Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0207-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production
Posted Date: 2011-10-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62805-62806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26237]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0207; FRL-9477-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pesticide Active 
Ingredient Production (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 10, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0207, to: (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2822IT, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to both EPA and OMB within 30 
days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0207, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to either submit or view public comments, access 
the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1807.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0370.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may

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continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 
submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: The National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production were 
proposed on November 10, 1997 (62 FR 60579), and promulgated on June 
23, 1999, (64 FR 33550).
    Owners or operators of pesticide active ingredient (PAI) production 
facilities to which this regulation applies must choose one of the 
compliance options that are described in the rule or install and 
monitor a specific control system that reduces hazardous air pollutant 
(HAP) emissions to the compliance level. The respondents are subject to 
sections of subpart A of 40 CFR part 63 relating to NESHAP. These 
requirements include those associated with the applicability 
determination; the notification that the facility is subject to the 
rule; the notification of testing [control device performance test and 
continuous monitoring system (CMS) performance evaluation]; the results 
of performance testing and CMS performance evaluations; startup, 
shutdown, and malfunction reports; semiannual or quarterly summary 
reports, and/or excess emissions reports; and CMS performance reports. 
In addition to the requirements of subpart A, many respondents are 
required to submit pre-compliance plan and leak detection and repair 
(LDAR) reports; and plants that wish to implement emissions averaging 
provisions must submit an emission-averaging plan.
    Respondents electing to comply with the emission limit or emission 
reduction requirements for process vents, storage tanks, or wastewater 
must record the values of equipment operating parameters as specified 
in 40 CFR 63.1367 of the rule.
    Owners or operators of PAI production facilities subject to the 
rule must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file 
for at least five years following the date of such measurements, 
maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated 
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart MMM, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the 
Clean Air Act. The required information consists of emissions data and 
other information that have been determined to be private.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Number for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 57 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Pesticide active ingredient 
production.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,666.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $366,098, which includes $346,223 in 
labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and $19,875 in operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment decrease in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR is due to a more accurate estimate of 
existing and anticipated new sources. After consulting with the EPA 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), and a number of 
trade associations, our data indicates that there are approximately 
fifteen sources subject to the rule, as compared with the active ICR 
that shows eighty-eight sources. There are no new facilities expected 
to be constructed over the next three years of this ICR. The decline in 
the number of sources is due to: (1) Plant closures, including the cost 
to retrofit aging facilities increased due to the down turn in the 
economy; (2) corporate mergers; and (3) foreign competition. Therefore, 
there is a net decrease in the burden to industry.
    Because there are no new sources with reporting requirements, no 
capital/startup costs are incurred. The only cost that is incurred is 
for the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the monitoring equipment, 
which have decreased by $333,125 due to the decline in the number of 
sources, as explained above.

    Dated: October 4, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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