[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20852-20853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07458]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0123; FRL-9730-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Manufacturing Area 
Sources (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 Chemical Manufacturing 
Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2323.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0621), 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 May 31, 2022. 
Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, 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,

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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 May 9, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0123, 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources were 
proposed on October 6, 2008; promulgated on October 29, 2009; and 
amended on December 21, 2012. There are nine area source categories in 
the chemical manufacturing sector: Agricultural Chemicals and 
Pesticides Manufacturing, Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Production, 
Industrial Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing, Industrial Organic 
Chemical Manufacturing, Inorganic Pigments Manufacturing, Miscellaneous 
Organic Chemical Manufacturing, Plastic Materials and Resins 
Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Production, and Synthetic Rubber 
Manufacturing. These regulations apply process vents, storage tanks, 
equipment leaks, wastewater systems, transfer operations, and heat 
exchange systems at affected sources in each area source category and 
are combined in one subpart. New facilities include those that either 
commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart VVVVVV.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private-sector area sources involved 
in the chemical manufacturing of agricultural chemicals and pesticides, 
cyclic crude and intermediates, industrial inorganic chemicals, 
industrial organic chemicals, inorganic pigments, miscellaneous organic 
chemicals, plastic materials and resins, pharmaceutical production, and 
synthetic rubber.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart VVVVVV).
    Estimated number of respondents: 548 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 10,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,830,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,590,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. The adjustment increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is not due to any program changes, but is due to 
an increase in the number of new sources. This ICR reflects an 
additional 10 respondents per year, assuming continued industry growth. 
The increase in the number of respondents also results in an increase 
in the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-07458 Filed 4-7-22; 8:45 am]
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