Notice2022-05705
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (Renewal)
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Published
March 18, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (EPA ICR Number 2253.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0668) 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15420-15421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05705]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0121; FRL--9668-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and
Institutional Boilers Area Sources (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Industrial,
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (EPA ICR Number
2253.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0668) 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
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approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0121, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 2821T, 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c5d505512514952485d4f554e7c594c5d125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c4d404502415942584d5f455e6c495c4d024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Owners and operators of new or existing industrial,
commercial, or institutional boilers are required to comply with
reporting and record keeping requirements for the general provisions of
40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as the applicable specific standards
in 40 CFR part 63 subpart JJJJJJ. This includes submitting initial
notifications, performance tests, biennial tune-ups, and periodic
compliance reports and results, maintaining records of fuel usage, and
any period during which the control system is inoperative. These
reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with the standards.
Form Numbers: 5900-568.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of new or
existing industrial, commercial, or institutional boilers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart JJJJJJ).
Estimated number of respondents: 64,344 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, annually, biennially.
Total estimated burden: 1,140,000 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $214,000,000 (per year), includes $78,700,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. The primary
reason for the decrease in burden is a decrease in the estimated number
of respondents using liquid-fueled boilers. U.S. Energy Information
Administration data indicates the consumption of fuel oil in the
commercial sector has decreased by 33 percent in the past 9 years and
is anticipated to decrease by 1 percent per year for the next three
years. This ICR assumes that this decrease in consumption corresponds
to an equivalent decrease in the number of small and large boilers
firing liquid fuels and adjusts the number of small liquid-fired and
large liquid-fired boilers and respondents accordingly. This ICR
assumes that, due to the decrease in respondents over the past nine
years, no new liquid-fired boilers were constructed during that time
period. The decrease in the estimated number of respondents firing
liquid fuels resulted in a decrease in labor burden for the small and
large liquid-fired categories. The estimated decrease in the number of
respondents firing liquid fuels also results in a decrease of the
number of liquid-fired sources required to do periodic stack testing
and operate ESPs. This results in a significant decrease in periodic
stack testing and O&M costs for large liquid-fired boilers constructed
since the rule was promulgated in June 2010. This ICR assumes that
growth in the small and large solid-fueled categories will continue
according to past trends. The increase in the estimated number of
respondents firing solid fuels resulted in an increase in labor burden
and capital/O&M costs for the small and large solid-fired categories.
This ICR also corrects mathematical errors in the calculation of O&M
costs for respondents firing solid fuels and required to perform
triennial stack testing for Hg, CO, and PM. This correction results in
an increase of capital and O&M costs. However, the overall results of
the adjustments to this ICR is a decrease in burden and capital and O&M
costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05705 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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