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OMB Control No:
2060-0684
ICR Reference No:
201204-2060-009
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency:
EPA/OAR
Agency Tracking No:
2454.01
Title:
NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDDD (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection:
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
06/29/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
04/17/2012
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
06/30/2015
36 Months From Approved
Responses
6
0
0
Time Burden (Hours)
427
0
0
Cost Burden (Dollars)
282,358
0
0
Abstract:
This ICR documents the associated recordkeeping and reporting for the proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymer Production (PVC NESHAP) at area sources. This ICR includes the burden for activities that will be conducted in the first three years following promulgation of the proposed PVC NESHAP. These activities include reading the rule, resin sampling, performance testing, establishing operating parameters, and monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. We realize that some facilities may not incur these costs within the first three years, and may incur them during the fourth or fifth year instead. Therefore, this ICR presents a conservatively high burden estimate for the initial three years following promulgation of the proposed PVC NESHAP. The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners or operators of new or existing PVC production facilities at area sources of HAP. The PVC NESHAP affects any industry using a polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production process unit as defined in the regulation. This includes, but is not limited to, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 325211 (Facilities that polymerize vinyl chloride monomer to produce PVC and/or copolymers products).
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
42 USC 7414
Name of Law: Clean Air Act
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
2060-AN33
Final or interim final rulemaking
77 FR 22848
04/17/2012
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
1
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources-Private Sector
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
6
0
0
6
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
427
0
0
427
0
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
282,358
0
0
282,358
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Changing Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
An ICR was not prepared at the proposal stage of this rulemaking because the burden for area sources was contained in a separate ICR, which outlined the combined burden for both area and major source PVC and copolymer production facilities (ICR 2432.01). Further, the area source rule has never had an unique ICR assigned to it. The 2007 revisions to 40 CFR part 63 subpart DDDDDD noted that the rule did not impose any new burden since all sources subject to the area source rule were also required to comply with the same testing, monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements under 40 CFR part 61 subpart F (ICR 0186.12). However, this final rule action requires additional testing, monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements that are not considered under ICR 0186.12. Therefore, a new ICR was created to account these additional burden items. This ICR treats these burden estimates as new burdens and the burden is not compared to any previous burden estimates. For sources that were subject to 40 CFR part 63 subpart F, the requirements--and associated burden-- of that subpart are shifting to this ICR, beginning on the compliance date of this rule for existing sources. This initial ICR covers incremental burden estimates, above the burden currently required to comply with 40 CFR part 61 subpart F since both ICR will be relavent collection instruments during this three year time period. Subsequent renewals of this ICR should consider combining the burden estimates for ICR 0186 and ICR 2454, after sources shift their compliance from 40 CFR part 61 subpart F to 40 CFR part 63 subpart DDDDDD. To provide the public with an estimate of the relative magnitude of the burden associated with a source asserting an affirmative defense position (for those not already regulated under the part 61 NESHAP), the EPA is providing an administrative adjustment to this ICR. The adjustment shows the notification, recordkeeping and reporting requirements associated with the assertion of the affirmative defense. This illustrative example does not result in an increase in the burden for this rule. The EPA provides this estimate of the burden because these costs are only incurred if the source believes that there has been a violation, and chooses to take advantage of the affirmative defense.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$7,324
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
No
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
No
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
No
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
Jodi Howard 919 541-4607 Howard.Jodi@epamail.epa.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
04/17/2012
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