
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6781-6782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03502]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0064; FRL-9987-84-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process 
Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (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),

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NESHAP for Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and Hydrochloric Acid 
Regeneration Plants (EPA ICR Number 1821.09, OMB Control Number 2060-
0419), 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, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on June 29, 2017 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 April 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0064, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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: 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, EPA 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 Steel Pickling, HCl Process Facilities and 
Hydrochloric Acid Regeneration Plants (40 CFR part 63, subpart CCC) 
applies to all facilities that pickle steel using hydrochloric acid 
(HCl) or regenerate hydrochloric acid and are either major sources or 
part of a facility that is a major source. This regulation does not 
apply to any pickling line that uses an acid other than hydrochloric 
acid or an acid solution containing either less than 6 percent 
hydrochloric acid or at a temperature less than 100 [deg]F. New 
facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal.
    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 with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart CCC.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Steel pickling, hydrochloric acid 
process and regeneration facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
    Estimated number of respondents: 100 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 35,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,840,000 (per year), which includes $10,600 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: The decrease in labor hours from the 
most-recently approved ICR is the result of revising the assumption for 
the number of labor hours required to draft a revised operation and 
maintenance plan. This ICR assumes it takes less time to revise an 
existing operation and maintenance plan than it does to implement an 
initial plan.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-03502 Filed 2-27-19; 8:45 am]
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