87 FR 243 pgs. 77830-77831 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (Renewal)

Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 243Pages: 77830 - 77831
Docket number: [EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0081; FRL-10512-01-OMS]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-27534 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 77830, 77831

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0081; FRL-10512-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (Renewal)

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (EPA ICR Number 1717.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0313), 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 January 19, 2023.

ADDRESSES:

Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0081, to: (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method), or by email to docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at: https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this specific information collection by selecting "Currently under Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.

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.

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: ali.muntasir@epa.gov.

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.


[top] Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Off-Site Waste and Recovery Operations (40 CFR part 63, subpart DD) apply to existing facilities and new facilities with organic hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions that are involved in waste management and recovery operations, and that are not subject to Federal air standards under other subparts in Part 63. In addition, Subpart DD cross-references control requirements to be applied to specific types of affected sources: tanks level-1; containers; surface page 77831 impoundments; individual drain systems; oil-water separators; organic water separators; and loading, transfer, and storage systems. 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 the NESHAP.

Form Numbers: None.

Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of off-site waste and recovery operations.

Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart DD).

Estimated number of respondents: 50 (total).

Frequency of response: Semiannually.

Total estimated burden: 47,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).

Total estimated cost: $6,650,000 (per year), which includes $908,000 in annualized capital/startup and/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 (2) the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. The burden for one-time activities found in the previous ICR renewal were removed; however the overall burden did not change. The capital vs. O&M costs have increased. Previous O&M costs were based on 2013 dollars and have been inflated to 2021 dollars (most-recent annual CEPCI value). The burden for photocopying and postage was removed, as these costs are already included in the "O&M" line item, thus this cost is duplicative.

Courtney Kerwin,

Director, Regulatory Support Division.

[FR Doc. 2022-27534 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]

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