

[Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0070; FRL-8199-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid
Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0529

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 information collection and its estimated
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18,
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0070, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail 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
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
by mail to: 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, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail 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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional

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comments on this ICR should be submitted to 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-2005-0070, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 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 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, Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0529.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on July 31, 2006. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for hydrochloric acid production were proposed on
September 18, 2001, (66 FR 48174), final rule on April 17, 2003 (68 FR
19076), amended on August 24, 2005 (70 FR 49530), and promulgated on
April 7, 2006, (71 FR 17738). These standards apply to each existing,
new, or reconstructed effected major source at a hydrochloric acid
(HCl) production facility.
    An HCl production facility is a collection of units operations and
equipment associated with the production of liquid HCl products. The
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) identified as being emitted from HCl
production sources are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and chlorine
(Cl2). A major source of HAP is one that emits or has the
potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons)
or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams
(25 tons) or more per year. Respondents must submit one-time only
notifications, compliance status report, and initial performance test
results. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operations of an affected facility, or any period during which the
monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual summary reports are also
required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at
least five years following the collection of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 541
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: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) production
facility.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, annually and
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 94,104.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,647,759 which includes $54,000
annualized capital startup costs, $634,000 annualized O&M costs, and
$7,959,759 annual labor costs..
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 44,785 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently
approved ICR is due to the requirements of the rule. Because of the
requirements, the respondent universe varied among the different
activities, since not all of the respondents must complete each
activity each year. It is not until the third year following
promulgation that all sources must be in compliance and thus, subject
to the rule. We are therefore, accounting for all of the sources that
are subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this
ICR. There is an increase of two additional sources per year over the
three years of this ICR. There was an increase in the labor rates which
also contributed to an increase in the cost burden.
    There is an increase in the capital/startup and operations and
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. This is due to the fact
that all sources are presently in compliance with the standards. The
increase in cost can also be attributed to an increase in the number of
sources.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11433 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]

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