Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0655-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing Plants
Posted Date: 2019-05-22T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 23561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10681]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0655; FRL-9993-21-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Ammonium Sulfate Manufacturing 
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 Ammonium Sulfate 
Manufacturing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1066.09, OMB Control Number 2060-
0032), 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 May 
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 June 21, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA- HQ-
OECA-2012-0655, 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, 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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Ammonium 
Sulfate Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart PP) were proposed 
on February 4, 1980, promulgated on November 12, 1980, and amended on 
October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to ammonium sulfate dryers 
located at both existing and new ammonium sulfate manufacturing plants 
in the caprolactam by-product, synthetic, and coke oven by-products 
sectors of the ammonium sulfate manufacturing industry. New facilities 
include those that commenced construction, modification or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart PP.
    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: Ammonium sulfate manufacturing 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60 
Subpart PP).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 286 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $32,600 (per year), which includes $0 for 
both annualized capital/startup and operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. The regulations 
have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to 
change over the next three years; therefore, the growth rate for the 
industry is non-existent. This ICR reflects the on-going burden and 
costs for two existing facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulation Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-10681 Filed 5-21-19; 8:45 am]
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