[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54745-54746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23748]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0328; FRL-9985-40-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (EPA 
ICR No. 0186.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0071), 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 November 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 November 30, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0328, 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

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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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Vinyl Chloride (40 CFR part 61, subpart F) 
apply to new and existing plants that produce: Ethylene dichloride 
(EDC) by reaction of oxygen and hydrogen chloride with ethylene; vinyl 
chloride (VC) by any process; and one or more polymers containing any 
fraction of polymerized VC. This Subpart does not apply to equipment 
used in research and development if the reactor used to polymerize the 
VC has a capacity of no more than 0.19 m\3\. New facilities include 
those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. 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 with 40 CFR part 61, subpart F.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ethylene dichloride, polyvinyl 
chloride and vinyl chloride plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart F).
    Estimated number of respondents: 16 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 6,540 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,410,000 (per year), which includes 
$720,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
estimated respondent burden and costs as currently identified in the 
OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is not due to any program 
changes. The change has occurred due to a decrease in the number of 
respondents complying with this rule. Based on the Agency's 
consultation with the Vinyl Institute, the number of sources has 
decreased from an average of 18 sources in the previous ICR to an 
average of 16 sources for the current ICR period.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23748 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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