[Federal Register: August 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2005-0025; FRL-7953-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants
(Renewal), ICR Number 1057.10, OMB Number 2060-0041
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 15,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2005-0025, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 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, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, (Mail Code 2223A),
Environmental Protection
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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 6, 2005 (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OECA-2005-0025, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart H)
(Renewal)
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), for Sulfuric
Acid Plants were proposed on August 17, 1971, and promulgated on
December 23, 1971. These standards apply to any sulfuric acid facility
commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after the date
of proposal. The control of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and acid
mist requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment,
but also the proper operation and maintenance of that equipment. Sulfur
dioxide and acid mist emissions from sulfuric acid plants result from
the burning of sulfur or sulfur-bearing feed stocks to form
SO2, catalytic oxidation of SO2 to sulfur
trioxide, and absorption of SO2 in a strong acid stream.
These standards rely on the capture of SO2 and acid mist by
venting to a control device.
Owners or operators of sulfuric acid plants are required to make
the following one-time-only reports: notification of the date of
construction or reconstruction; notification of actual startup dates;
notification of any physical or operational change to an existing
facility; notification of demonstration of the continuous emissions
monitoring system (CEMS); notification date of the initial performance
test; and the results of the initial performance test. After the
initial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, semiannual reports
are required if there has been an exceedance of control device
operating parameters. Respondents are also required to maintain records
of occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction, or
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. 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 Numbers 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 127
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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; 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: Owners or operators of sulfuric acid
plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 103.
Frequency of Response: Semiannually, on occasion and initially.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 26,177 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,577,271, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $464,000 annual O&M costs, and
$2,113,271 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,857 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the fact that we are
presently accounting for management and clerical person hours per year,
which was omitted in the previous ICR. There is also an increase in the
cost burden, which consisted of the accounting for management and
clerical person hours per year and a revised salary table. There is
however, a decline in the number of sources. The renewal ICR shows that
there are approximately 103 sources subject to the rule, as compared to
the active ICR that shows 106 sources. This decline in sources is due
to plant closure. No new facilities are expected to be constructed in
the next three years.
Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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