[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54745-54746]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23748]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0328; FRL-9985-40-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride (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 Vinyl Chloride (EPA
ICR No. 0186.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0071), 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, 2018. Public comments
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on June 29, 2017
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 30,
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0328, to: (1) EPA online using 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; and (2) OMB via email
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
    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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-2970; fax number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; 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
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>. 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 Vinyl Chloride (40 CFR part 61, subpart F)
apply to new and existing plants that produce: Ethylene dichloride
(EDC) by reaction of oxygen and hydrogen chloride with ethylene; vinyl
chloride (VC) by any process; and one or more polymers containing any
fraction of polymerized VC. This Subpart does not apply to equipment
used in research and development if the reactor used to polymerize the
VC has a capacity of no more than 0.19 m\3\. New facilities include
those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of
proposal. 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 with 40 CFR part 61, subpart F.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Ethylene dichloride, polyvinyl
chloride and vinyl chloride plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 61,
subpart F).
    Estimated number of respondents: 16 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 6,540 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,410,000 (per year), which includes
$720,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the
estimated respondent burden and costs as currently identified in the
OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is not due to any program
changes. The change has occurred due to a decrease in the number of
respondents complying with this rule. Based on the Agency's
consultation with the Vinyl Institute, the number of sources has
decreased from an average of 18 sources in the previous ICR to an
average of 16 sources for the current ICR period.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23748 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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