Notice2022-07458
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (Renewal)
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Published
April 8, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2323.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0621), 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 May 31, 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 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20852-20853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07458]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0123; FRL-9730-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area
Sources (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 Chemical Manufacturing
Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2323.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0621), 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 May 31, 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,
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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 May 9, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0123, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 2821T, 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
<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#97f6fbfeb9fae2f9e3f6e4fee5d7f2e7f6b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8feee3e6a1e2fae1fbeefce6fdcfeaffeea1e8e0f9">[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 Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources were
proposed on October 6, 2008; promulgated on October 29, 2009; and
amended on December 21, 2012. There are nine area source categories in
the chemical manufacturing sector: Agricultural Chemicals and
Pesticides Manufacturing, Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Production,
Industrial Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial Organic
Chemical Manufacturing, Inorganic Pigments Manufacturing, Miscellaneous
Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Plastic Materials and Resins
Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Production, and Synthetic Rubber
Manufacturing. These regulations apply process vents, storage tanks,
equipment leaks, wastewater systems, transfer operations, and heat
exchange systems at affected sources in each area source category and
are combined in one subpart. New facilities include those that either
commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 63, subpart VVVVVV.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Private-sector area sources involved
in the chemical manufacturing of agricultural chemicals and pesticides,
cyclic crude and intermediates, industrial inorganic chemicals,
industrial organic chemicals, inorganic pigments, miscellaneous organic
chemicals, plastic materials and resins, pharmaceutical production, and
synthetic rubber.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart VVVVVV).
Estimated number of respondents: 548 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 10,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,830,000 (per year), which includes
$1,590,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. The adjustment increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is not due to any program changes, but is due to
an increase in the number of new sources. This ICR reflects an
additional 10 respondents per year, assuming continued industry growth.
The increase in the number of respondents also results in an increase
in the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-07458 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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