Notice2022-20544
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
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Published
September 26, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/ Institutional Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1088.16, OMB Control Number 2060-0072), 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 November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022, 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 185 (Monday, September 26, 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: 2022-20544]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0063; FRL-10229-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional
Steam Generating Units (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 Industrial/Commercial/
Institutional Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1088.16, OMB
Control Number 2060-0072), 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 November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested,
via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022, 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 October 26,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0063, online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#573338343c32231732273679303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="284c474b434d5c684d5849064f475e">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
The 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#e584898ccb88908b9184968c97a5809584cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f1e131651120a110b1e0c160d3f1a0f1e51181009">[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 for Industrial/
Commercial/Institutional Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60,
subpart Db) apply to existing and new industrial/commercial/
institutional steam generating units (boilers) that have a heat input
capacity from fuels combusted in the unit of greater than 29 megawatts
(MW) (100 million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr)). 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 commercial,
industrial, or institutional steam generating units.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart Db).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,068 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 1,890,000 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $265,000,000 (per year), which includes
$37,900,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. This increase is not due
to any program changes. The increase is based on an increase in the
number of sources subject to the NSPS due to continued growth in the
industry. There is no increase in capital costs, but there is an
increase in O&M costs because the number of existing respondents
conducting O&M has increased.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-20544 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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