Notice2022-06269
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (Renewal)
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March 24, 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 Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (EPA ICR Number 1821.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0419) 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16729-16730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06269]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0092; FRL--9620-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process
Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (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 Steel Pickling, HCl
Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (EPA ICR
Number 1821.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0419) 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 not
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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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 25,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0092, to (1) EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72135f131c165f005f161d11191706321702135c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11703c707f753c633c757e727a7465517461703f767e67">[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#2445484d0a49514a5045574d56644154450a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b5a575215564e554f5a4852497b5e4b5a155c544d">[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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and
Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCC)
were proposed on September 18, 1997, promulgated on June 22, 1999, and
amended on September 19, 2012 and November 19, 2020. This rule applies
to all facilities that pickle steel using hydrochloric acid (HCl) or
regenerate hydrochloric acid and are either major sources or part of a
facility that is a major source. This regulation does not apply to any
pickling line that uses an acid other than hydrochloric acid or an acid
solution containing either less than 6 percent hydrochloric acid or at
a temperature less than 100 [deg]F. New facilities include those that
commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. 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. This information is being collected
to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart CCC.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Steel pickling, HCl process
facilities and hydrochloric acid regeneration plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart CCC).
Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 35,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,140,000 (per year), includes $10,600
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in
the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry
growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup or operation
and maintenance (O&M) costs. This ICR also adjusts the number of
responses from the currently approved ICR to account for the submittal
of periodic test reports; this corrects the annual average hours per
response but the burden to respondents does not change.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-06269 Filed 3-23-22; 8:45 am]
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