Notice2026-01736
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury (Renewal)
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Published
January 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Mercury (EPA ICR Number 0113.15, OMB Control Number 2060-0097) 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 January 31, 2026. 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 91, Number 19 (Thursday, January 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3888-3889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01736]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0084; FRL-13208-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Mercury (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 Mercury (EPA ICR
Number 0113.15, OMB Control Number 2060-0097) 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 January 31, 2026. 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 March 2, 2026.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0084, 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#7d1c501c1319500f5019121e1618093d180d1c531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="debff3bfb0baf3acf3bab1bdb5bbaa9ebbaebff0b9b1a8">[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: Titel, Aiden, 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) 541-4836; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89fde0fdece5a7e8e0edece7c9ecf9e8a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7938e93828bc9868e838289a7829786c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2026. 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 Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) apply to existing
facilities and new facilities which process mercury ore to recover
mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas and
alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment
plant sludge. New facilities include those that commenced construction,
modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
61, subpart E. 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: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Mercury ore processing facilities,
sludge incineration plants, and sludge drying plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart E).
Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, annually, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 16,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,260,000 (per year which includes no
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment
decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR for new and
existing facilities is due primarily to a program change in a very
similar Part 63 regulation for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali plants.
Beginning on May 6, 2025, any amount of mercury emissions from mercury
cell chlor-alkali plants are prohibited pursuant to 40 CFR part 63,
subpart IIIII. It is assumed that the single mercury cell chlor-alkali
facility will either convert its one mercury cell unit to a non-mercury
technology (its other units are already using non-mercury technology)
or close that mercury cell unit and thereafter rely solely on its other
non-mercury units for chlorine production (87 FR 27002). As such, the
one mercury cell chlor-alkali plant that was accounted for in the most
recently approved ICR is not expected to be in operation.
Courtney Kerwin,
Deputy Director, Data and Enterprise Programs Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-01736 Filed 1-28-26; 8:45 am]
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