[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46089-46090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16579]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2016-0009; FRL-10013-11-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group IV Polymers and Resins 
(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 Group IV Polymers and 
Resins (EPA ICR Number 2457.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0682), 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 September 30, 
2020. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 6, 2019 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 August 31, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2016-0009, to 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.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Group IV Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJJ) were proposed on March 29, 1995; promulgated on September 
12, 1996; and most-recently amended on March 27, 2014. These 
regulations apply to each new and existing thermoplastic product 
process units (TPPU) and associated equipment that produce the subset 
of polymers and resins known as ``Group IV Polymers and Resins'' that 
is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Group IV 
polymers and resins include the following source categories: 
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Methyl Methacrylate 
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (MABS), Methyl Methacrylate Butadiene 
Styrene (MABS), Nitrile Resin, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), 
Polystyrene (PS), and Styrene Acrylonitrile (SAN). The following 
processes are excluded from this rule: Research and development 
facilities; polymerization processes occurring in a mold; processes 
which manufacture binder systems containing thermoplastic product for 
paints, coatings, or adhesives; finishing processes including equipment 
such as compounding units, spinning units, drawing units, extruding 
units, and other finishing steps; and solid state polymerization 
processes. New facilities include those that commenced construction or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal and meets the new source 
definitions at Sec.  63.1310(i). This information is being collected to 
assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJ.
    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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Each new and existing thermoplastic 
product process unit (TPPU) and associated equipment that produces the 
subset of polymers and resins known as ``Group IV Polymers and Resins'' 
that is a major source of organic hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart JJJ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 24 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 141,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $23,700,000 (per year), which includes 
$7,430,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. 
The decrease in burden is due to a decrease in the number of 
respondents. This decrease was determined based on data collected as 
part of other recent EPA rulemakings, including a review of chemical 
manufacturing facilities identified as subject to Subpart JJJ through 
review of facility air permits and EPA's ECHO and ICIS databases. Due 
to the decrease in the number of identified facilities, we assume there 
is zero or negative industry growth over the next three years. 
Therefore, the total respondent labor burden and operation

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and maintenance (O&M) costs have decreased in this ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-16579 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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