[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 8259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03793]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0347; FRL-9972-72-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Epoxy Resin and Non-Nylon 
Polyamide Production (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 Epoxy Resin and Non-
Nylon Polyamide Production'' (EPA ICR No. 1681.09, OMB Control No. 
2060-0290), 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 
April 30, 2018. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on June 29, 2017 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 March 28, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0347, 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, 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 
W. 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. Sources are owners/operators 
of facilities which produce polymers and resins from epichlorohydrin 
and sources which manufacture epichlorohydrin-modified non-nylon 
polyamide resins. EPA and delegated states will use the information 
identify new, modified, reconstructed, or existing sources, or process 
changes which may affect the source's status and to ensure that 
affected sources are meeting the standards.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Epoxy resin and non-nylon polyamide 
production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart W).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and 
semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,940 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $424,000 (per year), which includes $9,000 in 
either annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a small decrease in the 
respondent labor hours in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This 
is due to two considerations: (1) There was a duplicative recordkeeping 
line item for SSM periods in the previous renewal; and (2) records of 
initial performance test, performance evaluations, and initial 
notifications have passed the five-year record retention period and are 
no longer required. These burden activities have been removed in this 
ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-03793 Filed 2-23-18; 8:45 am]
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