Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0328-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride
Posted Date: 2014-06-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36054-36055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14835]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0328; FRL-9912-32-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (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 Vinyl Chloride (40 CFR 
part 61, Subpart F) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0186.13, OMB Control No. 
2060-0071), 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, 2014. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 35023) on June 11, 2013 
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 25, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0328, 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, 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, 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 affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 61, subpart A, and any changes 
or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 61, subpart F. 
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit a one-time-
only notification report of any physical or operational changes, 
initial performance tests, and periodic reports and results. Owners or 
operators are

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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 required quarterly at a minimum.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of vinyl 
chloride production facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61, 
subpart F).
    Estimated number of respondents: 18 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 7,603 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,553,615 (per year), includes $810,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,223 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB as a result of the PVC NESHAP standard at 40 CFR part 
63, subpart HHHHHHH. Beginning in April 17, 2015, 12 of the existing 
vinyl chloride plants will comply with the part 63 rule, and will no 
longer be subject to the part 61 NESHAP. Therefore, we expect a 
decrease in the number of respondents beginning in Year 2 of this ICR 
period. In addition, we have updated the number of existing sources 
from 28 in the previous ICR to 26 based on latest Agency estimates for 
this industry.

Spencer Clark,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-14835 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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