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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