[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56200-56201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22405]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0275; FRL-9522-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid
Production (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 12,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0275, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to: docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be submitted to both EPA and OMB within 30
days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0275, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2032.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0529.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2012.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes,
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart
NNNNN.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit initial
notification, performance tests, and periodic reports and results.
Owners or operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are required
semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 565
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of hydrochloric
acid production facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 105,033.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $10,789,637, which includes
$10,086,076 in labor costs, $1,424 in capital/startup costs, and
$702,137 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden hours to
the respondent as compared to the most recently approved ICR. The
increase is due to industry growth in the past three years, resulting
in additional number of respondents that are subject to this standard,
and corrections to mathematical errors found in the previous ICR. The
growth in respondent universe also results in an increase in the total
O&M costs.
In addition, there is an increase in burden costs to both the
respondent and the Agency due to an adjustment in labor rates. This ICR
uses the most recent labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in
calculating the labor costs.
There is a decrease in capital/startup costs in this ICR as
compared to the most recently approved ICR. The previous ICR includes
startup costs for all existing and new respondents. This ICR was
updated to correctly reflect capital/startup costs associated with new
sources only.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-22405 Filed 9-11-12; 8:45 am]
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