NSPS for Portland Cement
Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart F) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/01/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2021
198
204
14,100
14,500
744,000
767,000
Owners and operators of facilities
subject to New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Portland
Cement Plants are required to comply with reporting and record
keeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR Part 60,
Subpart A), as well as the specific requirements at 40 CFR Part 60,
Subpart F. This includes submitting initial notifications,
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining
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 reports
are used by EPA to determine compliance with the
standards.
There is an adjustment decrease
in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any
program changes. The decrease in burden from the most-recently
approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of affected
existing facilities, as identified by a review of Portland cement
facilities reporting in EPAs ECHO and GHGRP databases. This change
also results in a decrease in operation and maintenance costs. This
ICR maintains an assumption that there will be no new respondents
over the next three years, but two existing plants will undergo
modification or reconstruction. Therefore, the capital costs have
not changed from the previous ICR.
$44,100
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Patrick Yellin 202
564-2970
No
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.