Notice2022-05889
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (Renewal)
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Published
March 21, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1062.16, OMB Control Number 2060- 0122), 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 May 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 8, 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15985-15986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05889]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0659; FRL-9676-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Coal Preparation and Processing
Plants (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), NSPS for Coal Preparation and
Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1062.16, OMB Control Number 2060-
0122), 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 May
31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on February 8, 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 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 20,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0659, 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#0869646126657d667c697b617a486d7869266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72131e1b5c1f071c0613011b00321702135c151d04">[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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Coal
Preparation and Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart Y)
regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities that
perform coal preparation and processing with limits more than 181
megagrams (Mg) (200 tons) of coal per day. 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 coal
preparation and processing plants.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart Y).
Estimated number of respondents: 377 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, biannually, annually,
semiannually, and quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 22,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,720,000 (per year), which includes $79,300
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens; this decrease is not due to any program changes. The
decrease in burden is due to more accurate estimates of existing
sources, based on information gathered by EPA and confirmed by
industry. The burden in this ICR reflects a decrease in the number of
coal mines across the industry and a number of coal plants being either
shut down or converted to natural gas. The decrease in the number of
respondents also results in a decrease in responses. The operation and
maintenance costs have increased from the previous ICR due to an
incorrect entry of information in the previous ICR. Finally, this ICR
corrects the number of occurrences of repeat performance tests for
Method 5 and Method 9 per respondent per year from the previous ICR.
However, the overall burden still decreased.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05889 Filed 3-18-22; 8:45 am]
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