[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9046-9047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02762]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0655; FRL-9527-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate
Manufacturing Plants (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 March 11,
2013.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0655, 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 October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), 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-2012-0655, which is available for either public
viewing online at either 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 either 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, Confidentiality of 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: NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1066.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0032.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2013.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and any changes,
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart PP.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit an
initial notification report, 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 are required semiannually
at a minimum.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 71
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 operator of ammonium
sulfate manufacturing plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 284.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $27,449, which includes $27,449 in
labor costs, and neither capital/startup costs, nor operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden hours for
both the respondents and the Agency due to a correction in the
calculation methodology. The previous ICR assumed the hours per
occurrence for each burden activity included technical, managerial, and
clerical hours. This ICR assumes these hours per occurrence are for
technical hours only, and calculates additional managerial and clerical
hours as 5 and 10 percent of technical hours. There is also an increase
in the respondent burden costs due to a change in labor rates. This ICR
uses updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to
calculate respondent burden costs.
Additionally, there is a decrease in burden costs for the Agency
from the most recently approved ICR due to a correction in labor rates.
The previous ICR incorrectly used civilian rates to calculate Agency
burden. This ICR uses rates from OPM, which results in an overall
reduction in the Agency cost estimates.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-02762 Filed 2-6-13; 8:45 am]
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