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). 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 major 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).
Since this rule was vacated by the courts, this ICR treats these burden estimates as new burdens and the burden is not compared to previous burden estimates made for the vacated rule.
The decrease in burden from the proposal ICR to this final ICR is due to changes in the rule and removing area sources from the burden estimates of this ICR. Two facilities that were included in the proposed ICR are now shown in the area source ICR (see ICR 2454.01). Additionally, some monitoring and recordkeeping requirements were modified between proposed and final rules, and there were also changes to the emission limits between the proposed and final rule. A smaller number of facilities are expected to require additional capital equipment to meet the final emission limits, which reduces the estimated costs of this ICR. However, despite small increases some recordkeeping burden line items for this final rule, the overall burden has decreased.
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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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Polyvinyl Chloride and CoPolymer Production-Private Sector