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time to time. EPA would analyze the 

information to determine what science, 

guidance, technical assistance, and 

nationwide information are needed to 

help state and tribes have equitable and 

effective fish advisory programs. In 

addition, EPA would also use the 

information provided to facilitate 

information sharing and to ensure 

guidance documents are useful and 

technically accurate. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 50 

states, the District of Columbia, the five 

territories, authorized tribes with EPAapproved water quality standards 

(WQS), and the Great Lakes Indian Fish 

and Wildlife Commission. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary (Clean Water Act, Section 

104) 

Estimated number of respondents: Up 

to 103 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once in 3-year 

period for some collections; periodically 

for one collection. 

Total estimated burden: 1,185 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $65,268.77 (per 

year), includes $6,000 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 607 hours in the total 

estimated annual respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase is due 

to EPA’s efforts to advance equity and 

environmental justice in fish advisory 

programs. EPA is adding information 

collections to help EPA determine what 

science, guidance, technical assistance, 

and nationwide information are needed 

to help state and tribes have equitable 

and effective fish advisory programs 

that protect recreational and subsistence 

fishers and other underserved 

populations from consumption of 

contaminated fish. In addition, EPA will 

also use the information provided to 

facilitate information sharing and to 

ensure guidance documents are useful 

and technically accurate. The increase 

pertains to the addition of three 

voluntary information collections as 

part of implementing the EPA national 

advisory program: Information on state 

and tribal fish advisories; state and 

tribal program information for the 

National Fish Advisory Program 

Evaluation; and, technical program 

information from time to time. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0084; FRL–9617–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Mercury (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NESHAP for Mercury (EPA ICR Number 

0113.14, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0097), 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 April 30, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested, 

via the Federal Register, on April 13, 

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 March 30, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2021–0084, to EPA online 

using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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 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: 

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: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

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 Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 

Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) 

regulations apply to existing facilities 

and new facilities which process 

mercury ore to recover mercury, use 

mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce 

chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide, 

and incinerate or dry wastewater 

treatment plant sludge. 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: 

Owners and operators of facilities which 

process mercury ore to recover mercury, 

use mercury chlor-alkali cells to 

produce chlorine gas and alkali metal 

hydroxide, and incinerate and/or dry 

wastewater treatment plant sludge. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, subpart E). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

101 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annually and 

semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 17,200 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,030,000 (per 

year), which includes $0 in annualized 

capital/startup and/or operation & 

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Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the total 

estimated burden as currently identified 

in the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. This decrease is not due to any 

program changes. The adjustment 

decrease in burden from the most 

recently-approved ICR is due to a 

decrease in the number of sources. 

Consultations with the Agency’s 

internal industry experts have shown 

that a number of cell chlor-alkali plants 

have shut down since the previous ICR 

renewal, leading to a decrease in 

respondent labor hours and the number 

of responses. There are no capital or 

operation and maintenance costs 

associated with this ICR. The overall 

result is a decrease in burden. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04133 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0359; FRL–9615–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Underground Injection Control 

Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), Underground 

Injection Control (UIC) Program (EPA 

ICR Number 0370.27, OMB Control 

Number 2040–0042) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

April 30, 2022. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on August 25, 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 not conduct or 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 March 30, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2014–0359, to EPA online 

using https://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to OWDocket@epa.gov, 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 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: Kyle 

Carey, Drinking Water Protection 

Division, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water, 4606M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–2322; fax 

number: (202) 564–3756; email address: 

carey.kyle@epa.gov. 

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, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. 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: EPA developed the 

Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

Program under the authority of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act to establish a 

federal-state regulatory system to protect 

underground sources of drinking water 

(USDWs) from injection fluids and 

injection-related activities. These rules 

are designed to ensure that Americans 

receive safe drinking water, and ensure 

fair treatment and meaningful 

involvement of all people regardless of 

race, color, national origin, or income. 

Injected fluids include hazardous waste, 

oil field brines or produced water, 

mineral processing fluids, various types 

of industrial fluids, automotive, 

sanitary, and other wastes, and carbon 

dioxide injected for geologic 

sequestration. Owners or operators of 

injection wells must obtain permits, 

conduct environmental monitoring, 

maintain records, and report results to 

EPA or the state agency (if the state has 

UIC primary enforcement responsibility 

(primacy)). States must report to EPA on 

permittee compliance and related 

information. This mandatory 

information is reported using 

standardized forms and annual reports. 

Reporting data are used by UIC 

authorities to ensure the protection of 

USDWs. 

Form Numbers: 7520–1, 7520–2A, 

7520–2B, 7520–3, 7520–4, 7520–6, 

7520–7, 7520–8, 7520–11, 7520–16, 

7520–17, 7520–18, and 7520–19. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners or operators of underground 

injection wells and State UIC primacy 

agencies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR parts 144 through 

148). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

37,677 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual, semiannual, quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 1,631,360 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $363,309,464 

(per year), includes $276,069,465 

annualized capital or operation and 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 339,100 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to 

adjustments that include an increase in 

the number of Class I, Class II, Class III, 

and Class VI permit applications 

expected to be prepared and reviewed 

by UIC permitting authorities during the 

upcoming ICR period. The overall 

increase is partially offset by an 

inventory adjustment that results in a 

decrease in the number of current 

operators that will perform monitoring, 

reporting, and recordkeeping activities 

over the life of an injection project (due 

to decreases in the injection well 

inventory). Programmatic changes that 

result in minor changes to the burden 

estimate include revisions to the 

reporting forms and changes in 

reporting of primacy state program 

information, including implementing 

electronic reporting options (which will 

reduce the burden to primacy agencies) 

and anticipated approval of Class VI 

UIC Program primacy for several states, 

which will increase state burden (by 


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