[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19137-19138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06548]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0062; FRL-10747-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for Phosphate Rock 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 Phosphate Rock Plants 
(EPA ICR Number 1078.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0111) 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, 2023. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0062, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), 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 specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 22, 2022 during a 60-day 
comment period (87 FR 43843). This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. 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 the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart NN apply to the 
following existing facilities and new facilities at phosphate rock 
plants with capacities greater than 4 tons per hour: dryers, calciners, 
grinders, and ground rock handling and storage facilities, except those 
facilities producing or preparing phosphate rock solely for consumption 
in elemental phosphorus production. New facilities include those that 
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance 
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart NN.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests,

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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: Owners and operators of phosphate 
rock plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR, part 60, 
Subpart NN).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 120 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $22,400 (per year), which includes $8,400 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB, which is due to a decrease in the number of sources. This is due 
to an adjustment to reflect that phosphate rock facilities subject to 
the NESHAP for Phosphoric Acid Manufacturing (40 CFR part 63, subpart 
AA), as amended on August 19, 2015, are exempt from any otherwise 
applicable new source performance standards contained in 40 CFR part 
60, subpart T, subpart U, or subpart NN, provided sources have a 
current operating permit pursuant of title V of the Clean Air Act. Most 
phosphate rock plants previously included as respondents to 40 CFR part 
60, subpart NN are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart AA. Only one 
respondent is now subject to subpart NN. The previous ICR indicated 15 
sources were subject to this subpart, which indicates a 94 percent 
decrease in the number of respondents. The reduced number of 
respondents also results in a subsequent decrease in the operation and 
maintenance costs. There are no new sources anticipated, therefore 
there is no anticipated change in capital costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06548 Filed 3-29-23; 8:45 am]
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