Notice2023-19275
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (Renewal)
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Published
September 7, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (EPA ICR Number 1056.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0019), 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, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 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 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61591-61592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19275]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0115; FRL-11392-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid 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 Nitric Acid Plants (EPA
ICR Number 1056.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0019), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
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proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through
January 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on May 18, 2023 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 October 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0115, to: (1) EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/">www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8c985c9c6cc85da85ccc7cbc3cddce8cdd8c986cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9c884c8c7cd84db84cdc6cac2ccdde9ccd9c887cec6df">[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 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 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#fa9b9693d4978f948e9b899388ba9f8a9bd49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d5d8dd9ad9c1dac0d5c7ddc6f4d1c4d59ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on January 31, 2023, 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 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Nitric
Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart G) were proposed on August 17,
1971; promulgated on June 14, 1974; and amended on August 14, 2012. The
NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga) were proposed
on October 14, 2011; promulgated on August 14, 2012; and were amended
on May 6, 2014 in order to correct a minor error. Subpart G applies to
nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 to 70 percent) nitric
acid, which commenced construction, modification or reconstruction
either on or after August 17, 1971, and prior to October 14, 2011.
Subpart G limits the emissions of nitrogen oxides, expressed as
nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 1.5 kilograms per metric ton of acid
produced (3.0 lb. per ton), and limits opacity to 10 percent. Subpart
Ga applies to nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 to 70
percent) nitric acid, for which construction, reconstruction, or
modification commenced after October 14, 2011, and limits nitrogen
oxides (expressed as NO2) to 0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent nitric acid
produced. This information is being collected to assure compliance with
40 CFR part 60, subparts G and Ga.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Nitric acid plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subparts G and Ga).
Estimated number of respondents: 35 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 2,840 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,690,000 (per year), which includes
$4,330,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment
increase in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is not due to
any program changes, but due to an increase in the number of new
sources. Capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs have also
increased due to the increase in the number of new or modified sources
and an adjustment to update costs to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment
Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-19275 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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