Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal); ICR Number 1127.08, OMB Number 2060-0083, 8852-8854 [E6-2408]

Download as PDF rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 8852 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2006 / Notices 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. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// www.regulations.gov to submit or view public 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 at https://www.regulations.gov 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 https://www.regulations.gov. 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 at https:// www.regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NESHAP for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (Renewal). Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for municipal solid waste landfills were proposed on November 7, 2000, and promulgated on January 16, 2003. These standards apply to each existing and new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. This subpart applies to a MSW landfill that has accepted waste since November 8, 1987 or has additional capacity for waste deposition, a major source, collocated with a major source, and an area source landfill with a design capacity equal to or greater than 2.5 million megagrams (Mg) and 2.5 million cubic meters (m3), and has estimated uncontrolled emissions equal to or greater than 50 megagrams per year (Mg/yr) of nonmethane organic compounds (NMOC), or a MSW landfill that has VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:48 Feb 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 accepted waste since November 8, 1987 or has additional capacity for waste deposition, that includes a bioreactor, is a major source, collocated with a major source, and an area source with a design capacity equal to or greater than 2.5 million Mg and 2.5 million m3 that is not permanently closed as of January 16, 2003. Owners or operators of the affected facilities would be required to submit semiannual compliance reports for control device operating parameters prepare a startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) plan and prepare semiannual SSM reports. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the collection of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the regional EPA office. 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 five hours per response. 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 information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Owner or operator of each municipal solid waste landfill. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,121. Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annually, and annually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 18,234 hours. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,489,837, which includes $0 annualized capital/startup costs, $17,000 annual O&M costs, and $1,472,837 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There was a decrease of 21,126 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. After we conducted a thorough analysis with the municipal solid waste landfills industry and obtained their spreadsheet that depicts MSW landfills whose capacity met or exceeded 2.5 million Mg, we were able to determine that there are 1,119 active landfills with a projection of one additional landfill per year over the next three years, for a total average of 1,121, as compared to 1,330 in the previous ICR. In addition, the startup, shutdown and malfunction plan has been completed for existing facilities. This only applies to a facility when it first becomes subject to the standard. The plans were completed, by in large, during the last ICR cycle. The capital/startup costs are not included because this NESHAP does not require MSW landfills to purchase or operate additional control equipment or monitoring devices. Dated: February 7, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–2407 Filed 2–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0045; FRL–8034–5] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal); ICR Number 1127.08, OMB Number 2060–0083 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 review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1 rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2006 / Notices 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 March 23, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– OECA–2005–0045, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: ´ ´ Marıa Malave;, Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–7027; fax number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: malave.maria@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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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 EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0045, 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 at https:// www.regulations.gov. Use https:// www.regulations.gov to submit or view public 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, VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:27 Feb 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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 https://www.regulations.gov. 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 https:// www.regulations.gov. 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 https://www.regulations.gov. Title: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal). Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart I were proposed on June 11, 1973, and promulgated on July 25, 1977. These regulations 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. Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make the following onetime-only reports: Notification of the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of the date of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial performance test. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8853 of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. In general, these notifications, reports and records are required of all sources subject to NSPS. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart I. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part will maintain a file of these records, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such records. The reporting requirements for this industry currently include only the initial notifications and initial performance test report listed above. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. 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 4 hours per response. 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 information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Respondents/Affected Entities: Hot mix asphalt facilities. Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 4,010. Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,318 hours. Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,411,959, which includes $0 annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,411,959 annual labor costs. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1 8854 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 21, 2006 / Notices Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden of 7,015 hours from the most recently approved ICR, due primarily to the assumption that there will be approximately 105 new sources each year that will become subject to this rule and, therefore, will be required to submit the appropriate notifications and conduct performance tests. As in the active ICR, we have assumed that there will be a number of existing sources (i.e., 140 facilities) conducting modifications of their facilities and, therefore, will be required to submit appropriate notifications and conduct performance tests. There are no annualized capital and operations and maintenance costs for this ICR because the rule does not require the use of continuous emission monitoring equipment, as stated in the active ICR. The use of updated higher labor rates and the inclusion of managerial and clerical labor categories in the burden calculation also affected both industry and the Federal government costs for complying with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the rule. We also deleted any burden associated with the Agency conducting inspection activities, such as travel costs and labor burden, which are activities that are exempt under the Paperwork Reduction Act. These changes resulted in a decrease in the Federal Government burden even when the number of sources submitting reports increased significantly, as discussed above. EPA. Version 3 includes an expanded library of radionuclides and incorporates updated radionuclide risk conversion factors. Hence, it is recommended that Version 3 be used for future compliance demonstrations. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Behram Shroff, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, Radiation Protection Division (6608J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 343–9707; fax number: (202) 343–2304; e-mail address: shroff.behram@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does This Action Apply to Me? You may be potentially affected by this action if you are subject to the reporting requirements for radionuclide NESHAPs found in 40 CFR part 61, subpart H. This subpart applies to Department of Energy (DOE) facilities. AGENCY: B. How Can I Get Copies of the Model and Related Information? 1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050; FRL– XXXX–X. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 3. EPA Web site. You may download the CAP88–PC model and documentation from EPA’s Web site at https://www.epa.gov/radiation/ assessment/CAP88/. SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 112 of the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of Version 3 of the CAP88– PC model used to demonstrate compliance with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) applicable to radionuclides. CAP88-PC is approved for this use by II. Background On October 31, 1989, EPA promulgated the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act to control radionuclide emissions to the ambient air from a number of different source categories (54 FR 51654, December 15, 1989 (Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050, Item 0028)). Subpart H of 40 CFR part Dated: February 7, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–2408 Filed 2–17–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–2005; FRL–8034–3] National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (Radionuclides), Availability of Updated Compliance Model rmajette on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES1 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:27 Feb 17, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 61 is one of the source categories covered in this 1989 final rule. Facilities owned and operated by the Department of Energy (DOE) are covered by subpart H. DOE administers many facilities, including government-owned, contractor-operated facilities across the country. Some of these DOE facilities handle significant amounts of radioactive material and can emit radionuclides into the air in various physical and chemical states. The purpose of subpart H is to limit radionuclide emissions (not including radon) from the stacks and vents at DOE facilities so that no member of the public receives an effective dose equivalent of more than 10 millirem per year (mrem/yr). III. CAP88–PC Model for Demonstrating Compliance A. CAP88–PC Model History EPA is today announcing the availability of Version 3 of the CAP88– PC model for use in demonstrating compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR part 61, subpart H. CAP88 (Clean Air Act Assessment Package—1988) (Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050, Items 0033 through 0036) is a set of computer programs, databases and associated utility programs for estimation of dose and risk from radionuclide emissions to air. CAP88– PC implements, on the personal computer platform, modified versions of the AIRDOS–EPA and DARTAB codes that were written in FORTRAN 77 and executed in a mainframe computing environment. CAP88–PC provides for dose and risk assessments of collective populations, maximally-exposed individuals, and selected individuals. The complete set of dose and risk factors is provided. The original CAP88-PC software package, Version 1.0 (Docket EPA–HQ– OAR–2002–0050, Items 0040 and 0041), allowed users to perform full-featured dose and risk assessments in a DOS environment for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with 40 CFR 61.93(a); it was approved for compliance demonstration in February 1992. CAP88–PC Version 2.0 (Docket EPA– HQ–OAR–2002–0050, Items 0042 and 0043) provided a framework for developing inputs to perform fullfeatured dose and risk assessments in a Windows environment for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with 40 CFR 61.93(a). Version 2.0 was approved for compliance demonstration in 1999. Version 2.1 included some additional changes compared to the DOS version and the previous Windows version, 2.0. E:\FR\FM\21FEN1.SGM 21FEN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0045; FRL-8034-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt 
Facilities (Renewal); ICR Number 1127.08, OMB Number 2060-0083

