Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0115-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants  (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2023-09-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61591-61592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19275]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0115; FRL-11392-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric 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 Nitric Acid Plants (EPA 
ICR Number 1056.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0019), to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a

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proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
January 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: Comments may be submitted on or before October 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0115, to: (1) EPA online using 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. 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 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 January 31, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on January 31, 2023, 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 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 Nitric 
Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart G) were proposed on August 17, 
1971; promulgated on June 14, 1974; and amended on August 14, 2012. The 
NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga) were proposed 
on October 14, 2011; promulgated on August 14, 2012; and were amended 
on May 6, 2014 in order to correct a minor error. Subpart G applies to 
nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 to 70 percent) nitric 
acid, which commenced construction, modification or reconstruction 
either on or after August 17, 1971, and prior to October 14, 2011. 
Subpart G limits the emissions of nitrogen oxides, expressed as 
nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 1.5 kilograms per metric ton of acid 
produced (3.0 lb. per ton), and limits opacity to 10 percent. Subpart 
Ga applies to nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 to 70 
percent) nitric acid, for which construction, reconstruction, or 
modification commenced after October 14, 2011, and limits nitrogen 
oxides (expressed as NO2) to 0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent nitric acid 
produced. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 60, subparts G and Ga.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Nitric acid plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts G and Ga).
    Estimated number of respondents: 35 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,840 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,690,000 (per year), which includes 
$4,330,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
increase in burden from the most-recently approved ICR is not due to 
any program changes, but due to an increase in the number of new 
sources. Capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs have also 
increased due to the increase in the number of new or modified sources 
and an adjustment to update costs to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment 
Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-19275 Filed 9-6-23; 8:45 am]
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