Notice2023-01546
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (Renewal)
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Published
January 26, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (EPA ICR Number 1967.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0540), 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4998-4999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01546]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0027; FRL-10609-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (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 Stationary Combustion
Turbines (EPA ICR Number 1967.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0540), 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.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0027, 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#593d363a323c2d193c2938773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87e3e8e4ece2f3c7e2f7e6a9e0e8f1">[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#73121f1a5d1e061d0712001a01331603125d141c05"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3859545116554d564c594b514a785d4859165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register
(87 FR 43843), 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. 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 Stationary Combustion Turbines (40 CFR part 63,
subpart YYYY) were proposed on January 14, 2003; promulgated on March
5, 2004; and amended on: April 20, 2006; November 20, 2019; and March
9, 2020. The regulations apply to sources that commenced either
construction or reconstruction after January 14, 2003. On August 18,
2004, these standards were amended to stay the effectiveness for the
two gas-fired stationary combustion turbine subcategories (i.e., lean
pre-mix gas-fired turbines and diffusion flame gas-fired turbines).
Amendments to the NESHAP were finalized on March 9, 2020, as a result
of a residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean
Air Act (CAA). Additionally, the EPA removed the stay of the
effectiveness of the standards for new lean premix and
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diffusion flame gas-fired turbines that was promulgated in 2004 on
March 9, 2022. New facilities include those that commenced either
construction, or modification or reconstruction after January 14, 2003.
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
part 63, subpart YYYY.
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 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 NESHAP.
Form Numbers: 5900-600.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of stationary
combustion turbines.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63,
subpart YYYY).
Estimated number of respondents: 280 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: 8,490 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,060,000 (per year), which includes $37,100
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 adjustments. The change in burden for
the new and existing facilities is due primarily to implementation of
prior amendments to the regulation. An amendment finalized in March
2022 removed the stay of effectiveness for standards implemented in
2004. The removed stay affected standards of new lean premix and
diffusion flame gas-fired turbines. This led to an adjustment increase
in burden from the most-recently approved ICR since there is an
increase in the number of existing sources required to meet the
notification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements over the next
three years. During the development of rule amendments in 2020 and
2022, EPA collaborated with industry to investigate an estimate of
existing sources. The data collected by EPA indicated an additional 158
sources were identified compared to the previous ICR. As a result, we
identified 246 existing facilities subject to Subpart YYYY. This ICR
assumes a continuous growth rate of 8 new gas-fired turbines per year
based on the industry growth rate in the currently-approved ICR and
information collected during the 2020 and 2022 rulemakings.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01546 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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