[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0350; FRL-10013-13-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; The Consolidated Air Rule (CAR) for the 
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) (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), The Consolidated Air Rule (CAR) 
for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) (EPA 
ICR Number 1854.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0443), 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 September 30, 2020. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 6, 2019 
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 August 31, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OECA-2013-0350, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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: 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: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

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 synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry 
(SOCMI) is regulated by both New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) 
and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 
standards. The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions 
of the NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), and any changes or additions 
to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ka, Kb, VV, 
VVa, DDD, III, NNN and RRR. The affected entities are also subject to 
the General Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and 
any changes, or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 
63, subparts BB, Y, V, F, G, H and I. As an alternative, SOCMI sources 
may choose to comply with the above standards under the consolidated 
air rule (CAR) at 40 CFR part 65 as promulgated December 14, 2000. 
Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing facilities subject to NSPS 
requirements must notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, 
shutdowns, date and results of initial performance test and excess 
emissions. Semiannual reports are also required. Synthetic organic 
chemical manufacturing facilities subject to NESHAP requirements must 
submit one-time only reports of any physical or operational changes and 
the results of initial performance tests. 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. Periodic reports are also required semiannually at a 
minimum. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Synthetic organic chemical 
manufacturing facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 65).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,356 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,100,000 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $192,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$64,000,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,109,999 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The 
decrease is due to a reduction in the numbers of new and existing 
respondents for many of the Subparts. These estimates reflect a 
significant decrease in the number of respondents for the referencing 
subparts and the CAR from the prior ICR, which listed approximately 
5,198 respondents. These estimates are based on the EPA's recent 
reevaluation of the source category inventories for the referencing 
subparts 40 CFR part 60, subparts Ka, Kb, VV, VVa, DDD, III, NNN, and 
RRR, and 40 CFR part 63, subparts F, G, H, and I.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-16577 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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