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), 103824 [2024-30266]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0113; FRL–12489–01–
OMS]
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,
27711; telephone number: (919) 541–
0833; email address: ali.muntasir@
epa.gov.
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 https://www.regulations.gov, 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
SUMMARY:
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 www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method), or by email to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA 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,
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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 mostrecently 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 nonexistent, 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.
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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 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. 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA 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: [email protected].
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 https://www.regulations.gov, 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
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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