Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0040-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities
Posted Date: 2018-10-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54747-54748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23752]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0040; FRL-9985-53-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hot Mix Asphalt Facilities 
(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 Hot Mix Asphalt 
Facilities (EPA ICR Number 1127.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0083), 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 November 30, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on June 29, 2017 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 November 30, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0040, 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hot Mix 
Asphalt Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart I) apply to hot mix asphalt 
facilities that commenced construction or modification after June 11, 
1973. A hot mix asphalt facility is comprised only of any 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 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 with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart I.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hot mix asphalt facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart I).
    Estimated number of respondents: 4,955 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 25,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,620,000 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
estimated burden and number of responses as currently identified in the 
OMB

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Inventory of Approved Burdens. The change in burden occurred because 
the number of respondents, subject to these standards, has increased 
since the last ICR renewal period. In addition, this ICR assumes all 
existing respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory 
requirements each year.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23752 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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