Notice2025-11273
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (Renewal)
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Published
June 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (EPA ICR Number 1783.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0357) 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 June 30, 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 117 (Friday, June 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26289-26290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11273]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0090; FRL-12848-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (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 Flexible Polyurethane
Foam Product (EPA ICR Number 1783.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0357) 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 June 30,
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 July 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0090, 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#27460a4649430a550a4348444c42536742574609404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f2e622e212b623d622b202c242a3b0f2a3f2e61282039">[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#ef8e8386c1829a819b8e9c869daf8a9f8ec1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="badbd6d394d7cfd4cedbc9d3c8fadfcadb94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through June 30, 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 Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR part
63, subpart III) were proposed on December 27, 1996; promulgated on
October 7, 1998; and amended on August 15, 2014 (79 FR 48073), and
November 19, 2020 (85 FR 73854). These regulations apply to owners or
operators of both new and existing facilities that engage in the
manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam products which emit hazardous
air pollutants (HAPs). This situation includes facilities making
slabstock flexible polyurethane foam (slabstock
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foam), rebond flexible polyurethane foam (rebond foam), and/or molded
flexible polyurethane foam (molded foam). This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart III.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the
affected facilities. Owners or operators of flexible polyurethane foam
production facilities to which this rule is applicable must choose one
of the compliance options described in these standards or reduce HAP
emissions to below the compliance level. Specifically, the rule
requirements for slabstock foam producers include an initial
notification, notification of compliance status, semiannual reports,
and annual compliance certifications. The rule requirements for molded
and rebond foam producers include a notification of compliance status
report and an annual compliance certification. These notifications,
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are
required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Slabstock foam producers and molded
and rebond foam producers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart III).
Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: 869 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $118,000 (per year), which includes $0
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: (1) the regulations have not
changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change
over the next three years; and (2) the growth rate for this industry is
very low or non-existent, so there is no significant change in 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. 2025-11273 Filed 6-18-25; 8:45 am]
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