Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; Standards of Performance for new Stationary Sources Metallic Mineral Processing Plants

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review;

Standards of Performance for new Stationary Sources Metallic Mineral

Processing Plants

No. OMB 2060-0016

No. EPA 0982.05

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(a)(1)(D), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Request (ICR) for Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources--

Metallic Mineral Processing Plants (Subpart LL) described below has

been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0982.05

and OMB No. 2060-0016.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for Metallic Mineral Processing

Plants (Subpart LL) OMB Control No. 2060-0016; EPA ICR No. 982.05).

This is a request for revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has judged that PM emissions from

metallic mineral processing plants cause or contribute to air pollution

that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Owners/operators of metallic mineral processing plants must

notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shut downs, date

and results of initial performance test. Owners/operators with

facilities using any wet scrubbing device shall install, calibrate, and

maintain continuous monitoring devices to measure pressure drop and

flow rate. Weekly records of the pressure drop and flow rate are to be

maintained, and semi-annual reports are to be submitted when the

pressure drop and flow rate differ 30% from the most recent performance

test.

In order to ensure compliance with the standards promulgated to

protect public health, 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.

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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on September

29, 1995 and no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2068

hours per year. 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 purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; 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 Entitles: 20.5.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 20.5.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Number of Responses: 41.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2185 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $66,549.

Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the

accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods

for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of

automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please

refer to EPA ICR No. 0982.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0016 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 21, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96-4523 Filed 2-27-96; 8:45 am]

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