[Federal Register: October 24, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 205)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0046; FRL-8486-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Small Industrial-
Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal); EPA ICR
Number 1564.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0202
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 23,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0046, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0046, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam
Generating Units (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1564.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0202.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for small
industrial-commercial-institutional steam generating units, published
at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Dc, were proposed on June 9, 1989, and
promulgated on September 12, 1990. These standards apply to industrial-
commercial-institutional steam generating units with maximum design
heat input capacity of 29 megawatts (MW) (100 million Btu/hr) or less,
but greater than or equal to 2.9 MW (10 million Btu/hr), commencing
construction, modification, or reconstruction after June 9, 1989. The
standards limit the emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and
particulate matter (PM). For the purposes of this document, new units
are those affected units that have had construction, modification, or
reconstruction within the last three years. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Dc.
In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators 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 sources subject to NSPS.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports,
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart
Dc, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
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. The OMB Control Number for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is
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estimated to average 293 hours per response. Burden means the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a
Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing
information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Small industrial-commercial-
institutional steam generating units.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 235.
Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 159,972.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $19,653,054 which includes $1,491,005
annualized Capital Startup cost, $7,955,140 annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M) cost and $10,206,909 annual Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no significant change in this
ICR compared to the previous ICR. 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. Secondly, the
growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent.
There is, however, an adjustment in the labor hour estimate. The
previous ICR shows a total of 156,610 annual hours. This renewal ICR
shows a total of 159,972 annual hours. The small labor hour increase of
3,362 was caused by a mathematical error in the previous ICR.
There is also a small change in the cost estimate. The previous ICR
used a cost figure that was rounded-up ($9,446,000). This ICR uses the
exact cost figure of ($9,446,145) resulting in a small cost increase of
$145.
Dated: October 18, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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