Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0118-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
Posted Date: 2022-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38396-38397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13770]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0118; FRL-9977-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants 
(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 Mercury Cell Chlor-
Alkali Plants (EPA ICR Number 2046.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0542), 
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 June 30, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on April 13, 2021 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 July 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0118, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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.

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    Abstract: Owners and operators of mercury cell chlor-alkali plants 
are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements 
for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as for 
the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 63, subpart IIIII. 
This includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests and 
periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine 
compliance with these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart IIIII).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $231,000 (per year), which includes $8,200 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to a decrease in the number of sources 
subject to the rule. Data gathered by EPA in the development of the 
proposed Residual Risk and Technology Review for 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart IIIII (86 FR 1362, January 8, 2021) indicates that there is 
only one source subject to this rule. The regulations have been revised 
in the past three years to add electronic reporting requirements, but 
it is assumed that there is no additional burden associated with the 
requirements, which consist of an upload of a currently required 
notification in portable document format (PDF). There is no change in 
capital/startup costs, as there is no change in the number of new 
facilities, which remains at zero. Due to the decrease in the number of 
facilities subject to the rule, total O&M costs have decreased from the 
previous ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-13770 Filed 6-27-22; 8:45 am]
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