Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0437-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1056.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0019, March 26, 2007
Posted Date: 2007-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 57)]
[Notices]               
[Page 14098-14099]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0437 FRL-8291-9]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants 
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1056.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0019

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 25, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0437, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0437, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket Center is 
(202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.epa.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether

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submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to 
http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1056.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0019.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Nitric 
Acid Plants were proposed on August 17, 1971, and promulgated on June 
14, 1974. These standards apply to nitric acid production units, which 
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. The standards require periodic recordkeeping to document 
process information relating to the source's ability to meet the 
requirements of the standard and to note the operational conditions 
under which compliance was achieved.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
the following one-time only reports: Notification of the date of 
construction or reconstruction; notification of the actual dates of 
startup, notification of any physical or operational change to an 
existing facility which may increase the regulated pollutant emission 
rate; notification of the date of the initial performance test; and the 
results of the initial performance test.
    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. These notifications, reports, records 
and semiannual reports are required of all sources subject to NSPS. 
This information is used by the Agency to identify sources subject to 
the standards to insure that the best demonstrated technology is being 
properly applied.
    In the Administrator's judgment, volatile organic compound (VOC) 
emissions from nitric acid plants cause or contribute to air pollution 
that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or 
welfare. Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category.
    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. The OMB Control Number for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information are estimated to average 25 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Nitric acid plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,290.
    Estimated Total Costs: $2,549,639, which includes $68,000 
annualized Capital Start up costs, $2,400,000 annualized Operations & 
Maintenance (O & M) costs, and $81,639 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in 
the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden 
to industry.

    Dated: March 14, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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