Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0104-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymer Production Area Sources (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2015-06-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37246-37247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16037]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0104; FRL-9929-79-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymer 
Production Area Sources (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 Polyvinyl Chloride 
and Copolymer Production Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDDD) 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2454.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0684) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through June 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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 July 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0104, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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, 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 online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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 affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, and any changes, 
or additions to the General Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DDDDDD. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must 
submit a one-time-only of any physical or operational changes, initial 
performance tests, and periodic reports and results. Owners or 
operators 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. Reports are also required semiannually.

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    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Polyvinyl chloride and copolymer 
production area source facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DDDDDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 69,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,770,000 (per year), includes $806,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. In consulting with the Vinyl Institute during the 
renewal of this ICR, EPA received comprehensive comments on the burden 
associated with specific reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
including, but not limited to, performance test, monitor installation, 
resin and wastewater sampling, equipment leak and process vent 
monitoring. We have updated the burden items to more accurately reflect 
the costs incurred by the industry. The update results in a substantial 
increase in the respondent labor hours, labor costs, and capital/O&M 
costs. There is also a small increase in the number of responses as we 
have updated the number of subject area sources from two to three based 
on data provided by the Vinyl Institute.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-16037 Filed 6-29-15; 8:45 am]
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