[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 14852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05508]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0094; FRL-9662-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; 
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate 
Production (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 Source Categories: 
Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal 
Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and 
Polycarbonate Production (EPA ICR Number 1871.11, OMB Control Number 
2060-0420), 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 
April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register (86 FR 19256), on April 13, 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 April 15, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0094, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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.

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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Generic 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; 
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate 
Production were proposed on October 14, 2998; and promulgated on June 
29, 1999; and amended on: November 22, 1999; November 2, 2001; June 7, 
2002; July 12, 2002; and October 8, 2014. These regulations apply to 
new and existing facilities of the following four categories: 
Polycarbonates (PC) Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF) 
Production, Acetal Resins (AR) Production, and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) 
Production. New facilities include those that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. 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. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart YY.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Facilities that produce 
polycarbonates, acrylic and modacrylic fibers, acetal resins, and 
hydrogen fluoride.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,910 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $388,000 (per year), which includes $43,900 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. 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 significant changes in the capital/startup or 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05508 Filed 3-15-22; 8:45 am]
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