Notice2022-07266
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (Renewal)
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Published
April 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (EPA ICR Number 2442.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0693, 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 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19920-19921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07266]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0671; FRL-9726-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Hydronic Heaters
and Forced-Air Furnaces (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 New Residential Hydronic
Heaters and Forced-Air Furnaces (EPA ICR Number 2442.04, OMB Control
Number 2060-0693, 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 May 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0671, to EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), 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
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docket without change including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to
be confidential business information 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#ef8e8386c1829a819b8e9c869daf8a9f8ec1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9dfcf1f4b3f0e8f3e9fceef4efddf8edfcb3faf2eb">[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: Manufacturers of wood-fired residential hydronic heaters,
forced-air furnaces, or other central heaters, testing laboratories,
and third-party certifiers are required to comply with reporting and
recordkeeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60,
subpart A), as well as for the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR
part 60 Subpart QQQQ. This includes submitting initial notifications,
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining
records. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with
these same standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of wood-fired
residential hydronic heaters, forced-air furnaces, or other central
heaters, testing laboratories, third-party certifiers.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart QQQQ).
Estimated number of respondents: 24 (total).
Frequency of response: Annually, biennially, every five years.
Total estimated burden: 2,390 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $950,000 (per year), which includes $484,000
in annualized capital/startup costs. There are no operation &
maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a significant 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 size of the industry (number of respondents) has decreased by half
since the previously-approved ICR (2442.03), resulting in a significant
decrease in both labor burden and capital/startup costs for periodic
re-testing and auditing of model lines. The decrease in the number of
respondents is based on certification data collected by the EPA. This
ICR includes a review of the regulations as amended on April 2, 2020 at
85 FR 18448, but these amendments did not increase burden. The
regulations are anticipated to change over the next three years, but
these changes are not anticipated to either increase or decrease
burden. The growth rate for this industry is anticipated to be zero
over the next three years as manufacturers have already certified to
the 2020 standards, resulting in no expenses for testing new model
lines.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-07266 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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