Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0090-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product
Posted Date: 2022-01-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4588-4589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01767]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0090; FRL-9515-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 
Product (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane 
Foam Product (EPA ICR Number 1783.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0357), 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 March 31, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on April 13, 2021 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 February 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0090, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
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 
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 Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (40 CFR part 
63, subpart III) apply to owners or operators of both new and existing 
facilities that engage in the manufacture of flexible polyurethane foam 
products which emit hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). This includes 
facilities making slabstock flexible polyurethane foam (slabstock 
foam), rebond flexible polyurethane foam (rebond foam), and/or molded 
flexible polyurethane foam (molded foam). In general, all NESHAP 
standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and 
periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. 
Owners or operators of flexible polyurethane foam production

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facilities to which this rule is applicable must choose one of the 
compliance options described in these standards or reduce HAP emissions 
to below the compliance level. Specifically, the rule requirements for 
slabstock foam producers include an initial notification, notification 
of compliance status, semiannual reports and annual compliance 
certifications. The rule requirements for molded and rebond foam 
producers include a notification of compliance status report and an 
annual compliance certification. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart III.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Slabstock foam and molded and rebond 
foam producers.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart III).
    Estimated number of respondents: 12 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 869 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $102,000 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital 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 the growth rate 
for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in 
the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry 
growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup or operation 
and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01767 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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