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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 103824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 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 http://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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