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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 100999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29112]

[[Page 100999]]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0628; FRL-12490-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget 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 1057.16, 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 13, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0628, to EPA online using https://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.
    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.
    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: [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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart H were proposed on 
August 17, 1971; promulgated on December 23, 1971; and amended most-
recently on February 27, 2014 (79 FR 11250). These regulations apply to 
existing facilities and new facilities. New facilities include those 
that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the 
date of proposal. A sulfuric acid plant is any facility producing 
sulfuric acid (H2SO4) by the contact process by 
burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide, organic 
sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge. A sulfuric acid plant does not 
include facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is used primarily 
as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide 
(SO2) or other sulfur compounds. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart H.
    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: $2,110,000 (per year), includes $416,000 
annualized capital 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. First, the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in 
capital and operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to 
increase from 2005 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29112 Filed 12-12-24; 8:45 am]
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