[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 196 (Thursday, October 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57139-57140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22299]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0625; FRL-9139-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (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 Vinyl Chloride (EPA 
ICR Number 0186.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0071), 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 December 31, 2021. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 
2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 15, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0625, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
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 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, 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) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Vinyl Chloride (40 CFR part 61, subpart F) 
apply to existing facilities and new facilities that produce the 
following: (1) Ethylene dichloride (EDC) by reaction of oxygen and 
hydrogen chloride with ethylene; (2) vinyl chloride (VC) by any 
process; and (3) one or more polymers containing any fraction of 
polymerized VC. Owners and operators of affected facilities are 
required to comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of 
the General Provisions (40 CFR part 61, subpart A), as well as the 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 61, subpart F. This includes 
submitting initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic 
reports. 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 
used by EPA to determine compliance with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ethylene dichloride and vinyl 
chloride plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart F).
    Estimated number of respondents: 16 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 6,540 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,490,000 (per year), which includes 
$720,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This 
situation 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. The estimate of the number of respondents is based on a 
review of data from EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. 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, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-22299 Filed 10-13-21; 8:45 am]
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