Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0327-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2014-07-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42004-42005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16936]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0327; FRL-9913-68-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Portland Cement Plants 
(40 CFR Part 60, Subpart F) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1051.13, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0025), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which 
is currently approved through July 31, 2014. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 35023) on June 11, 
2013 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 not conduct or 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 18, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0327, 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 for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Entities potentially affected by this action are portland 
cement plants with the following emission units: 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. Entities are required 
to submit initial notifications, conduct initial performance tests, and 
submit semiannual reports for exceedances and startups, shutdown and 
malfunctions.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Portland cement plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
Subpart F).

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    Estimated number of respondents: 96 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 14,535 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,195,995 (per year), includes $774,234 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
respondent and Agency burden. This is not due to any program changes. 
The decrease occurred because we have modified the number of existing 
cement plants from 118 to 96 to reflect the latest industry data 
collected by the Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. This 
revision provides a more accurate estimate for the portland cement 
sector, and results in an overall decrease in burden estimate.

Spencer W. Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-16936 Filed 7-17-14; 8:45 am]
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