Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0079-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation Operations
Posted Date: 2022-11-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71633-71634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25534]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0079; FRL-10448-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Commercial Ethylene Oxide 
Sterilization and Fumigation 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 Commercial Ethylene 
Oxide Sterilization and Fumigation Operations (EPA ICR Number 1666.12, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0283), 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 December 23, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0079, 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 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

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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 Commercial Ethylene Oxide Sterilization and 
Fumigation Operations (40 CFR part 63, subpart O) were proposed on 
March 7, 1994; promulgated on December 6, 1994; and most recently 
amended on February 27, 2014. These regulations apply to existing 
facilities and new facilities ethylene oxide (E.O.) sterilization and 
fumigation facilities using one ton of ethylene oxide (E.O.) (as 
defined in 40 CFR 63.361) after December 6, 1994. 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 63, subpart O.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Existing facilities and new 
facilities E.O. sterilization and fumigation facilities using one ton 
of E.O. (as defined in 40 CFR 63.361) after December 6, 1994.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart O).
    Estimated number of respondents: 97 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 6,640 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,330,000 (per year), which includes 
$534,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most-recently approved 
ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. The previous ICR 
indicated 128 respondents. The EPA has recently identified 97 
respondents over the next three years based on a section 114 request 
for the Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilization and Fumigation 
Operations from May 2021. Conclusively, there has been a 25% decrease 
in sources. This ICR also reflects that there is overall zero growth 
anticipated in the industry over the next three years, and removes the 
burden associated with new source activities. The overall result is a 
decrease in burden hours and operation and maintenance costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25534 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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