Notice2023-06548
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Rock Plants (Renewal)
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Published
March 30, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Phosphate Rock Plants (EPA ICR Number 1078.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0111) 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 March 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19137-19138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06548]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0062; FRL-10747-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Phosphate Rock 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), NSPS for Phosphate Rock Plants
(EPA ICR Number 1078.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0111) 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 March 31, 2023. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0062, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9c884c8c7cd84db84edc6cac2ccdde9ccd9c887cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b5a165a555f1649167f5458505e4f7b5e4b5a155c544d">[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 (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 specific information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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#4f2e232661223a213b2e3c263d0f2a3f2e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bedfd2d790d3cbd0cadfcdd7ccfedbcedf90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through July 22, 2022 during a 60-day
comment period (87 FR 43843). This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart NN apply to the
following existing facilities and new facilities at phosphate rock
plants with capacities greater than 4 tons per hour: dryers, calciners,
grinders, and ground rock handling and storage facilities, except those
facilities producing or preparing phosphate rock solely for consumption
in elemental phosphorus production. New facilities include those that
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date
of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart NN.
In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests,
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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 NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of phosphate
rock plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR, part 60,
Subpart NN).
Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 120 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $22,400 (per year), which includes $8,400 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB, which is due to a decrease in the number of sources. This is due
to an adjustment to reflect that phosphate rock facilities subject to
the NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart
AA), as amended on August 19, 2015, are exempt from any otherwise
applicable new source performance standards contained in 40 CFR part
60, subpart T, subpart U, or subpart NN, provided sources have a
current operating permit pursuant of title V of the Clean Air Act. Most
phosphate rock plants previously included as respondents to 40 CFR part
60, subpart NN are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart AA. Only one
respondent is now subject to subpart NN. The previous ICR indicated 15
sources were subject to this subpart, which indicates a 94 percent
decrease in the number of respondents. The reduced number of
respondents also results in a subsequent decrease in the operation and
maintenance costs. There are no new sources anticipated, therefore
there is no anticipated change in capital costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06548 Filed 3-29-23; 8:45 am]
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