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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 99858-99859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29067]

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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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ACTION: Notice.

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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 [email protected], 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: [email protected].

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]
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