Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate Production (Renewal), 5670-5671 [2019-03057]
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Abstract: The data collected through
this information collection consist of
ambient air concentration
measurements for the seven air
pollutants with national ambient air
quality standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon
monoxide, PM2.5 and PM10), ozone
precursors, meteorological variables at a
select number of sites and other
supporting measurements.
Accompanying the pollutant
concentration data are quality
assurance/quality control data and air
monitoring network design information.
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groups, academic institutions, industrial
groups) use the ambient air quality data
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ambient air quality data and information
as requested in this ICR submit these
data electronically to the U.S. EPA’s Air
Quality System (AQS) database. Quality
assurance/quality control records and
monitoring network documentation are
also maintained by each state and local
agency, in AQS electronic format where
possible.
Although the state and local air
pollution control agencies and tribal
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funds a portion of the total costs
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generally require an appropriate level of
contribution, or ‘‘match,’’ from the state/
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program regardless of the source of the
funding. This practice of using the total
cost is consistent with prior ICR
submittals and renewals.
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Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State,
local and Tribal Air Pollution Control
Agencies.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 58).
Estimated number of respondents:
168 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 1,771,662
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $215,352,864
(per year), includes $81,263,356
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 18,359 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to a change
in program requirements as well as
adjustments to the estimates (e.g. to
account for inflation, network growth/
shrinkage, etc.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Source Categories: Generic
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standards for Acetal
Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber;
Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate
Production (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standards for Acetal Resin;
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen
Fluoride and Polycarbonate Production
(EPA ICR No. 1871.10, OMB Control No.
2060–0420), 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 March 31,
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 March 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0069, 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,
SUMMARY:
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AGENCY
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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: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Generic Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standards for Acetal Resin;
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen
Fluoride and Polycarbonate Production
apply to new and existing facilities of
the following four categories:
Polycarbonates (PC) Production, Acrylic
and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF)
Production, Acetal Resins (AR)
Production, and Hydrogen Fluoride
(HF) Production. 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 YY.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Respondents are existing facilities and
new of the following four categories:
Polycarbonates (PC) Production, Acrylic
and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF)
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Production, Acetal Resins (AR)
Production, and Hydrogen Fluoride
(HF) Production. The PC industry
consists of facilities that produce
polycarbonates, a process that involves
a polymerization reaction using either a
solution or suspension process in either
a batch or continuous mode. All
production of polycarbonates in the
United States is currently based on the
polymerization reaction of bisphenols
with phosgene in the presence of
catalysts, solvents (mainly methylene
chloride) and other additives. The AMF
industry consists of facilities that
produce acrylic and modacrylic fibers,
which are manufactured synthetic fibers
in which the fiber-forming substance is
any long-chain synthetic polymer
containing acrylonitrile units. The AR
industry consists of facilities that
produce homopolymers and/or
copolymers of alternating oxymethylene
units. Acetal resins are also known as
polyoxymethylenes, polyacetals, and
aldehyde resins. The HF industry
consists of facilities that produce and
recover hydrogen fluoride by reacting
calcium fluoride with sulfuric acid. In
this subpart, hydrogen fluoride
production is not a process that
produces gaseous hydrogen fluoride for
direct reaction with hydrated aluminum
to form aluminum fluoride (i.e., the
hydrogen fluoride is not recovered as an
intermediate or final product prior to
reacting with the hydrated aluminum).
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart YY).
Estimated number of respondents: 7
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 2,910 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $361,000 (per
year), which includes $43,100 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
decrease in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR is due to an
adjustment. The change in the burden
and cost estimates occurred because the
most-recent amendments to these
standards have been in effect for more
than three years and the requirements
are different during initial compliance
(new facilities) as compared to on-going
compliance (existing facilities). The
previous ICR reflected those burdens
and costs associated with the initial
activities for subject facilities from the
October 8, 2014 final rule. This
included purchasing monitoring
equipment, conducting performance
tests, and establishing recordkeeping
systems. This ICR, by in large, reflects
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the on-going burden and costs for
existing facilities. Activities for existing
sources include continuous monitoring
of pollutants and the submission of
semiannual reports. There is a decrease
in capital/startup vs. operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs as calculated
in section 6(b)(iii) compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB due
there being no new respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS
for Surface Coating of Large
Appliances (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for Surface Coating of Large
Appliances (EPA ICR Number 0659.14,
OMB Control Number 2060–0108), 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 March 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 March 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2012–0531, 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0069; FRL--9989-69-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin;
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate
Production (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), NESHAP for Source Categories:
Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal
Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and
Polycarbonate Production (EPA ICR No. 1871.10, OMB Control No. 2060-
0420), 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
March 31, 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 March 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0069, 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,
[[Page 5671]]
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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Generic
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin;
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate
Production apply to new and existing facilities of the following four
categories: Polycarbonates (PC) Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic
Fibers (AMF) Production, Acetal Resins (AR) Production, and Hydrogen
Fluoride (HF) Production. 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 YY.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are existing facilities
and new of the following four categories: Polycarbonates (PC)
Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF) Production, Acetal
Resins (AR) Production, and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) Production. The PC
industry consists of facilities that produce polycarbonates, a process
that involves a polymerization reaction using either a solution or
suspension process in either a batch or continuous mode. All production
of polycarbonates in the United States is currently based on the
polymerization reaction of bisphenols with phosgene in the presence of
catalysts, solvents (mainly methylene chloride) and other additives.
The AMF industry consists of facilities that produce acrylic and
modacrylic fibers, which are manufactured synthetic fibers in which the
fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer containing
acrylonitrile units. The AR industry consists of facilities that
produce homopolymers and/or copolymers of alternating oxymethylene
units. Acetal resins are also known as polyoxymethylenes, polyacetals,
and aldehyde resins. The HF industry consists of facilities that
produce and recover hydrogen fluoride by reacting calcium fluoride with
sulfuric acid. In this subpart, hydrogen fluoride production is not a
process that produces gaseous hydrogen fluoride for direct reaction
with hydrated aluminum to form aluminum fluoride (i.e., the hydrogen
fluoride is not recovered as an intermediate or final product prior to
reacting with the hydrated aluminum).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart
YY).
Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 2,910 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $361,000 (per year), which includes $43,100
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The change in the burden
and cost estimates occurred because the most-recent amendments to these
standards have been in effect for more than three years and the
requirements are different during initial compliance (new facilities)
as compared to on-going compliance (existing facilities). The previous
ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the initial
activities for subject facilities from the October 8, 2014 final rule.
This included purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting performance
tests, and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by in large,
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities.
Activities for existing sources include continuous monitoring of
pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports. There is a
decrease in capital/startup vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs
as calculated in section 6(b)(iii) compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB due there being no new respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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