Notice2022-27535
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (Renewal)
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Published
December 20, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (EPA ICR Number 1790.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0361, 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 January 31, 2023. 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 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27535]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0086; FRL-10513-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and
Phosphate Fertilizers Production (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 Phosphoric Acid
Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (EPA ICR Number
1790.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0361, 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 January 31, 2023. 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 January 19,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0086, to: (1) 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#adc9c2cec6c8d9edc8ddcc83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f3b303c343a2b1f3a2f3e71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB's Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at: <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this specific information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function.
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.
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#9efff2f7b0f3ebf0eaffedf7ecdefbeeffb0f9f1e8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5839343176352d362c392b312a183d2839763f372e">[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 Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate
Fertilizers Production (40 CFR part 63, subparts AA and BB) were
proposed on December 27, 1996; promulgated on June 10, 1999; and
amended on: June 12, 2002; April 20, 2006; August 19, 2015; September
28, 2017; and November 3, 2020. These regulations apply to both new and
existing phosphoric acid manufacturing facilities and phosphate
fertilizers production facilities that are major sources of hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs). The rule applies to component processes at these
facilities and to any new, or modified, or reconstructed sources.
Component processes include the following facilities: wet process
phosphoric acid plants; super-phosphoric acid plants; purified
phosphoric acid plants; phosphate rock dryers; phosphate rock
calciners; diammonium and monoammonium phosphate plants; and granular
triple superphosphate (GTSP) plants. The EPA most-recently finalized
rule amendments on November 9, 2020 (85 FR 69508). The final rule
included a narrow revision to 40 CFR part 63, subpart AA to revise the
mercury MACT floor for existing calciners. This ICR incorporates the
amendments from the final rule, however, these amendments included no
changes to the projected costs and hour burden from the information
collection requirements of the 2015 final rule. New facilities include
those that commenced either construction, or modification, or
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subparts AA and BB.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Phosphoric acid and phosphate
fertilizer production facilities
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subparts
AA and BB).
Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannual.
Total estimated burden: 2,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $ 463,000 (per year), which includes $199,000
in annualized capital/startup and/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: (1) the
regulations have not changed significantly over the past three years
and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2)
the growth rate for this industry is either very low or non-existent,
so there is no significant change in the overall burden. There is an
increase in capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. We
have updated the capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs from 2015 dollars to 2020 dollars using the annual Chemical
Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI).
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-27535 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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