytic converters. Confidentiality
provisions are found at 40 CFR part 2.
These requirements have been in effect
for over 19 years. Startup costs have
been completed.
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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 7 hours per
response for the three categories of
respondent. Burden means the total
time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install,
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating,
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements; train personnel to be
able to respond to a collection of
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information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Manufacturers, reconditioners, and
installers of aftermarket and/or
reconditioned automotive catalytic
converters.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30,014.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
212,101 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$8,725,189, which includes $285,824
annualized capital/startup costs,
$390,064 annual O&M costs, and
$8,049,201 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 100,793 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The increase is due to an error
in calculations in the previous ICR, and
not an actual increase in respondent
burden hours. A combination of errors
in calculations in the previous ICR (67
FR 319–320, Jan. 3, 2002) led to the
annual burden hours for installers being
represented as 3.5 hours/year, rather
than 7 hours/year. Spread over 30,000
installer respondents this led to a
shortfall of 104,000 burden hours. This
figure has been correctly calculated in
this ICR renewal. There is, therefore, no
increase in burden hours to the
industry, rather the correction of a
previous error which accounts for the
higher burden hour numbers.
Dated: August 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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[OECA–2004–0043; FRL–7955–5]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing
Plants (Renewal), ICR Number 0982.08,
OMB Number 2060–0016
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this
document announces that an
Information Collection Request (ICR)
has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
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review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on September 30, 2005. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. This ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before September 30,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OECA–
2004–0043, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, 2223A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–7016; fax
number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
fried.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On December 1, 2004, (69 FR 69909)
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID Number
OECA–2004–0043, which is available
for public viewing at the Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information
Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202)
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket and Information Center Docket
is: (202) 566–1752. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
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comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
Confidential Business Information (CBI),
or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NSPS for Metallic Mineral
Processing Plants (Renewal).
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Metallic Mineral Processing Plants were
proposed on August 24, 1982, and
promulgated on February 21, 1984.
These standards apply to the following
facilities in Metallic Mineral Processing
Plants: Each crusher and screen in openpit mines; each crusher, screen, bucket
elevator, conveyor belt transfer point,
thermal dryer, product packaging
station, storage bin, enclosed storage
area, truck loading and unloading
station at the mill or concentrator,
commencing construction, modification
or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to
facilities located in underground mines,
or to facilities performing the
beneficiation of uranium ore at uranium
ore processing plants.
Particulate matter (PM) is the
pollutant regulated under this subpart.
The standards limit the particulate
matter emissions from the stack to 0.05
grams per dry standard cubic meter and
to 7 percent opacity. Those sources that
are using a wet scrubbing control device
are exempted from the 7 percent opacity
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requirement. No affected facility may
discharge any process fugitive emissions
that exhibit greater than 10 percent
opacity.
Response to the collection of
information is mandatory under 40 CFR
part 60, subpart LL. Owners or operators
of the affected facilities described must
make initial notifications, including
notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility
that may increase the regulated
pollutant emission rate; notification of
the demonstration of the continuous
monitoring system (CMS), and
notification of the initial performance
test. Performance test reports are needed
as these are the Agency’s records of a
source’s initial capability to comply
with emission standards, and note the
operating conditions, flow rate and
pressure drop, under which compliance
was achieved. Owners of affected
facilities are required to install,
calibrate, maintain, and operate a
continuous monitoring system to
measure the change in the pressure of
the gas stream through the scrubber and
the scrubbing liquid flow rate. Owners
or operators 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.
Semiannual excess emissions reports
and monitoring systems performance
reports will include the exceeded
findings of any control device operating
parameters, (specified in CFR 40 60.735,
Recordkeeping and Reporting), the date
and time of the deviance, the nature and
cause of the malfunction (if known) and
the corrective measures taken, and
identification of the time period during
which the CMS was inoperative (this
does not include zero and span checks
nor typical repairs/adjustments). These
notifications, reports and records are
required, in general, of all sources
subject to NSPS.
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. The OMB Control
Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
and are identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 52 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for
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a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Metallic Mineral Processing Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
initially and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
2,306 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$199,140 which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $13,000 annual
O&M costs, and $186,140 Respondent
Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 546 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase is due to an
increase in the estimated number of
sources that will be reconstructed or
make or physical/operational changes.
In addition, the increase in burden is
due to the inclusion of burden hour
estimates for management and clerical
personnel at the plant.
Dated: August 22, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Elimination System Great Lakes Water
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0043; FRL-7955-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metallic Mineral
Processing Plants (Renewal), ICR Number 0982.08, OMB Number 2060-0016
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 30,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0043, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, 2223A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-7016; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail
address: fried.gregory@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On December 1, 2004, (69 FR 69909) EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2004-0043, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public
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comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then
key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants (Renewal).
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Metallic
Mineral Processing Plants were proposed on August 24, 1982, and
promulgated on February 21, 1984. These standards apply to the
following facilities in Metallic Mineral Processing Plants: Each
crusher and screen in open-pit mines; each crusher, screen, bucket
elevator, conveyor belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product
packaging station, storage bin, enclosed storage area, truck loading
and unloading station at the mill or concentrator, commencing
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground
mines, or to facilities performing the beneficiation of uranium ore at
uranium ore processing plants.
Particulate matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this
subpart. The standards limit the particulate matter emissions from the
stack to 0.05 grams per dry standard cubic meter and to 7 percent
opacity. Those sources that are using a wet scrubbing control device
are exempted from the 7 percent opacity requirement. No affected
facility may discharge any process fugitive emissions that exhibit
greater than 10 percent opacity.
Response to the collection of information is mandatory under 40 CFR
part 60, subpart LL. Owners or operators of the affected facilities
described must make initial notifications, including notification of
any physical or operational change to an existing facility that may
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the
demonstration of the continuous monitoring system (CMS), and
notification of the initial performance test. Performance test reports
are needed as these are the Agency's records of a source's initial
capability to comply with emission standards, and note the operating
conditions, flow rate and pressure drop, under which compliance was
achieved. Owners of affected facilities are required to install,
calibrate, maintain, and operate a continuous monitoring system to
measure the change in the pressure of the gas stream through the
scrubber and the scrubbing liquid flow rate. Owners or operators 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.
Semiannual excess emissions reports and monitoring systems
performance reports will include the exceeded findings of any control
device operating parameters, (specified in CFR 40 60.735, Recordkeeping
and Reporting), the date and time of the deviance, the nature and cause
of the malfunction (if known) and the corrective measures taken, and
identification of the time period during which the CMS was inoperative
(this does not include zero and span checks nor typical repairs/
adjustments). These notifications, reports and records are required, in
general, of all sources subject to NSPS.
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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 52
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Metallic Mineral Processing Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,306 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $199,140 which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $13,000 annual O&M costs, and $186,140
Respondent Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 546 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the
estimated number of sources that will be reconstructed or make or
physical/operational changes. In addition, the increase in burden is
due to the inclusion of burden hour estimates for management and
clerical personnel at the plant.
Dated: August 22, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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