[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05746]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0103; FRL--9991-09-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants for Which 
Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced After October 
14, 2011 (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), NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants for 
which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification Commenced after 
October 14, 2011 (EPA ICR Number 2445.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0674), 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 April 25, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0103, 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Nitric 
Acid Plants for which Construction, Reconstruction or Modification 
Commenced after October 14, 2011 (40 CFR part 60 Subpart Ga) were 
proposed on October 14, 2011, and promulgated on August 14, 2012. These 
regulations apply to new nitric acid production units (NAPUs) that 
produce weak nitric acid by either the pressure or atmospheric pressure 
process. Nitrogen oxide (NOX) is the pollutant regulated 
under this subpart. The standards limit nitrogen oxides, expressed as 
nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent 
nitric acid produced. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga. In general, all NSPS 
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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Nitric acid production units 
constructed, reconstructed or modified after October 14, 2011.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Ga).
    Estimated number of respondents: 10 (total, rounded).
    Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 1,740 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $481,000 (per year), which includes $283,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most 
recently-approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The adjustment increase 
in burden is due to an increase in the number of new or modified 
sources. The change in burden for the new and existing facilities is 
due primarily to updated estimates of existing and anticipated new 
sources based on information from industry, which supports a constant 
growth rate. There is an increase in the number of total annual 
responses. This increase is due to the update in the number of 
respondents, as well as a correction to the prior burden estimates, 
which did not account for submittal of reports for malfunctions (40 CFR 
60.77a(f)). Finally, there is a small adjustment increase in the 
capital/startup vs. operation and maintenance (O&M) costs as calculated 
in section 6(b)(iii) compared with the costs in the previous ICR. The 
increase in O&M costs reflected in this ICR is due to the increased 
universe of respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05746 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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