Notice2022-25796
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production (Renewal)
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Published
November 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production (EPA ICR Number 1788.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0417), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 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 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72991-72992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25796]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0085; FRL-10456-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production
(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 Oil and Natural Gas
Production (EPA ICR Number 1788.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0417), 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 January 31,
2023.
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Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on
July 22, 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 December 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0085, to EPA 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#462229252d23320623362768212930"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="086c676b636d7c486d7869266f677e">[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#99f8f5f0b7f4ecf7edf8eaf0ebd9fce9f8b7fef6ef"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a3b363374372f342e3b2933281a3f2a3b743d352c">[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 Oil and Natural Gas Production (40 CFR part 63,
subpart HH) were proposed on February 6, 1998, and promulgated on June
17, 1999, only for major sources. On July 8, 2005, a supplemental
proposal was proposed for area sources, with the final rule effective
date on January 3, 2007. The rule was subsequently amended on August
16, 2012, to include emission sources for which standards were not
previously developed. These regulations apply to emission points
located at both new and existing oil and natural gas production
facilities that are both major and area sources. A major source of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) is one that has the potential to emit 10
tons or more of any single HAP or 25 tons or more of total HAP per
year; an area source is one with the potential to emit less than these
amounts. New facilities include those that commenced either
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
63, subpart HH.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Oil and natural gas production
facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart HH).
Estimated number of respondents: 5,146 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 60,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $8,390,000 (per year), which includes
$1,110,000 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 currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens due to an increase in the number of new or modified
sources. This ICR updates the number of affected sources subject to
these regulations based on an assumption that the industry continues to
grow at a constant rate since the previous renewal. Because the
industry growth rate is constant, the number of new sources each year
is constant, and there is no change in the capital/startup costs from
the most recently approved ICR. However, the number of existing sources
has increased due to the industry growth rate, resulting in an increase
to the operation & maintenance (O&M) costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25796 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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