Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0081-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations; Renewal
Posted Date: 2022-12-20T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77830-77831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27534]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0081; FRL-10512-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery 
Operations (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 Off-Site Waste and 
Recovery Operations (EPA ICR Number 1717.13, OMB Control Number 2060-
0313), 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 April 8, 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 January 19, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0081, to: (1) 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; and (2) OMB's Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public 
Comments'' or by using the search function.
    The 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: 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 Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (40 CFR 
part 63, subpart DD) apply to existing facilities and new facilities 
with organic hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions that are involved 
in waste management and recovery operations, and that are not subject 
to Federal air standards under other subparts in Part 63. In addition, 
Subpart DD cross-references control requirements to be applied to 
specific types of affected sources: tanks level-1; containers; surface

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impoundments; individual drain systems; oil-water separators; organic 
water separators; and loading, transfer, and storage systems. In 
general, all NESHAP 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 the NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of off-site 
waste and recovery operations.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 50 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 47,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $6,650,000 (per year), which includes 
$908,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: (1) the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. The burden for one-time 
activities found in the previous ICR renewal were removed; however the 
overall burden did not change. The capital vs. O&M costs have 
increased. Previous O&M costs were based on 2013 dollars and have been 
inflated to 2021 dollars (most-recent annual CEPCI value). The burden 
for photocopying and postage was removed, as these costs are already 
included in the ``O&M'' line item, thus this cost is duplicative.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-27534 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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