Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0678-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-07-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37276-37277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16228]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0678; FRL-9996-87-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (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), NESHAP for Mineral Wool 
Production (EPA ICR Number 1799.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0362), 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 September 30, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 30, 2018 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 August 30, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0678, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

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

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for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional information about 
EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mineral Wool Production were proposed on May 8, 
1997, promulgated on June 1, 1999, and amended on July 29, 2015. These 
regulations apply to both new and existing mineral wool production 
facilities with cupolas and/or curing ovens. These standards apply to 
owners or operators located at a plant site that is a major source of 
hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. This signifies that the plant 
has the potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams 
(10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAPs at a rate of 
22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. New facilities include 
those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart DDD.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notification 
reports, 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 
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Mineral wool production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart DDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 8 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,130 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $308,000 (per year), which includes $6,000 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the burden in this 
ICR compared to the previous ICR, however, there is an adjustment 
increase in the labor costs in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 
This adjustment is due to a labor rate change in the calculation of 
labor costs. There are no changes to the capital and operation and 
maintenance costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulator Support Division.
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