[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15945-15946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05707]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0691; FRL-9529-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali Plants (Renewal)

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 an Information Collection 
Request

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(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 12, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0691, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to: [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB 
at: 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: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On October 17, 2012 (77 FR 63813), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to both EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0691, which is available for either public 
viewing online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at 
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 
566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to either submit or view public comments, access 
the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI), or 
other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2046.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0542.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2013. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to either conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes, 
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, subpart 
IIIII.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit an 
initial notification report, performance tests, and periodic reports 
and results. 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. Reports are required semi-
annually at a minimum.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 921 
hours per response. ``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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Owners or operators of mercury cell 
chlor-alkali plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Two.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, daily, monthly, quarterly, and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,682.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $372,952, which includes $356,552 in 
labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $16,400 in operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. The decrease in labor hours and costs is due to fewer 
sources being subject to the standards, and is not due to any program 
changes. The previous ICR estimated that nine mercury cell chlor-alkali 
facilities were subject to the NESHAP. In 2010, EPA conducted an 
industry analysis in support of a proposed rule revision, which 
indicated that there has been a decrease in the respondent universe, 
and that only four facilities were subject to the rule at the time. In 
consulting with the Chlorine Institute for this current ICR, it was 
found that only two facilities are in operation in 2013 due to recent 
plant closures. Therefore, the total number of sources was decreased 
from nine to two. The decrease in the number of sources also results in 
a decrease in the total O&M costs.
    Respondent and Agency burden calculations presented in the previous 
ICR estimated individual technical, managerial, and clerical labor 
hours separately for each burden item. To make the calculation 
methodology consistent with other ICRs, we have revised the burden 
tables to show estimates of technical labor hour per occurrence for 
each burden activity. Managerial and clerical labor hours for each 
burden item are assumed to account for an additional 5 and 10 percent, 
respectively, of estimated technical labor hours.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-05707 Filed 3-12-13; 8:45 am]
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