Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2015-0190-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-07-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 138 (Thursday, July 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34390-34391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15266]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2015-0190; FRL-9996-46-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (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), NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (EPA 
ICR Number 1056.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0019), 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 September 30, 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 August 19, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2015-0190, 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

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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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Nitric 
Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart G) were proposed on August 17, 
1971, promulgated on June 14, 1974, and amended on August 14, 2012. The 
NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga) were proposed 
on October 14, 2011, promulgated on August 14, 2012, and were amended 
on May 6, 2014 in order to correct a minor error. Subpart G applies to 
nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 to 70 percent) nitric 
acid, which commenced construction, modification or reconstruction 
either on or after August 17, 1971 and prior to October 14, 2011. 
Subpart G limits the emissions of nitrogen oxides, expressed as 
nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 1.5 kilograms per metric ton of 
acid produced (3.0 lb. per ton), and limits opacity to 10 percent. 
Subpart Ga applies to nitric acid production units, producing weak (30 
to 70 percent) nitric acid, for which construction, reconstruction, or 
modification commenced after October 14, 2011, and limits nitrogen 
oxides (expressed as NO2) to 0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent 
nitric acid produced. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subparts G and Ga.
    In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Nitric acid production units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts G and Ga).
    Estimated number of respondents: 32 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 2,530 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,040,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,750,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
change in the cost estimates is due to adjustments for growth in the 
industry. There is an increase in the number of responses, labor hours, 
and operation and maintenance costs due to an increase in the number of 
respondents based on growth.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-15266 Filed 7-17-19; 8:45 am]
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