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recently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This is due to 

several considerations: (1) The 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years; and 

(2) the growth rate for this industry is 

very low or non-existent, so there is no 

significant change in the number of 

respondents. Since there are no changes 

in the regulatory requirements and there 

is no significant industry growth, there 

are also no changes in the capital/ 

startup costs. Operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs have been 

adjusted using the CEPCI Index to 

reflect the increase in costs since 2005. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0623; FRL–8867–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Natural Gas Transmission and 

Storage (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission 

and Storage (EPA ICR Number 1789.11, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0418), 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 October 31, 2021. 

Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

February 8, 2021 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An agency may neither conduct nor 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 13, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0623, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), 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. 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 

are closed to the public, with limited 

exceptions, to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. We encourage the 

public to submit comments via https:// 

www.regulations.gov/, or email, as there 

may be a delay in processing mail and 

faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may 

be received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on the 

EPA Docket Center services and the 

current status, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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: 

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 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 National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Natural Gas Transmission 

and Storage (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

HHH) apply to existing facilities and 

new facilities that are major sources of 

hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and that 

either transport or store natural gas prior 

to entering the pipeline to a local 

distribution company or to a final end 

user (if there is no local distribution 

company). In general, all NESHAP 

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 with 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart HHH. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Natural 

gas transmission and storage facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

HHH). 

Estimated number of respondents: 73 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 3,780 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $448,000 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in the total estimated burden 

from the most recently-approved ICR as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. This 

increase is not due to any program 

changes. This increase is due to an 

increase in the number of affected 

sources subject to the rule based on the 

latest available data and taking into 

account growth in this industry. The 

growth rate for the industry is based on 

our consultations with the Agency’s 

internal industry experts, including a 

review of EPA’s ECHO, GHGRP, and 

data from related rulemakings. There are 

no capital/startup or operation and 

maintenance costs incurred as a result 

of these standards because the industry 

has primarily installed flares to control 

emissions. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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