
[Federal Register: January 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 14)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0427; FRL-9105-6; EPA ICR Number 2046.05, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0542]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali Plants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 22, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2009-0427, 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 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: 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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: 
schaefer.john@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 July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
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-2009-0427, which is available for public viewing 
online 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 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2046.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0542.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. 
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, and 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 affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants at 40 CFR part 
63, subpart A, and any changes, or additions to the General Provisions 
specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart IIIII.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit a one-
time-only report of any physical or operational changes, initial 
performance tests, and periodic reports and results. Owners or 
operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are required semiannually.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 808.5 
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.

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    Respondents/Affected Entities: Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,553.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,491,712, including $1,417,912 in 
labor costs, $0 in capital/startup costs, and $73,800 in operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 5 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the adjustment of number 
of responses associated with the recordkeeping for mass of virgin 
mercury added to cells. The decrease in Agency burden resulted from an 
adjustment to the number of initial compliance status and performance 
test reports requiring review. Since these reports are only one-time 
burdens, and there are no new sources anticipated in the next three 
years, the only Agency activity associated with this ICR is to review 
the semi-annual compliance reports. The burden hours and dollars 
associated with reviewing the one-time activities were removed from the 
Agency burden.

    Dated: January 15, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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