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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS
for Sulfuric Acid Plants (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (EPA ICR
No. 1057.14, OMB Control No. 2060–
0041), 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, 2018.
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 October 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0035, 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
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information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
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: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Sulfuric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60
Subpart H) apply to both existing
facilities and new facilities. New
facilities include those that commenced
construction, modification or
reconstruction after the date of proposal.
A sulfuric acid plant is any facility
producing sulfuric acid (H2SO4) by the
contact process by burning elemental
sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen
sulfide, organic sulfides and
mercaptans, or acid sludge. A sulfuric
acid plant does not include facilities
where conversion to sulfuric acid is
used primarily as a means of preventing
emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur
dioxide (SO2) or other sulfur
compounds.
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,
and are required of all affected facilities
subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners or operators of sulfuric acid
plants.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart H).
Estimated number of respondents: 53
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
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Total estimated burden: 13,500 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,660,000 (per
year), which includes $239,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: The
increase in burden from the most
recently-approved ICR is due to an
adjustment. Hours were added to
approximate the time spent by each
source to familiarize with the rule
requirements, and the total hours were
rounded to three significant digits,
which resulted in a small increase in
labor hours and O&M costs since the
last renewal.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018–18951 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2017–0640; FRL–9982–
92–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Producers, Registrants and Applicants
of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices
Under Section 8 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Producers, Registrants and Applicants
of Pesticides and Pesticide Devices
under Section 8 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide
Act (EPA ICR Number 0143.13, OMB
Control Number 2070–0028), 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, 2018.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
February 13, 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 not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HW-OECA-2014-0035; FRL--9982-67-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid 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), NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants
(EPA ICR No. 1057.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0041), 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, 2018. 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 October 1,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0035, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Sulfuric
Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60 Subpart H) apply to both existing
facilities and new facilities. New facilities include those that
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date
of proposal. A sulfuric acid plant is any facility producing sulfuric
acid (H2SO4) by the contact process by burning
elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide, organic sulfides
and mercaptans, or acid sludge. A sulfuric acid plant does not include
facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is used primarily as a
means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide
(SO2) or other sulfur compounds.
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, and are required of
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of sulfuric acid
plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart H).
Estimated number of respondents: 53 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 13,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,660,000 (per year), which includes
$239,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: The increase in burden from the most
recently-approved ICR is due to an adjustment. Hours were added to
approximate the time spent by each source to familiarize with the rule
requirements, and the total hours were rounded to three significant
digits, which resulted in a small increase in labor hours and O&M costs
since the last renewal.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-18951 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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