[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01545]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0019; FRL-10607-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (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 the Manufacture of 
Amino/Phenolic Resins (EPA ICR Number 1869.12, OMB Control Number 2060-
0434) 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 
January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0019, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], 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.

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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West, 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 the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (40 
CFR part 63, subpart OOO) were proposed on December 14, 1998; 
promulgated on January 20, 2000; and amended on: April 20, 2006; 
October 8, 2014; October 15, 2018; and November 19, 2020. These 
regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities that 
manufacture amino/phenolic resins with HAP emissions points that 
include: (1) reactor batch process vents; (2) nonreactor batch process 
vents; (3) continuous process vents; (4) equipment leaks; (5) 
wastewater; (6) storage vessels; and (7) heat exchangers. New 
facilities include those that either commenced construction, 
modification, or reconstruction after the date of the proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart OOO.
    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. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Amino/phenolic resins manufacturing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart OOO).
    Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly, 
semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 23,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $5,080,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,280,000 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 either 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 changes in the capital/startup or operation 
and maintenance (O&M) activities. This ICR also updates the capital/
startup and O&M costs from 2014 to 2020, using the annual Chemical 
Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01545 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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