Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Rock Plants (Renewal), 5427 [2020-01662]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 5427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01662]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0314; FRL-10004-76-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Rock 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 Phosphate Rock Plants 
(EPA ICR Number 1078.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0111), 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 March 31, 2020. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 6, 
2019 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 March 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0314, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

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 
www.regulations.gov, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Phosphate 
Rock Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart NN) apply to the following 
existing facilities and new facilities at phosphate rock plants with 
capacities greater than 4 tons per hour: Dryers, calciners, grinders, 
and ground rock handling and storage facilities, except those 
facilities producing or preparing phosphate rock solely for consumption 
in elemental phosphorus production. 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 NN. 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: Owners and operators of phosphate 
rock plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart NN).
    Estimated number of respondents: 15 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $335,000 (per year), which includes $126,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden in this ICR as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program 
changes. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most-recently 
approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. The growth 
rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so the ICR 
has been adjusted to account for no new respondents over the next three 
years. This also results in a reduction in capital/startup costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-01662 Filed 1-29-20; 8:45 am]
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