Notice2025-20054
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (Renewal)
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Published
November 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (EPA ICR Number 2437.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0673) 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, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51751-51752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20054]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0670; FRL-12803-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas
Transmission and Distribution (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 Oil and Natural Gas
Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (EPA ICR
Number 2437.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0673) 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, 2025. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 6, 2024
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 December 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-
[[Page 51752]]
HQ-OAR-2020-0670, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#442569252a20693669202b272f2130042134256a232b32"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76175b1718125b045b1219151d13023613061758111900">[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#1879747136756d766c796b716a587d6879367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03626f6a2d6e766d7762706a71436673622d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through November 30, 2025. 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
on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA
Docket Center, WJC West, 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 the
regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart OOOO were proposed on
August 23, 2011, promulgated on August 16, 2012, and most recently
amended on March 8, 2024. These regulations apply to oil and natural
gas facilities that commence construction, modification or
reconstruction after August 23, 2011, and on or before September 19,
2015, that are involved in the extraction and production of oil and
natural gas, as well as the processing, transmission, and distribution
of natural gas. Facilities that commenced construction, modification,
or reconstruction after September 18, 2015 and on or before December 6,
2022 are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOOOa. Facilities that commence
construction, modification, or reconstruction after December 6, 2022
are subject to 40 CFR 60, Subpart OOOOb. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart OOOO.
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: Oil and natural gas facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart OOOO).
Estimated number of respondents: 417 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: 54,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $11,000,000 (per year), which includes
$3,590,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The change in burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to adjustments. The adjustment decrease in
burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the
number of existing sources and a growth rate of zero new sources. The
decrease in the number of respondents also resulted in a decrease in
labor costs, which was offset slightly by the use of updated labor
rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most recent Bureau of Labor
Statistics report (December 2023) to calculate respondent burden costs.
There is an increase in Capital O&M costs, which is due to the use of
updated labor rates and an update from 2012$ to 2023$ using the
Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI).
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-20054 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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