[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11914-11915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03822]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0016; FRL-10748-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Portland Cement 
Manufacturing Industry (EPA ICR Number 1801.14, OMB Control Number 
2060-0416) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the

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Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which 
is currently approved through March 31, 2022. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0016, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided unless the comment includes 
profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry (40 
CFR part 63, subpart LLL) were proposed on March 24, 1998; promulgated 
on June 14, 1999; and most-recently amended on July 25, 2018, with a 
correction issued August 3, 2018. These regulations apply to existing 
facilities and new facilities that are either a major or area source, 
including each: kiln including alkali bypasses and inline coal mills; 
clinker cooler; raw mill; finish mill; raw material dryer; or open 
clinker storage pile. These regulations apply to each new and existing 
categories: raw material, clinker or finished product storage bin; 
conveying system transfer point including those associated with coal 
preparation used to convey coal from the mill to the kiln; and bagging 
and bulk loading and unloading system piles located at any portland 
cement manufacturing plant that is a major source. These regulations do 
not apply to cement kilns that burn hazardous waste and are subject to 
40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE, or to cement kilns that burn nonhazardous 
solid waste and are subject to the requirements of 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart CCCC or 40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD. New facilities include 
those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart LLL.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
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 NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: Form 5900-610.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of portland 
cement manufacturing facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart LLL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 91 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 27,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,100,000 (per year), which includes 
$10,800,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment increase in burden from 
the most-recently approved ICR is due to more accurate estimates of 
existing and anticipated new sources. More accurate estimates were 
gathered using the GHG reporting database. The GHG reporting database 
estimates are also very similar to the portland cement manufacturing 
2018 RTR, thus these estimates most accurately represent the industry 
landscape. Additionally, capital and operation and maintenance costs 
have increased due to the increase in sources from the most recently 
approved ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-03822 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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