[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5670-5671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03057]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0069; FRL--9989-69-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; 
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate 
Production (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 Source Categories: 
Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal 
Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and 
Polycarbonate Production (EPA ICR No. 1871.10, OMB Control No. 2060-
0420), 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 
March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 25, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0069, 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,

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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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Generic 
Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards for Acetal Resin; 
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate 
Production apply to new and existing facilities of the following four 
categories: Polycarbonates (PC) Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic 
Fibers (AMF) Production, Acetal Resins (AR) Production, and Hydrogen 
Fluoride (HF) Production. 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 63, subpart YY.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents are existing facilities 
and new of the following four categories: Polycarbonates (PC) 
Production, Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers (AMF) Production, Acetal 
Resins (AR) Production, and Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) Production. The PC 
industry consists of facilities that produce polycarbonates, a process 
that involves a polymerization reaction using either a solution or 
suspension process in either a batch or continuous mode. All production 
of polycarbonates in the United States is currently based on the 
polymerization reaction of bisphenols with phosgene in the presence of 
catalysts, solvents (mainly methylene chloride) and other additives. 
The AMF industry consists of facilities that produce acrylic and 
modacrylic fibers, which are manufactured synthetic fibers in which the 
fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer containing 
acrylonitrile units. The AR industry consists of facilities that 
produce homopolymers and/or copolymers of alternating oxymethylene 
units. Acetal resins are also known as polyoxymethylenes, polyacetals, 
and aldehyde resins. The HF industry consists of facilities that 
produce and recover hydrogen fluoride by reacting calcium fluoride with 
sulfuric acid. In this subpart, hydrogen fluoride production is not a 
process that produces gaseous hydrogen fluoride for direct reaction 
with hydrated aluminum to form aluminum fluoride (i.e., the hydrogen 
fluoride is not recovered as an intermediate or final product prior to 
reacting with the hydrated aluminum).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart 
YY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,910 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $361,000 (per year), which includes $43,100 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The change in the burden 
and cost estimates occurred because the most-recent amendments to these 
standards have been in effect for more than three years and the 
requirements are different during initial compliance (new facilities) 
as compared to on-going compliance (existing facilities). The previous 
ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the initial 
activities for subject facilities from the October 8, 2014 final rule. 
This included purchasing monitoring equipment, conducting performance 
tests, and establishing recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by in large, 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. 
Activities for existing sources include continuous monitoring of 
pollutants and the submission of semiannual reports. There is a 
decrease in capital/startup vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs 
as calculated in section 6(b)(iii) compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB due there being no new respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-03057 Filed 2-21-19; 8:45 am]
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