Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0275-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2015-12-29T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81314-81315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32728]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0275; FRL-9940-68-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production 
(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 Hydrochloric Acid 
Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart NNNNN) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
2032.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0529) 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 December 31, 2015. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 
32116) on June 5, 2015 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 January 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0275, 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)

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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: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as the 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 63, subpart NNNNN. 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 the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hydrochloric acid production 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart NNNNN).
    Estimated number of respondents: 87 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 113,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $12,200,000(per year), includes $754,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden hours to 
the respondent as compared to the most recently approved ICR. The 
increase is due to industry growth in the past three years, resulting 
in additional number of respondents that are subject to this standard. 
The growth in respondent universe also results in an increase in the 
number of responses and total O&M costs. In addition, there is an 
increase in burden costs to both the respondent and the Agency due to 
an adjustment in labor rates. This ICR uses the most recent labor rates 
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in calculating the labor costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-32728 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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