[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47792-47793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17287]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2015-0190; FRL--9947-37-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 
CFR part 60, subparts G and Ga) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1056.12, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0019), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 31, 2016. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 
2015, 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 displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2015-0190, 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, 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as for the 
specific requirements (40 CFR part 60, subparts G and Ga). This 
includes submitting initial notification reports, performance tests and 
periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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

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inoperative. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Nitric acid plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts G and Ga).
    Estimated number of respondents: 29 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,190 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,970,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,740,000 in both annualized capital/startup and 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. The 
change in the burden and cost estimates occurred due to industry growth 
in the past three years, resulting in an additional number of 
respondents that have become subject to Subpart Ga. Additionally, this 
ICR assumes that all respondents will have to familiarize themselves 
with regulatory requirements each year. These changes result in an 
increase in the number of responses, labor hours and costs, and total 
O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-17287 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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