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 April 30, 2006. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to

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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 March 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0045, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: Mar[iacute]a Malav[eacute];, 
Compliance Assessment and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), 
Office of Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7027; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: 
malave.maria@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 May 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), 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 EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0045, 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 at https://www.regulations.gov. Use 
https://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public 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 https://www.regulations.gov 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 http:/
/www.regulations.gov. 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 https://www.regulations.gov. 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 https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart I were proposed on 
June 11, 1973, and promulgated on July 25, 1977. These regulations 
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. Owners or operators of the 
affected facilities described must make the following one-time-only 
reports: Notification of the date of construction or reconstruction; 
notification of the anticipated and actual dates of startup; 
notification of any physical or operational change to an existing 
facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; 
notification of the date of the initial performance test; and the 
results of the initial performance test. 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. In general, these notifications, reports and records are 
required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 60, subpart I. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions 
of this part will maintain a file of these records, and retain the file 
for at least two years following the date of such records. The 
reporting requirements for this industry currently include only the 
initial notifications and initial performance test report listed above. 
All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In the 
event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent 
directly to the EPA regional office. 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 4 
hours per response. 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 information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Hot mix asphalt facilities.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 4,010.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,318 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,411,959, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $1,411,959 
annual labor costs.

[[Page 8854]]

    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden of 7,015 
hours from the most recently approved ICR, due primarily to the 
assumption that there will be approximately 105 new sources each year 
that will become subject to this rule and, therefore, will be required 
to submit the appropriate notifications and conduct performance tests. 
As in the active ICR, we have assumed that there will be a number of 
existing sources (i.e., 140 facilities) conducting modifications of 
their facilities and, therefore, will be required to submit appropriate 
notifications and conduct performance tests.
    There are no annualized capital and operations and maintenance 
costs for this ICR because the rule does not require the use of 
continuous emission monitoring equipment, as stated in the active ICR.
    The use of updated higher labor rates and the inclusion of 
managerial and clerical labor categories in the burden calculation also 
affected both industry and the Federal government costs for complying 
with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the rule. We also 
deleted any burden associated with the Agency conducting inspection 
activities, such as travel costs and labor burden, which are activities 
that are exempt under the Paperwork Reduction Act. These changes 
resulted in a decrease in the Federal Government burden even when the 
number of sources submitting reports increased significantly, as 
discussed above.

    Dated: February 7, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E6-2408 Filed 2-17-06; 8:45 am]
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