[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59215-59216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20601]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0664; FRL-9948-37-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Commercial Ethylene Oxide 
Sterilization and Fumigation Operations (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Commercial Ethylene 
Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation Operations (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
O) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1666.10, OMB Control No.

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2060-0283), 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 August 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 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 September 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0664, 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 for which 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, 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), and any changes, 
or additions, to the Provisions are specified at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart O. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit 
initial notification, 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, at a minimum, are required 
semiannually.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ethylene oxide sterilization and 
fumigation facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart O).
    Estimated number of respondents: 125 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 9,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,630,000 (per year), which includes 
$681,000 in either annualized capital/startup or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in 
respondent burden in this ICR from the most recently approved ICR. This 
is due to several reasons: (1) This ICR assumes all existing sources 
will have to re-familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year; 
(2) there is an estimated increase in the respondent universe since the 
last ICR, with an addition of two new sources per year; and (3) the 
number of responses associated with waiver request and alternative 
method/monitoring was corrected for consistency. This results in an 
increase in the labor hours, costs, and total number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-20601 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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