[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 205 (Monday, October 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54993-54995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25724]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0406; FRL-8973-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Source
Combustion Turbines (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2177.03, OMB Control
Number 2060-0582
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 25,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0406, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
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preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 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; e-mail address: [email protected].
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 July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), 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-2009-0406, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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 Stationary Source Combustion Turbines (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2177.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0582.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009.
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
Stationary Source Combustion Turbines were proposed on February 18,
2005, and promulgated on July 6, 2006. The standards apply to
stationary combustion turbines with a heat input at peak load equal to
or greater than 10.7 gigajoules (10 MMMBtu) per hour, based on the
higher heating value of the fuel, which commenced construction,
modification or reconstruction after February 18, 2005. The pollutants
regulated by this subpart are nitrogen oxide (NOX) and
sulfur dioxide (SO2).
Owners or operators of stationary source combustion turbines are
required to submit an initial notification of compliance report. In
addition, owners or operators are required to submit stack tests,
continuous emission monitoring, 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. Semiannual reports are also required.
Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at
least two years following the collection 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 KKKK, as
authorized in sections 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 37
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose and 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. All
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously
applicable instructions and requirements that 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: Owners and operators of stationary
source combustion turbines.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 307.
Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 32,075.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,983,850 in labor costs and no
capital/startup or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase of 16,066
hours in the total estimated labor hour burden as currently identified
in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens because the standard is
now fully implemented. The increase is not due to any program changes.
The previous ICR covered the initial phase of the standard
implementation, which occurred over a three-year period. Hence, the
average number of respondents during the initial phase is less than the
number of respondents when the standard is fully implemented. This ICR
shows the labor hour and cost burden after full implementation.
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Dated: October 20, 2009.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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