Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0358-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Portland Cement Plants
Posted Date: 2011-06-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33275-33276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14195]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0358; FRL-9316-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission 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: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 8, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2010-0358 to: (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; or (2) OMB 
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia A. Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30813), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0358, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752. Use EPA's 
electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to 
submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the 
contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the docket 
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``docket 
search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above. Please 
note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business 
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1051.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0025.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedule to expire on July 31, 2011. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain- EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Portland 
Cement Plants were proposed on August 17, 1971, promulgated on December 
23, 1971, and amended on December 14, 1988, October 17, 2000, and 
September 9, 2010. Particulate matter emissions from Portland cement 
plants either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably 
be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from Portland cement 
plants requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
Emissions of particulate matter from Portland cement plants are the 
result of operation of 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. These standards rely on the capture of particulate 
emissions by a baghouse or electrostatic precipitator.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate 
reporting and recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such 
information, enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether 
the standards are being met on a continuous basis, as required by the 
Clean Air Act.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local 
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the 
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart F 
and 40 CFR part 60, Subpart A, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) 
of the Clean Air Act. The required information

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consists of emissions data and other information that have been 
determined to be private.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining, information, and disclosing and providing information. All 
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements that have subsequently 
changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Portland cement plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 118.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,666.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,766,659, which includes $1,827,645 
in labor costs, $55,194 in capital/startup costs, and $883,820 in 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in the number of 
affected facilities, or the number of responses compared to the 
previous ICR. There is, however, an increase in the estimated hours, 
and labor burden cost as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This change in burden has occurred because this 
renewal ICR is being combined with EPA ICR number 2307.02, which 
resulted in an increase in burden hours and cost.
    The combining of this ICR with ICR number 2307.02 also resulted in 
an increase in capital/startup vs. O&M costs.

    Dated: May 31, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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