[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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