The EPA is finalizing revisions for
the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Polyether Polyols. Potential respondents subject to
the new requirements of the NESHAP include an estimated 23 existing
facilities that produce polyether polyols. The EPA is finalizing
amendments which require that that there be no discharge to the
atmosphere from any pressure relief device (PRD) on any equipment
in HAP service within the process units for the Polyether Polyols
source category. To ensure compliance with this requirement,
facility owners or operators are required to monitor each PRD with
equipment that would be able to identify and record the time and
duration of each pressure release and notify operators that a
pressure release has occurred. The final amendments also add
provisions for facility owners or operators to use if they wish to
assert an affirmative defense to avoid civil penalties for
exceedances of the applicable standards that are caused by a
malfunction. If these provisions are used, the owner or operator is
required to meet certain criteria during the malfunction, notify
the Administrator of malfunctions that may cause an exceedance of
the emissions standards, and submit a report of the malfunction to
the Administrator, to include a root cause analysis of the
malfunction, within certain timeframes.
This is a revised data
collection due to amendments to the rule. There are additional
recordkeeping and reporting requirements resulting from the
amendments, however, the overall estimated annual hour burden has
decreased because there are fewer major source facilities than
previously estimated.
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.
1811ss09.docx
NESHAP for Polyether Polyols Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart PPP)