Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0104-0007
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: 2019-03-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05742]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0104; FRL-9991-02-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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride 
and Copolymer Production Area Sources (EPA ICR No. 2454.03, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0684), 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 25, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0104, 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production 
Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDDD) apply to existing 
facilities and new PVC and copolymer production facilities that are an 
area source of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). This ICR includes burden 
estimates for area sources only. Major sources are regulated under 
NESHAP Subpart HHHHHHH and their burdens are included in a separate ICR 
(OMB Control Number 2060-0666). 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 DDDDDD.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Polyvinyl chloride and copolymer 
production area source facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart 
DDDDDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 4 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 92,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $11,900,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,440,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the burden labor 
hours and cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This increase 
is not due to any program changes. The adjustment increase in burden is 
due to an increase in the number of respondents to reflect one 
additional existing facility. There is also an adjustment increase to 
the operation and maintenance costs due to the additional respondent, 
as well as an increase in the estimated cost for testing thermal 
oxidizers for process vents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-05742 Filed 3-25-19; 8:45 am]
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