[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53580-53581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20870]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7260-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart H); OMB Control Number 2060-0041; expiration 
date August 31, 2002. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 16, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1057.09 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0041, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 
566-1672, by e-mail at [email protected] or download off the 
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR Number 1057.09. 
For technical questions about the ICR contact Marcia Mia at EPA by 
phone at (202-564-7042), by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart H); 
OMB Control No. 2060-0041; EPA ICR Number 1057.09; expiration date 
August 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR 60.80, 
subpart H, New Source Performance Standards for Sulfuric Acid Plants. 
This information notifies the Agency when a source becomes subject to 
the regulations, and informs the Agency that the source is in 
compliance when it begins operation. The Agency is informed of the 
sources' compliance status by semiannual reports. The calibration and 
maintenance requirements aid in a source remaining in compliance.
    In the Administrator's judgement, sulfuric dioxide and acid mist 
emissions from the manufacture of sulfuric acid cause or contribute to 
air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public 
health or welfare. Therefore, New Source Performance Standards have 
been promulgated for this source category as required under section 111 
of the Clean Air Act.
    The control of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and acid mist 
requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but 
also the proper operation and maintenance of that equipment. Sulfur 
dioxide and acid mist emissions from sulfuric acid plants result from 
the burning of sulfur or sulfur-bearing feedstocks to form 
SO2,

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catalytic oxidation of SO2 to sulfur trioxide, and 
absorption of SO2 in a strong acid stream. These standards 
rely on the capture of SO2 and acid mist by venting to a 
control device.
    Owners or operators of sulfuric acid plants subject to NSPS are 
required to make the following one-time-only reports: Notification of 
the date of construction or reconstruction; notification of the 
anticipated and actual dates of startup; notification of any physical 
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate; notification of demonstration of the 
continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS); notification of the date 
of the initial performance test; and the results of the initial 
performance test. After the initial recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements, semiannual reports are required if there has been an 
exceedance of control device operating parameters.
    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. These notifications, reports and 
records are required, in general, of all sources subject to NSPS. No 
new facilities are estimated to become subject to the standard during 
the next three years.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on October 29, 
2001 (66 FR 54514); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be 220 hours 
per facility. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Sulfuric Acid Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 106.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually and on-occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 23,320 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $477,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR Number 1057.09 and OMB Control Number 2060-0041 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 2, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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