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).
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.
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:
(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;
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.
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NESHAP for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production Area Sources-Private Sector