[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 250 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77074-77075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31406]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0499; FRL-9525-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/
Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
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
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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 January 30,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0499, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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
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, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, 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 August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), 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 both 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-2012-0499, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 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 either 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
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Steam
Generating Units (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1088.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0072.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2013.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, or
additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Db.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial
notification report, performance tests, periodic reports, and 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. Reports are also
required semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 388
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: Owners or operators of industrial/
commercial/institutional steam generating units with a heat input
capacity from fuels combusted in the unit of greater than 29 MW (100
million Btu/hour).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,727.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,607,368.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $190,544,313, which includes
$155,639,313 in labor costs, $9,000,000 in capital/startup costs, and
$25,905,000 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The
estimated number of respondents has been adjusted to account for
industry growth that has occurred since the most recent ICR was
approved and to correct an inconsistency in the previous ICR estimate.
Specifically, this ICR corrects the estimated number of respondents to
be consistent with the supporting rationale. Both adjustments resulted
in an increased number of existing sources and associated respondent
and Agency labor hours. Also, this ICR makes adjustments to respondent
and Agency labor hours in order to make the estimation methodology
consistent with that of other ICRs. The previous ICR assumed that the
per-respondent labor hours for each burden activity accounted for all
technical, managerial, and clerical hours. This ICR assumes that labor
hours account for technical hours only, and that clerical and
managerial hours require an additional 10 and 5 percent of technical
hours, respectively. Additionally, this ICR calculates burden costs
using the most recent labor rates.
There is an increase in respondent Operations and Maintenance costs
compared to the costs in the previous ICR. This increase is also due to
industry growth and reflects O&M costs that will be incurred by both
existing facilities and new facilities since the most recent ICR.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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