Notice2024-29112
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (Renewal)
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Published
December 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (EPA ICR Number 1057.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0041) 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 December 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 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[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: 2024-29112]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0628; FRL-12490-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Sulfuric 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 Sulfuric Acid Plants
(EPA ICR Number 1057.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0041) 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 December 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 13,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0628, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cdace0aca3a9e0bfe0a9a2aea6a8b98da8bdace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1b0fcb0bfb5fca3fcb5beb2bab4a591b4a1b0ffb6bea7">[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#0b6a676225667e657f6a7862794b6e7b6a256c647d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46272a2f682b33283227352f340623362768212930">[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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart H were proposed on
August 17, 1971; promulgated on December 23, 1971; and amended most-
recently on February 27, 2014 (79 FR 11250). These regulations apply to
existing facilities and new facilities. New facilities include those
that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the
date of proposal. A sulfuric acid plant is any facility producing
sulfuric acid (H<INF>2</INF>SO<INF>4</INF>) by the contact process by
burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide, organic
sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge. A sulfuric acid plant does not
include facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is used primarily
as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide
(SO<INF>2</INF>) or other sulfur compounds. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart H.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Sulfuric acid manufacturing plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart H).
Estimated number of respondents: 53 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 13,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,110,000 (per year), includes $416,000
annualized capital 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. First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to
increase from 2005 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29112 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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