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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102886-102887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29953]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0505; FRL-12496-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Carbon Black 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 Carbon Black 
Production (EPA ICR Number 2677.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0738) 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 August 6, 2024 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 January 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0505, 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. Do not submit 
electronically to www.regulations.gov any information you consider to 
be CBI, proprietary business information (PBI), 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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on April 23, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 30358). 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 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 the Generic Maximum Achievable Control 
Technology (GMACT) Standards published at (40 CFR part 63, subpart YY) 
were promulgated on July 12, 2002 (67 FR 46257), and amended on April 
13, 2005

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(70 FR 19266). These regulations apply to existing and new carbon black 
(CB), cyanide (CY), ethylene (ET), and spandex (SP) facilities that 
would be subject to the major source provisions specified under the 
GMACT NESHAP. New facilities include those that commenced construction 
or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart YY. 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: 5900-484.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of carbon black 
production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 15 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 240 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $84,300 (per year), includes $51,500 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to a revised application of costs when 
compared to the final RTR ICR. In the previous ICR renewal, semiannual 
reports were incorrectly labeled as occurring once per year. This line 
item is now adjusted to occur twice per year. Additionally, there is an 
increase in costs, which is due to the use of updated labor rates. This 
ICR uses labor rates from the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics 
report (December 2023) to calculate respondent burden costs. Capital/
Startup and O&M costs also increased due to a revised application of 
costs when compared to the final RTR ICR. The Capital/Startup and O&M 
costs were increased from 2021 $ to 2023 $ using the CEPCI Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29953 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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