Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (Renewal) Publication: Federal Register Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Byline: Courtney Kerwin Date: 29 March 2023 Subjects: American Government , The Environment, Tires

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18542-18543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06541]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0071; FRL-10836-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Rubber Tire 
Manufacturing (EPA ICR Number 1158.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0156), 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0071, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or by email to docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change, 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: ali.muntasir@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. An Agency may 
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
OMB control number.
    Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register 
(87 FR 43843), on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents which explain in detail the information

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that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for 
this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The 
telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Rubber 
Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB) were proposed on 
January 20, 1983; promulgated on September 15, 1987; and amended on 
both September 19, 1989, and October 17, 2000. These regulations apply 
to both existing and new facilities with the following processes: 
under-tread cementing operations, sidewall cementing operations, tread 
end cementing operations, bead cementing operations, green tire 
spraying operations, Michelin-A operations, Michelin-B operations, and 
Michelin-C automatic operations. New facilities include those that 
commenced either construction or reconstruction after the date of 
proposal. Affected facilities include those that commenced either 
construction, or modification, or reconstruction after January 20, 
1983. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 
CFR part 60, subpart BBB.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of the rubber 
tire manufacturing industry.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart BBB).
    Estimated number of respondents: 41 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 17,700 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,150,000 (per year), which includes $18,600 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most recently-approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: (1) the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in 
the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry 
growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup costs. There 
is an increase in O&M costs due to an adjustment from 2007 to 2020 
dollars using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06541 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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