99858 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0627; FRL–12453–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NSPS for Petroleum Refineries 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (EPA ICR 

Number 1054.15, OMB Control Number 

2060–0022) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2024. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60- 

day comment period. This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before January 9, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0627, to EPA online 

using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

The EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment 

period (88 FR 31748). This notice allows 

for an additional 30 days for public 

comments. Supporting documents, 

which explain in detail the information 

that the EPA will be collecting, are 

available in the public docket for this 

ICR. The docket can be viewed online 

at www.regulations.gov or in person at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for the 

regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart J were proposed on June 11, 

1973; promulgated on March 8, 1974; 

and amended on both September 12, 

2012, and December 1, 2015. These 

regulations apply to affected facilities at 

petroleum refineries that were 

constructed, modified or reconstructed 

on or before May 14, 2007. The affected 

sources are: (1) fluid catalytic cracking 

unit (FCCU) catalyst regenerator or fuel 

gas combustion device (FGCD) other 

than a flare that commenced 

construction, reconstruction or 

modification after June 11, 1973 and on/ 

or before May 14, 2007; (2) FGCD that 

is also a flare that commenced 

construction, reconstruction or 

modification after June 11, 1973 and on/ 

or before June 24, 2008; or (3) any Claus 

sulfur recovery plant with a design 

capacity of more than 20 long tons per 

day sulfur feed which commenced 

construction, reconstruction or 

modification after October 4, 1976 and 

on/or before May 14, 2007. These 

regulations also apply to flares which 

commenced construction, modification, 

or reconstruction on/or before June 24, 

2008. At the time of this ICR renewal, 

all refinery flares are subject to the 

NSPS Subpart Ja requirements. This 

information is being collected to assure 

compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart J. 

In general, all NSPS standards require 

initial notifications, performance tests, 

and periodic reports by the owners/ 

operators of the affected facilities. They 

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 affected facilities 

subject to NSPS. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Petroleum refineries. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart J). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

130 (total). 

Frequency of response: Semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 13,800 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,830,000 (per 

year), includes $1,090,000 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in burden from the most recently 

approved ICR as currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. 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. Second, the 

growth rate for this industry is very low 

or non-existent, so there is no 

significant change in the overall burden. 

There is an increase in capital and 

operation & maintenance costs due to an 

adjustment to increase from 2005 to 

2022 $ using the CEPCI Equipment Cost 

Index. Capital and operation & 

maintenance costs were previously 

adjusted from 2005 to 2019 $. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29069 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2023–0114; FRL–12454–01– 

OMS] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NSPS for Electric Utility Steam 

Generating Units (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 99859 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), NSPS for 

Electric Utility Steam Generating Units 

(EPA ICR Number 1053.14, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0023) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through December 31, 2024. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment 

period. This notice allows for an 

additional 30 days for public comments. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 9, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2023–0114, to EPA online 

using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2024. 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. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (88 

FR 31748) on May 18, 2023 during a 60- 

day comment period (88 FR 31748). 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. Supporting 

documents that explain in detail the 

information that the EPA will be 

collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at https://

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for NSPS 

for Electric Utility Steam Generating 

Units (40 CFR part 60 subpart Da) were 

proposed on September 18, 1978, 

promulgated on June 11, 1979, and 

amended on November 19, 2014 and 

April 6, 2016. These regulations apply 

to new and existing electric utility 

steam generating units capable of 

combusting more than 73 megawatts 

(MW) heat input of fossil fuel. New 

facilities include those that commenced 

construction, modification, or 

reconstruction after the date of proposal. 

This information is being collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart Da. 

In general, all NSPS standards require 

initial notifications, performance tests, 

and periodic reports by the owners/ 

operators of the affected facilities. They 

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 affected facilities 

subject to NSPS. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners and operators of electric steam 

generating units. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart Da). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

732 (total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

semiannually, and quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 171,000 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $37,100,000 (per 

year), includes $15,600,000 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in burden from the most recently 

approved ICR as currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens. 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. Second, the 

growth rate for this industry is very low 

or non-existent, so there is no 

significant change in the overall burden. 

There is an increase in operation & 

maintenance costs due to an adjustment 

to increase from 2008 to 2022 $ using 

the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Information Engagement Division. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29067 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2024–0007; FRL–12450–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; 

Agency Decisions and State and 

Federal Agency Crisis Declarations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted emergency 

exemptions under the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as 

listed in this notice. The exemptions 

were granted during the period April 1, 

2024, to September 30, 2024, to control 

unforeseen pest outbreaks. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Director, Registration 

Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; main 

telephone number: (202) 566–1030; 

email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 


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