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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 102891-102892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29965]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0121; FRL-12493-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Comment Request; NSPS for Small Industrial-Commercial-
Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Small Industrial-
Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 
1564.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0202) 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 (88 FR 31748) 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 17, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0121, 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.
    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: [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 
on April 23, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 30358). 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 Small 
Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generation Units (40

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CFR part 60, subpart Dc) were proposed on June 9, 1989; promulgated on 
September 12, 1990; and amended last on February 16, 2012. These 
regulations apply to existing facilities and new industrial-commercial-
institutional steam generating units with a maximum design heat input 
capacity of 29 megawatts (MW) (100 MMBtu/hr) or less, but greater than 
or equal to 2.9 MW (10 MMBtu/hr), commencing construction, 
modification, or reconstruction after June 9, 1989. New facilities 
include those that commenced construction, modification or 
reconstruction after the date of the proposal. This information is 
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Dc.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Small industrial-commercial-
institutional steam generators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Dc).
    Estimated number of respondents: 356 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 241,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $51,700,000 (per year), includes $21,300,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
respondent burden, and capital and O&M costs from the most-recently 
approved ICR. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
change in burden and costs is due to an increase in the number of 
respondents. This ICR assumes an industry growth rate of 11 respondents 
per year, or an increase of 33 respondents, since the last ICR renewal 
period, which results in an increase in burden and the number of 
responses submitted. The industry growth also results in an increase in 
capital O&M costs. There is also an increase in costs, due to the use 
of updated labor rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most recent 
Bureau of Labor Statistics report (September 2022) to calculate 
respondent burden costs. There is an additional increase in capital and 
O&M costs due to an adjustment to increase from 2007 to 2022 $ using 
the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-29965 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
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