Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0101-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-03-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9793-9794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05016]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0101; FRL-9990-55-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers 
Production (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), NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and 
Copolymers Production (EPA ICR Number 2432.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0666), 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, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 April 17, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0101, to: (1) EPA online using 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A,

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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: (202) 564-0050; 
email address: yellin.patrick@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 either 
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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production 
(40 CFR part 63, subpart HHHHHHH) apply to both existing and new PVC 
production facilities. Area source PVC facilities are subject to 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart DDDDDD and not covered in this ICR. New facilities 
include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the 
date of proposal. 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. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 
40 CFR part 63, subpart HHHHHHH.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Polyvinyl chloride and copolymer 
production facilities that are major sources of HAP.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart HHHHHHH).
    Estimated number of respondents: 15 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 338,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $45,500,000 (per year), which includes 
$7,060,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the burden hours 
in this ICR, compared to the previous ICR, due to a decrease in the 
number of respondents. In addition, there is an increase in operation 
and maintenance costs due to updated cost estimates for process vent 
testing, which were provided by the Vinyl Institute.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05016 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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