Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group IV Polymers and Resins (Renewal), 46089-46090 [2020-16579]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 148 / Friday, July 31, 2020 / Notices a decrease in the projected number of OCS sources subject to the program. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2020–16576 Filed 7–30–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2016–0009; FRL–10013– 11–OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group IV Polymers and Resins (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Group IV Polymers and Resins (EPA ICR Number 2457.04, OMB Control Number 2060–0682), 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, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2016–0009, to 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. 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 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Jul 30, 2020 Jkt 250001 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: https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ) were proposed on March 29, 1995; promulgated on September 12, 1996; and most-recently amended on March 27, 2014. These regulations apply to each new and existing thermoplastic product process units (TPPU) and associated equipment that produce the subset of polymers and resins known as ‘‘Group IV Polymers and Resins’’ that is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Group IV polymers and resins include the following source categories: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Methyl Methacrylate Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (MABS), Methyl Methacrylate Butadiene Styrene (MABS), Nitrile Resin, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Polystyrene (PS), and Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN). The following processes are excluded from this rule: Research and development facilities; polymerization processes occurring in a mold; processes which manufacture binder systems containing thermoplastic product for paints, coatings, or adhesives; finishing processes including equipment such as compounding units, spinning units, drawing units, extruding PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46089 units, and other finishing steps; and solid state polymerization processes. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal and meets the new source definitions at § 63.1310(i). This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ. 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, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Each new and existing thermoplastic product process unit (TPPU) and associated equipment that produces the subset of polymers and resins known as ‘‘Group IV Polymers and Resins’’ that is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ). Estimated number of respondents: 24 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and quarterly. Total estimated burden: 141,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $23,700,000 (per year), which includes $7,430,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The decrease in burden is due to a decrease in the number of respondents. This decrease was determined based on data collected as part of other recent EPA rulemakings, including a review of chemical manufacturing facilities identified as subject to Subpart JJJ through review of facility air permits and EPA’s ECHO and ICIS databases. Due to the decrease in the number of identified facilities, we assume there is zero or negative industry growth over the next three years. Therefore, the total respondent labor burden and operation E:\FR\FM\31JYN1.SGM 31JYN1 46090 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 148 / Friday, July 31, 2020 / Notices and maintenance (O&M) costs have decreased in this ICR. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2020–16579 Filed 7–30–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0034; FRL–10013– 10–OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (EPA ICR Number 2485.04, OMB Control Number 2060–0690), 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 60day 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, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2014–0034, 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. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change, including any personal information provided, unless SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:33 Jul 30, 2020 Jkt 250001 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: https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Kraft Pulp Mill Affected Sources for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced After May 23, 2013 (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa) were proposed on May 23, 2013, and promulgated on April 4, 2014. These regulations apply to emissions of particulate matter (PM) and total reduced sulfur (TRS) at recovery furnaces, smelt dissolving tanks (SDTs), lime kilns, digester systems, brown stock washer (BSW) systems, multiple effect evaporator systems and condensate stripper systems at kraft pulp mills that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after May 23, 2013. At pulp mills, where kraft pulping is combined with neutral sulfite semichemical pulping, the provisions of this subpart are applicable when any portion of the material charged to an affected source is produced by the kraft pulping operation. This subpart includes provisions specifying that sources complying with the TRS standard for digester systems, BSW systems, evaporator systems and condensate PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 stripper systems by venting to a control device must collect the gases in a closed-vent system subject to the provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart S. Facilities may be exempt from the TRS standard in the NSPS if the facility can demonstrate that TRS emissions from a brown stock washer cannot feasibly be controlled either technically or economically. 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 BBa. 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: Kraft pulp mills. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBa). Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually. Total estimated burden: 5,250 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $1,580,000 (per year), which includes $976,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes or changes in regulatory requirements. The change in the burden and cost estimates is due primarily to an increase in the number of new or modified sources. The number of sources subject to the regulation has increased in the past three years, based on the continued assumption that an average of two existing mills (previously subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart BB) per year will replace aging emission units with new emission units subject to E:\FR\FM\31JYN1.SGM 31JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46089-46090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16579]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2016-0009; FRL-10013-11-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group IV Polymers and Resins 
(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 Group IV Polymers and 
Resins (EPA ICR Number 2457.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0682), 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, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2016-0009, to 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.
    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: [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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJJ) were proposed on March 29, 1995; promulgated on September 
12, 1996; and most-recently amended on March 27, 2014. These 
regulations apply to each new and existing thermoplastic product 
process units (TPPU) and associated equipment that produce the subset 
of polymers and resins known as ``Group IV Polymers and Resins'' that 
is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Group IV 
polymers and resins include the following source categories: 
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Methyl Methacrylate 
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (MABS), Methyl Methacrylate Butadiene 
Styrene (MABS), Nitrile Resin, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), 
Polystyrene (PS), and Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN). The following 
processes are excluded from this rule: Research and development 
facilities; polymerization processes occurring in a mold; processes 
which manufacture binder systems containing thermoplastic product for 
paints, coatings, or adhesives; finishing processes including equipment 
such as compounding units, spinning units, drawing units, extruding 
units, and other finishing steps; and solid state polymerization 
processes. New facilities include those that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal and meets the new source 
definitions at Sec.  63.1310(i). This information is being collected to 
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ.
    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, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Each new and existing thermoplastic 
product process unit (TPPU) and associated equipment that produces the 
subset of polymers and resins known as ``Group IV Polymers and Resins'' 
that is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJJ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 24 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 141,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $23,700,000 (per year), which includes 
$7,430,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. 
The decrease in burden is due to a decrease in the number of 
respondents. This decrease was determined based on data collected as 
part of other recent EPA rulemakings, including a review of chemical 
manufacturing facilities identified as subject to Subpart JJJ through 
review of facility air permits and EPA's ECHO and ICIS databases. Due 
to the decrease in the number of identified facilities, we assume there 
is zero or negative industry growth over the next three years. 
Therefore, the total respondent labor burden and operation

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and maintenance (O&M) costs have decreased in this ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-16579 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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