[Federal Register: November 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 212)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0426; FRL-8238-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Fossil Fuel Fired Steam
Generating Units (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1052.08, OMB Control Number
2060-0026
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR which is abstracted
below describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before December 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0426, 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.
Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of
operation by people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147
(July 15, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
for current information on docket status; locations and
telephone numbers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zofia Kosim, Air Enforcement Division,
Office of Civil Enforcement, Mail Code 2242A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number (202) 564-8733; fax number (202) 564-0068; E-mail address
kosim.zofia@epa.gov. Refer to EPA ICR Number 1052.08.
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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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 EPA-HQ-OECA-0426, 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 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.
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 ``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, 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 Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1052.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0026.
ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection that will expire on November 30, 2006. Under the 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 number for
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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: Owners or operators of steam generating units subject to
Subpart D must make one-time-only notifications of construction/
reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup, initial performance
test, physical or operational changes, and demonstration of a
continuous monitoring system. They must also submit reports on initial
performance test results, monitoring system performance, and excess
emissions. Records must be maintained of startups, shutdowns,
malfunctions, and periods when the continuous monitoring system is
inoperative.
The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance
was achieved. The monitoring and excess emissions reports (which are
semiannual) are used for problem identification, as a check on source
operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations. The
information collected from recordkeeping and reporting requirements are
used for targeting inspections, and for other uses in compliance and
enforcement programs.
Responses to this information collection are deemed to be
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data and other information that have
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40,
chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information
(CBI) (see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43
FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR
17674, March 23, 1979).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 46.6
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; train personnel 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: Owners or operators of fossil-fuel-
fired steam generating units.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 660.
Frequency of Response: Semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 61,545 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,415,450, which includes $0
annualized capital start up costs, $9,900,000 Operations & Maintenance
(O & M) annual costs, and $3,515,450 annual labor costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB inventory of Approved
ICR Burdens.
Dated: October 25, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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