Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0655-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Metallic Mineral Processing Plants
Posted Date: 2022-01-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4233-4234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01644]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0655; FRL-9508-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Metallic Mineral Processing 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 Metallic Mineral 
Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 0982.13, OMB Control Number 2060-
0016), 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 
March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on February 8, 2021 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 February 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0655, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    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 written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 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: 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 (NSPS) for Metallic 
Mineral Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart LL) apply to the 
following facilities at metallic mineral processing plants: Each 
crusher and screen at open-pit mines and each crusher, screen, bucket 
elevator, conveyor belt transfer point, thermal dryer, product 
packaging station, storage bin, enclosed storage area, and truck 
loading and unloading station at mills or concentrators commencing 
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. The NSPS does not apply to facilities located in underground 
mines or uranium ore beneficiation processing plants. 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

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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 LL.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Metallic mineral processing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart LL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 29 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,350 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $416,000 (per year), which includes $18,900 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. This 
increase is not due to any program changes. The adjustment increase in 
burden from the most recently-approved ICR is primarily due to a more 
accurate estimate of existing sources, which is based more recent 
information from EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online 
database. Additionally, EPA increased the person-hours per occurrence 
for familiarization with rule requirements; records of startup, 
shutdown, and malfunction; and time to train personnel based on 
comments received from industry consultations. The increase in 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs as calculated in section 
6(b)(iii), compared with the costs in the previous ICR, is due the 
increase in the estimate of existing sources.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01644 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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