Notice2022-21122
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Resins (Renewal)
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Published
September 29, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Resins (EPA ICR Number 2410.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0665), 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 November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022, 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 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59076-59077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21122]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0046; FRL-10258-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Resins
(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 Group I Polymers and
Resins (EPA ICR Number 2410.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0665), 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 November 30,
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on April 8, 2022, 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 October 31,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0046, 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#a3c7ccc0c8c6d7e3c6d3c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="690d060a020c1d290c1908470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 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#1c7d707532716972687d6f756e5c796c7d327b736a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcbdb0b5f2b1a9b2a8bdafb5ae9cb9acbdf2bbb3aa">[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 Group I Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63,
subpart U) were proposed on June 12, 1995; promulgated on September 5,
1995, and amended on: June 19, 2000; July 16, 2001; December 16, 2008;
and April 21, 2011. These regulations apply to existing and new
elastomer product process units (EPPU) and associated equipment,
including waste management units, maintenance wastewater, heat exchange
systems, and equipment required either by or utilized to comply with
this Subpart located at facilities that are major sources of hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs) and are classified in the Group I Polymers and
Resins source category. The Group I Polymers and Resins source category
includes the following categories: Butyl Rubber Production,
Epichlorohydrin Elastomers Production, Ethylene Propylene Rubber
Production, Hypalon Production, Neoprene Production, Nitrile Butadiene
Rubber (NBR) Production, Polybutadiene Rubber Production, Polysulfide
Rubber Production, and Styrene Butadiene Rubber and Latex Production.
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 U.
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: Facilities with elastomer product
process units (EPPU) and associated equipment.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart U).
Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 56,400 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $12,000,000 (per year), which includes
$5,230,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an insignificant increase in
burden from the most recently approved ICR due to an adjustment. This
increase (not reflected in the rounded total) is not due to any program
changes. The adjustment increase is due to a correction of the
calculation used to summarized the burden estimates for individual
reporting requirements.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there
is no significant industry growth, there are no
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changes in the capital/startup and/or operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21122 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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