Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0044-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Preparations Industry
Posted Date: 2022-10-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65061-65062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23349]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0044; FRL-10375-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Chemical Preparations Industry 
(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 Chemical Preparations 
Industry (EPA ICR Number 2356.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0636) 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 December 31. 
2020. 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 November 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0044, 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 
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 Chemical Preparations Industry (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart BBBBBBB) were proposed on August 5, 2009, and promulgated on 
December 30, 2009. These regulations apply to both existing and new 
chemical preparation facilities that conduct the mixing, milling, 
blending or extruding of industrial chemicals and that are area sources 
of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Area sources are classified as 
sources that emit less than 10 tons per year of a single HAP and less 
than 25 tons per year of any combination of HAPs. 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 BBBBBBB.
    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: Chemical preparation facilities that 
conduct the mixing, milling, blending or extruding of industrial 
chemicals.

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    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart BBBBBBB).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, annually, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 176 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $21,100 (per year), which includes $45 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment decrease in burden from 
the most-recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of 
sources. This ICR reflects a substantial decrease in the number of 
respondents in the currently approved ICR, based on data collected from 
the chemical preparations industry as part of a 2020 section 114 
information collection request. There were 26 affected sources 
estimated in the most-recently approved ICR, and this ICR renewal 
estimates there are three affected sources. The number of sources has 
decreased by 88 percent, which reflects an overall decline in the 
industry. There are no capital/startup costs in this ICR. The O&M costs 
decreased due to the decreased number of affected sources.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-23349 Filed 10-26-22; 8:45 am]
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