Notice2022-13770
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (Renewal)
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Published
June 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor- Alkali Plants (EPA ICR Number 2046.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0542), 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 June 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 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38396-38397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13770]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0118; FRL-9977-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali Plants (EPA ICR Number 2046.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0542),
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 June 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 July 28, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0118, 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#12737e7b3c7f677c6673617b60527762733c757d64"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ccada0a5e2a1b9a2b8adbfa5be8ca9bcade2aba3ba">[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>.
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Abstract: Owners and operators of mercury cell chlor-alkali plants
are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements
for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as for
the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 63, subpart IIIII.
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 these standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart IIIII).
Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 1,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $231,000 (per year), which includes $8,200 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to a decrease in the number of sources
subject to the rule. Data gathered by EPA in the development of the
proposed Residual Risk and Technology Review for 40 CFR part 63,
subpart IIIII (86 FR 1362, January 8, 2021) indicates that there is
only one source subject to this rule. The regulations have been revised
in the past three years to add electronic reporting requirements, but
it is assumed that there is no additional burden associated with the
requirements, which consist of an upload of a currently required
notification in portable document format (PDF). There is no change in
capital/startup costs, as there is no change in the number of new
facilities, which remains at zero. Due to the decrease in the number of
facilities subject to the rule, total O&M costs have decreased from the
previous ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13770 Filed 6-27-22; 8:45 am]
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