Notice2024-29953
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black Production (Renewal)
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Published
December 18, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Carbon Black Production (EPA ICR Number 2677.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0738) 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 August 6, 2024 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 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102886-102887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29953]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0505; FRL-12496-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black 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 Carbon Black
Production (EPA ICR Number 2677.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0738) 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 August 6, 2024 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 January 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0505, 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#63024e020d074e114e070c00080617230613024d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0a1eda1aea4edb2eda4afa3aba5b480a5b0a1eea7afb6">[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. Do not submit
electronically to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> any information you consider to
be CBI, proprietary business information (PBI), 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#50313c397e3d253e2431233922103520317e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66070a0f480b13081207150f142603160748010910">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. An agency may
not conduct or 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 April 23, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 30358). 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="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 the Generic Maximum Achievable Control
Technology (GMACT) Standards published at (40 CFR part 63, subpart YY)
were promulgated on July 12, 2002 (67 FR 46257), and amended on April
13, 2005
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(70 FR 19266). These regulations apply to existing and new carbon black
(CB), cyanide (CY), ethylene (ET), and spandex (SP) facilities that
would be subject to the major source provisions specified under the
GMACT NESHAP. New facilities include those that commenced construction
or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart YY. 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: 5900-484.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of carbon black
production facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart YY).
Estimated number of respondents: 15 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 240 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $84,300 (per year), includes $51,500
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to a revised application of costs when
compared to the final RTR ICR. In the previous ICR renewal, semiannual
reports were incorrectly labeled as occurring once per year. This line
item is now adjusted to occur twice per year. Additionally, there is an
increase in costs, which is due to the use of updated labor rates. This
ICR uses labor rates from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics
report (December 2023) to calculate respondent burden costs. Capital/
Startup and O&M costs also increased due to a revised application of
costs when compared to the final RTR ICR. The Capital/Startup and O&M
costs were increased from 2021 $ to 2023 $ using the CEPCI Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29953 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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