[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16257-16258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07724]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0533; FRL-9991-89-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer (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), NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer 
Industry (EPA ICR Number 1061.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0037), 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, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 30, 2018 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 May 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0533, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; 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 
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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), for 
Phosphate Fertilizer Industry (40 CFR part 60, subparts T, U, V, W, and 
X) were proposed on October 22, 1974, promulgated on August 6, 1975, 
and amended on August 19, 2015. These regulations apply to both 
existing facilities and new facilities that engage in the manufacture 
of phosphate fertilizers (wet-process phosphoric acid plants, super-
phosphoric acid plants, diammonium phosphate plants, and triple 
superphosphate plants), and have a design capacity of more than 15 tons 
of equivalent phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5) feed 
per calendar day. These standards also apply to new and existing 
facilities that store granular triple superphosphate. These same 
standards establish fluoride emission limitations as a measure of 
phosphorus-bearing feed material at affected facilities. The affected 
facilities may include a combination of reactors, filters, evaporators, 
hot wells, acid sumps, cooling tanks, granulators, dryers, coolers, 
screens, mills, mixers, curing belts (dens), coolers, and facilities 
which store run-of-pile triple superphosphate, depending on the type of 
plant. New facilities include those that commenced construction, 
modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
60, subpart T, U, V, W, and X.
    In general, all NSPS 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,

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and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: New and existing facilities that 
engage in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers and have a design 
capacity of more than 15 tons of equivalent phosphorous pentoxide 
(P2O5) feed per calendar day.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subparts T, U, V, W, and X).
    Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,390 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $478,000 (per year), which includes $320,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 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 the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
 Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-07724 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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