Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0046-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Group I Polymers and Resins
Posted Date: 2022-09-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59076-59077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21122]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0046; FRL-10258-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Group I Polymers and Resins 
(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 Group I Polymers and 
Resins (EPA ICR Number 2410.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0665), 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 November 30, 
2022. 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 October 31, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0046, 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. 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.
    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 Group I Polymers and Resins (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart U) were proposed on June 12, 1995; promulgated on September 5, 
1995, and amended on: June 19, 2000; July 16, 2001; December 16, 2008; 
and April 21, 2011. These regulations apply to existing and new 
elastomer product process units (EPPU) and associated equipment, 
including waste management units, maintenance wastewater, heat exchange 
systems, and equipment required either by or utilized to comply with 
this Subpart located at facilities that are major sources of hazardous 
air pollutants (HAPs) and are classified in the Group I Polymers and 
Resins source category. The Group I Polymers and Resins source category 
includes the following categories: Butyl Rubber Production, 
Epichlorohydrin Elastomers Production, Ethylene Propylene Rubber 
Production, Hypalon Production, Neoprene Production, Nitrile Butadiene 
Rubber (NBR) Production, Polybutadiene Rubber Production, Polysulfide 
Rubber Production, and Styrene Butadiene Rubber and Latex Production. 
New facilities include those that either commenced construction, or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart U.
    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 NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Facilities with elastomer product 
process units (EPPU) and associated equipment.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart U).
    Estimated number of respondents: 19 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 56,400 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $12,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$5,230,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an insignificant increase in 
burden from the most recently approved ICR due to an adjustment. This 
increase (not reflected in the rounded total) is not due to any program 
changes. The adjustment increase is due to a correction of the 
calculation used to summarized the burden estimates for individual 
reporting requirements.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, there are no

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changes in the capital/startup and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) 
costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21122 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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