OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2021
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2021
247
0
247
41,800
0
41,800
351,000
0
351,000
This ICR addresses information collection activities that will be imposed by proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Ethylene Production source category in the Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards, 40 CFR part 63, subparts XX and YY, referred to as the ethylene production MACT standards (or EMACT). The current EMACT standards were promulgated on July 12, 2002 (67 FR 46257) and amended on April 13, 2005 (70 FR 19266).
As part of the residual risk and technology reviews for the NESHAP, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to correct and clarify regulatory provisions related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction; add requirements for electronic reporting of performance test results; add operational requirements for flares; add standards and monitoring requirements for pressure relief devices (PRDs); add requirements and clarifications for vent control bypasses, including bypass lines, in situ sampling systems, maintenance activities, and certain gaseous streams routed to a fuel gas system; and revise requirements for storage vessels and heat exchange systems. This information collection request documents the recordkeeping and reporting requirements and burden imposed by these proposed amendments only.
In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information collection request (ICR) includes the burden for all activities that will be conducted in the first three years following promulgation of the proposed amendments to the EMACT standards. These activities include reading the rule, installing and maintaining monitors, and completing the recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these notifications, reports, and records, and retain the file for at least five years. All reports are sent to
the delegated state or local authority. In the event there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. The use of the term "Designated Administrator" throughout this document refers to the U.S. EPA or a delegated authority such as a state agency. The term "Administrator" alone refers to the U.S. EPA Administrator.
Over the next three years, 31 ethylene production facilities will be subject to this standard, and the total labor, capital, and operations and maintenance costs imposed by the proposed amendments will be approximately $4.4 million per year for the first 3 years after the proposed amendments are finalized. Note that there are 26 currently operating ethylene production facilities, and 5 facilities under construction; it was assumed each of the 5 new facilities would commence operations within three years after promulgation of the rule and are thus included in the burden calculations.
The total average annual cost to the Designated Administrator during the 3 years of the ICR is estimated to be $36,000 per year. This burden includes labor costs for the Federal EPA and state and local authorities to implement the requirements in the NESHAP after the proposed amendments are finalized.
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 Carbon Black, Ethylene, Cyanide, and Spandex