Notice2025-09292

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Renewal)

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Published
May 23, 2025

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Environmental Protection Agency

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (EPA ICR Number 1807.11, OMB Control Number 2060- 0370) 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 May 31, 2025. 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 90, Number 99 (Friday, May 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22092-22093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09292]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0091; FRL-12766-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (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 Pesticide Active 
Ingredient Production (EPA ICR Number 1807.11, OMB Control Number 2060-
0370) 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 May 
31, 2025. 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 June 23, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0091, 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#c7a6eaa6a9a3eab5eaa3a8a4aca2b387a2b7a6e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17763a7679733a653a7378747c72635772677639707861">[email&#160;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#dfbeb3b6f1b2aab1abbeacb6ad9fbaafbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="70111c195e1d051e0411031902301500115e171f06">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through May 31, 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 August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart MMM) apply to existing and new facilities engaged in 
the production of pesticide active ingredients (PAIs) that emit HAPs. 
New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, 
or reconstruction after the date of proposal. 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 with 40 CFR part 63, subpart MMM.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Pesticide active ingredient 
production facilities.

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    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart MMM).
    Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 13,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,150,000 (per year), which includes 
$339,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. 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. This ICR corrects a minor error in the currently 
approved ICR by adding burden for certain new respondents who may be 
required to repeat their conducted performance tests; however, this 
correction has no significant impact on the overall burden. Since there 
are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no 
significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/
startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-09292 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
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