The New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries were proposed
on April 23, 1986, and promulgated on September 28, 1992. These
regulations apply only to new calciners and dryers at mineral
processing plants that either process or produce either any of the
following minerals and their concentrates or any mixture of which
the majority is any of the following minerals or a combination of
these minerals: alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar,
fire clay, fuller's earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin,
lightweight aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing
granules, talc, titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. Particulate
matter (PM) is the pollutant regulated under this subpart. Feed and
product conveyors are not considered part of the affected facility.
Facilities subject to NSPS Subpart LL, Metallic Mineral Processing
Plants are not subject to this standard. There are additional
processes and process units at mineral processing plants listed at
Section 60.730(b) which are not subject to the provisions of this
subpart. New facilities include those that commenced construction,
modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
Part 60, Subpart UUU. In general, all NSPS standards require
initial notification reports, performance tests, and periodic
reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They
are also required to 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, and are required of all
affected facilities subject to NSPS. Any owner/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 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) regional office.
There is an increase of two
hours in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the
OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is not due to
any program changes. The change in burden and cost estimates
occurred as a result of correctly applying an assumption that was
misinterpreted previously. Footnote 'k' in Table 1 states that we
have assumed one respondent will notify the Agency regarding a
physical or operation change. In the previous ICR, the burden
associated with writing the "notification of physical or operation
change" was calculated with zero respondents, instead of one
respondent. Making the correction from zero respondents to one
respondent results in a minor increase in both the labor and cost
burden estimates.
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.
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