[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38642-38643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19138]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6125-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; NSPS Standards of Performance for Coal
Preparation Plants
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Subpart Y--Standards of
Performance for Coal Preparation Plants, OMB Control Number 2060-0122,
expiration date August 31, 1998. 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 August 17, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy
Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1062.06.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: NSPS Subpart Y--Standards of Performance for Coal
Preparation Plants (OMB Control Number 2060-0122; EPA ICR No. 1062.06)
expiring August 31, 1998. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described
must make the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date
of construction or reconstruction; notification of the anticipated and
actual dates of start-up; and notification of any physical or
operational change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any start-up, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility. These notifications, reports,
and records are required, in general for all sources subject to NSPS.
There are no additional recordkeeping or reporting requirements
specific to coal preparation plants.
Owners or operators of all affected facilities shall install,
calibrate, maintain, and continuously operate a monitoring device which
continuously measures the temperature of the gas stream of the thermal
dryer, and if applicable, the pressure drop across the process
scrubbing system. Therefore, the recordkeeping requirements for coal
preparation plants that have thermal dyers consist of the occurrence
and duration of any start-up and malfunction as described, temperature,
pressure drop across any scrubber system, measurements of PM emissions,
and the initial performance test results including conversion factors,
measurements of PM emissions, and daily charge rates and hours of
operation. Records of start-ups, shutdowns, and malfunctions should be
noted as they occur. 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.
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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on March 5,
1998 (63 FR 10870). No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 37
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 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 Entities: Owners/Operators of Coal Preparation
Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 399.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,729 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $14,060.
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. 1062.06 and OMB Control No.2060-0122 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2137), 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.
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Dated: July 13, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-19138 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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