Notice2022-04133
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal)
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February 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mercury (EPA ICR Number 0113.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0097), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11067-11068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04133]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0084; FRL-9617-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (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 Mercury (EPA ICR
Number 0113.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0097), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 13, 2021,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency
may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 30,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0084, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c28232f2729386223292f2d0c293c2d622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="55313a363e30217b3a303634153025347b323a23">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d7c717433706873697c6e746f5d786d7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8aebe6e3a4e7ffe4feebf9e3f8caeffaeba4ede5fc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC
West Building, 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) regulations apply to
existing facilities and new facilities which process mercury ore to
recover mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas
and alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment
plant sludge. 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: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of facilities
which process mercury ore to recover mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali
cells to produce chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide, and
incinerate and/or dry wastewater treatment plant sludge.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart E).
Estimated number of respondents: 101 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 17,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,030,000 (per year), which includes $0 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: 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
adjustment decrease in burden from the most recently-approved ICR is
due to a decrease in the number of sources. Consultations with the
Agency's internal industry experts have shown that a number of cell
chlor-alkali plants have shut down since the previous ICR renewal,
leading to a decrease in respondent labor hours and the number of
responses. There are no capital or operation and maintenance costs
associated with this ICR. The overall result is a decrease in burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-04133 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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