[Federal Register: March 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 42)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0021; FRL-7630-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart AAA) (Renewal), ICR Number 1176.07,
OMB Number 2060-0161
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 29, 2004. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 2, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA
2003-0021, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
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: John DuPree, 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) 564-5960; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: dupree.john@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 May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2003-0021, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 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 and
Information Center is (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or to view public comments,
to access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and
to access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET 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. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR part 60,
subpart AAA) (Renewal).
Abstract: The Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources,
New Residential Wood Heaters, were proposed on February 18, 1987, and
promulgated on February 26, 1988. These standards apply to each
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wood heater manufactured on or after July 1, 1988, or sold at retail on
or after July 1, 1990. Wood heaters manufactured on or after July 1,
1990, or sold at retail on or after July 1, 1992, must meet more
stringent emission standards. Approximately 54 manufacturers, 875
retailers, and 5 certification laboratories are currently subject to
the regulations. No increase is expected in those estimates over the
next three years. Particulate matter is the pollutant regulated under
the standards.
Two features of this rulemaking are unique to the New Source
Performance Standard (NSPS) program. First, these standards were
negotiated by representatives of groups affected by the NSPS, including
those groups which are burdened by the information collection
activities. None of these activities were judged to be unreasonable by
these representatives. Some of these provisions were recommended by the
affected groups as a means of promoting an efficient and smooth-running
certification and enforcement program. Second, these regulations
established a certification program instead of the usual NSPS
requirement that each affected facility demonstrates compliance through
new source review and testing. Under this certification program, a
single wood heater is tested to demonstrate compliance for an entire
model line, which could consist of thousands of stoves. The
certification approach significantly reduces the compliance burden,
including information collection, for the manufacturers of wood
heaters. Because of the potential risks to the environment from the
intentional or accidental misuse of the certification approach, there
were, however, several safeguards included, some of which entail
reporting and recordkeeping.
Under this regulation, wood heater manufacturers, testing
laboratories, and retailers are required to submit reports to EPA and/
or to maintain records for demonstrating compliance with the NSPS.
The information supplied by the manufacturer to the Agency is used:
(1) To ensure that Best Demonstrated Technology is being applied to
reduce emissions from wood heaters; (2) to ensure that the wood heater
tested for certification purposes is in compliance with the applicable
emission standards; (3) to provide assurance that untested production
model heaters have emission performance characteristics similar to
tested models; and (4) to provide an indicator of continued compliance.
Information supplied to the Agency by testing laboratories is used
to grant or to deny laboratory accreditation, and to assist in
enforcement and compliance activities. Information requested by the
Agency from manufacturers is used to determine compliance with
requirements that are based upon volume of production.
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 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 estimated to average 51
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; to 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; to
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; to train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers and sellers of new
residential wood stoves.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 934.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,728.
Estimated Total Costs: $1,964,000 which includes $1,346,000
annualized capital/startup costs, $3,000 annual O&M costs and $615,000
annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The labor hour increase of 2,075 hours is
due to the increase in the number of accredited test laboratories and
the number of wood stove manufacturers.
Dated: February 24, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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