Notice2024-29067
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
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Published
December 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1053.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0023) 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 December 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99858-99859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29067]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0114; FRL-12454-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Electric Utility Steam
Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1053.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0023)
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 December 31,
2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 9,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0114, to EPA 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#51307c303f357c237c353e323a3425113421307f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6b276b646e2778276e6569616f7e4a6f7a6b246d657c">[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#10717c793e7d657e6471637962507560713e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a4b464304475f445e4b5943586a4f5a4b044d455c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 2024. An agency may
not conduct or 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
(88 FR 31748) on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR
31748). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. Supporting documents that 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 (NSPS) for NSPS for
Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60 subpart Da)
were proposed on September 18, 1978, promulgated on June 11, 1979, and
amended on November 19, 2014 and April 6, 2016. These regulations apply
to new and existing electric utility steam generating units capable of
combusting more than 73 megawatts (MW) heat input of fossil fuel. New
facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Da.
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 electric
steam generating units.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart Da).
Estimated number of respondents: 732 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, and quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 171,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $37,100,000 (per year), includes $15,600,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the
most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations. First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years. Second, the growth
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no
significant change in the overall burden. There is an increase in
operation & maintenance costs due to an adjustment to increase from
2008 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29067 Filed 12-10-24; 8:45 am]
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