Notice2025-03252
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (Renewal)
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Published
February 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (EPA ICR Number 0186.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0071) 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 February 28, 2025. 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 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10905-10906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03252]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0625; FRL-12627-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (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), NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (EPA
ICR Number 0186.17, OMB Control Number 2060-0071) 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 February 28, 2025. 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 March 31, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0625, 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#66074b0708024b144b0209050d03122603160748010910"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5c488c4cbc188d788c1cac6cec0d1e5c0d5c48bc2cad3">[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 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, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard, D243-05,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfded3d691d2cad1cbdeccd6cdffdacfde91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72131e1b5c1f071c0613011b00321702135c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. 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 May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). 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.
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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 Vinyl Chloride (40 CFR part 61, subpart F) were
proposed on December 24, 1975; promulgated on October 21, 1976; and
most recently amended on July 10, 1990. These regulations apply to
existing facilities and new facilities that produce ethylene dichloride
(EDC) by reaction of the following: (1) oxygen and hydrogen chloride
with ethylene; (2) vinyl chloride (VC) by any process; and (3) one or
more polymers containing any fraction of polymerized VC (i.e.,
polyvinyl chloride (PVC)). This subpart does not apply to equipment
used in research and development if the reactor used to polymerize the
VC has a capacity of no more than 0.19 cubic meters (m3). New
facilities include those that commenced either construction or
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 61, subpart F.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: EDC, PVC, and VC plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart F).
Estimated number of respondents: 25 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, and occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 10,210 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,890,000 (per year), which includes
$1,600,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 3,670 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This adjustment is due to an increase of nine sources
compared to the previous ICR. This increase in the number of sources is
not due to a program change but is based on updated information
collected by the U.S. EPA for other related rulemakings. The increased
number of sources also resulted in an increase in the O&M costs.
Additionally, the O&M costs increase due to an adjustment from 2008 $
to 2022 $ using the CEPCI CE Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-03252 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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