[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 77832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27535]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0086; FRL-10513-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and 
Phosphate Fertilizers Production (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid 
Manufacturing and Phosphate Fertilizers Production (EPA ICR Number 
1790.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0361, 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on April 8, 2022 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 January 19, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0086, to: (1) EPA online using https://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's Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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.

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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing and Phosphate 
Fertilizers Production (40 CFR part 63, subparts AA and BB) were 
proposed on December 27, 1996; promulgated on June 10, 1999; and 
amended on: June 12, 2002; April 20, 2006; August 19, 2015; September 
28, 2017; and November 3, 2020. These regulations apply to both new and 
existing phosphoric acid manufacturing facilities and phosphate 
fertilizers production facilities that are major sources of hazardous 
air pollutants (HAPs). The rule applies to component processes at these 
facilities and to any new, or modified, or reconstructed sources. 
Component processes include the following facilities: wet process 
phosphoric acid plants; super-phosphoric acid plants; purified 
phosphoric acid plants; phosphate rock dryers; phosphate rock 
calciners; diammonium and monoammonium phosphate plants; and granular 
triple superphosphate (GTSP) plants. The EPA most-recently finalized 
rule amendments on November 9, 2020 (85 FR 69508). The final rule 
included a narrow revision to 40 CFR part 63, subpart AA to revise the 
mercury MACT floor for existing calciners. This ICR incorporates the 
amendments from the final rule, however, these amendments included no 
changes to the projected costs and hour burden from the information 
collection requirements of the 2015 final rule. New facilities include 
those that commenced either construction, or modification, or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subparts AA and BB.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Phosphoric acid and phosphate 
fertilizer production facilities
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subparts 
AA and BB).
    Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannual.
    Total estimated burden: 2,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $ 463,000 (per year), which includes $199,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: (1) the 
regulations have not changed significantly 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 either very low or non-existent, 
so there is no significant change in the overall burden. There is an 
increase in capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. We 
have updated the capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) 
costs from 2015 dollars to 2020 dollars using the annual Chemical 
Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-27535 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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