Respondents are owners or operators of
coal preparation and processing plants that process more than 200
tons of coal per day. EPA is promulgating amendments to the new
source performance standards for coal preparation and processing
plants. These final amendments include revisions to the emission
limits for particulate matter and opacity standards for thermal
dryers, pneumatic coal cleaning equipment, and coal handling
equipment (coal processing and conveying equipment, coal storage
systems, and coal transfer and loading systems) located at coal
preparation and processing plants which commence construction,
modification, or reconstruction after April 28, 2008. The
amendments also establish a sulfur dioxide emission limit and a
combined nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions limit for
thermal dryers located at coal preparation and processing plants
which commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after
May 27, 2009. Applicability of the thermal dryer standards is
expanded such that the amended standards for thermal dryers apply
to both direct contact and indirect contact thermal dryers drying
all coal ranks and pneumatic coal-cleaning equipment cleaning all
coal ranks. We are also amending the definition of coal for
purposes of subpart Y to include coal refuse. Finally, the
amendments establish work practice standards to control coal dust
emissions from open storage piles located at coal preparation and
processing plants.
The increase in burden is due
to the additional performance testing, monitoring, recordkeeping,
and reporting costs attributable to amendments to the subpart. It
is also due to the use of more current labor rates for calculating
the industry and Agency burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, Subpart Y)