Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer (Renewal)
| Published date | 18 April 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 16257 |
| Record Number | 2019-07724 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16257-16258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07724]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0533; FRL-9991-89-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer (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), NSPS for Phosphate Fertilizer
Industry (EPA ICR Number 1061.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0037), 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 April 30,
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on May 30, 2018 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 May 20, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0533, 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:
(202) 564-0050; 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 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), for
Phosphate Fertilizer Industry (40 CFR part 60, subparts T, U, V, W, and
X) were proposed on October 22, 1974, promulgated on August 6, 1975,
and amended on August 19, 2015. These regulations apply to both
existing facilities and new facilities that engage in the manufacture
of phosphate fertilizers (wet-process phosphoric acid plants, super-
phosphoric acid plants, diammonium phosphate plants, and triple
superphosphate plants), and have a design capacity of more than 15 tons
of equivalent phosphorous pentoxide (P2O5) feed
per calendar day. These standards also apply to new and existing
facilities that store granular triple superphosphate. These same
standards establish fluoride emission limitations as a measure of
phosphorus-bearing feed material at affected facilities. The affected
facilities may include a combination of reactors, filters, evaporators,
hot wells, acid sumps, cooling tanks, granulators, dryers, coolers,
screens, mills, mixers, curing belts (dens), coolers, and facilities
which store run-of-pile triple superphosphate, depending on the type of
plant. 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
60, subpart T, U, V, W, and X.
In general, all NSPS 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,
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and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: New and existing facilities that
engage in the manufacture of phosphate fertilizers and have a design
capacity of more than 15 tons of equivalent phosphorous pentoxide
(P2O5) feed per calendar day.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subparts T, U, V, W, and X).
Estimated number of respondents: 13 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 1,390 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $478,000 (per year), which includes $320,000
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 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 the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall
burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-07724 Filed 4-17-19; 8:45 am]
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