Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0020-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Publicly-Owned Treatment Works (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2022-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72988-72989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25876]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0020; FRL-10459-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Publicly-Owned Treatment Works 
(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 Publicly-Owned 
Treatment Works (EPA ICR Number 1891.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0428), 
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 January 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on July 22, 2022 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 December 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0020, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be

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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.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Publicly-Owned Treatment Works (POTW) (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart VVV) were proposed on December 1, 1998; and 
promulgated on October 26, 1999; and amended on both December 22, 2008, 
and October 26, 2017 (82 FR 49513). These regulations apply to both 
existing and new Group 2 POTW located at a major source of hazardous 
air pollutants (HAP), or to Group 1 POTW that are either area or major 
sources. Group 1 POTWs are facilities that accept wastewater regulated 
by another NESHAP and provide treatment ``as an agent'' for the 
industrial user. Group 1 POTWs are subject to the monitoring, 
recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of the other regulating 
NESHAP but have no additional monitoring, recordkeeping, or reporting 
requirements under Subpart VVV. Group 2 POTWs are POTWs that do not 
meet the definition of a Group 1 POTW and must meet the criteria for a 
pretreatment program under 40 CFR 403.8. New facilities include those 
that commenced either construction, or reconstruction, after the date 
of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance 
with 40 CFR part 63, Subpart VVV.
    Form Numbers: 5900-603.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of publicly-
owned treatment works.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
Subpart VVV).
    Estimated number of respondents: 13.7 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 17 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $865 (per year), which includes no annualized 
capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment 
increase is due to a slight increase in the number of respondents. 
There is a slight increase in costs, which is due to the increased 
number of respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25876 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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