Notice2022-09007
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (Renewal)
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Published
April 27, 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 and Process Heaters (EPA ICR Number 2028.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0551), 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, 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 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 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09007]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0111; FRL-9810-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and
Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (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 and Process Heaters (EPA ICR
Number 2028.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0551), 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, 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 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 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0111, online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a0e0509010f1e44050f090b2a0f1a0b440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e1eae6eee0f1abeae0e6e4c5e0f5e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>, 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
<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#9ffef3f6b1f2eaf1ebfeecf6eddffaeffeb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3455585d1a59415a4055475d46745144551a535b42">[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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional
Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDD) apply to
existing and new industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and
process heaters located at major sources of HAP. In general, all NESHAP
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 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 NESHAP.
Form Numbers: 5900-559.
Respondents/affected entities: Existing and new industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at
major sources of HAP.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart DDDDD).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,302 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: 410,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $118,000,000 (per year), which includes
$69,900,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. There is
growth in portions of this industry (biomass-fired and gas-fired
boilers), but decreases in other portions of the industry (coal-fired
and liquid-fired boilers) due to shutdowns. The number of existing
large solid-fired (coal and biomass) boilers, existing large liquid-
fired boilers, existing large Gas 2 boilers, and new large biomass
boilers were updated using CEDRI December 2020 data and the data
collected during the proposed rule. These changes have resulted in an
overall increase in the number of respondents. These changes have also
resulted in decreases in the overall capital/startup or operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs, as the majority of new sources (gas-fired
boilers) have no capital/startup costs. Also, the regulations have not
changed over the past three years. An amendment to these regulations
was proposed in 2020, but has not been finalized. Changes in burden due
to that amendment have not been included in this ICR. One minor error
in the calculations for the previously-approved ICR (2028.09) has been
corrected. The number of existing and small limited use solid fuel
units conducting a biennial tune-up has been adjusted to account for
the correct number of average annual respondents expected.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-09007 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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