[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 154 (Friday, August 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44709-44710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17314]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0628; FRL-8864-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (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 Sulfuric Acid Plants 
(EPA ICR Number 1057.15, OMB Control Number 2060-0041), 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 October 31, 2021. Public 
comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on 
February 8, 2021 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 September 13, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0628, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 
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.
    The 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. Out of an 
abundance of caution for members of the public and our staff, the EPA 
Docket Center and Reading Room are closed to the public, with limited 
exceptions, to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket 
Center staff will continue to provide remote customer service via 
email, phone, and webform. We encourage the public to submit comments 
via https://www.regulations.gov/, or email, as there may be a delay in 
processing mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may be received 
by scheduled appointment only. For further information on the EPA 
Docket Center services and the current status, please visit us online 
at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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: Owners and operators of sulfuric acid plants are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as for the 
applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 60 Subpart H. This 
includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests and 
periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by the EPA to determine 
compliance with these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Sulfuric acid manufacturing plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart H).
    Estimated number of respondents: 53 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 13,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,900,000 (per year), which includes 
$309,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in burden from the 
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recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations: (1) The 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the number of respondents. Since there are no 
changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant 
industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup 
costs. Operation and maintenance (O&M) costs have been adjusted using 
the CEPCI Index to reflect the increase in costs since 2005.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-17314 Filed 8-12-21; 8:45 am]
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