Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0027-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Stationary Combustion Turbines
Posted Date: 2023-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4998-4999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01546]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0027; FRL-10609-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (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), NESHAP for Stationary Combustion 
Turbines (EPA ICR Number 1967.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0540), 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 January 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on July 22, 2022 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 February 27, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0027, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), or 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 January 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register 
(87 FR 43843), on July 22, 2022 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. 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 Stationary Combustion Turbines (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YYYY) were proposed on January 14, 2003; promulgated on March 
5, 2004; and amended on: April 20, 2006; November 20, 2019; and March 
9, 2020. The regulations apply to sources that commenced either 
construction or reconstruction after January 14, 2003. On August 18, 
2004, these standards were amended to stay the effectiveness for the 
two gas-fired stationary combustion turbine subcategories (i.e., lean 
pre-mix gas-fired turbines and diffusion flame gas-fired turbines). 
Amendments to the NESHAP were finalized on March 9, 2020, as a result 
of a residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean 
Air Act (CAA). Additionally, the EPA removed the stay of the 
effectiveness of the standards for new lean premix and

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diffusion flame gas-fired turbines that was promulgated in 2004 on 
March 9, 2022. New facilities include those that commenced either 
construction, or modification or reconstruction after January 14, 2003. 
This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR 
part 63, subpart YYYY.
    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, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: 5900-600.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of stationary 
combustion turbines.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart YYYY).
    Estimated number of respondents: 280 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 8,490 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,060,000 (per year), which includes $37,100 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most-
recently approved ICR is due to adjustments. The change in burden for 
the new and existing facilities is due primarily to implementation of 
prior amendments to the regulation. An amendment finalized in March 
2022 removed the stay of effectiveness for standards implemented in 
2004. The removed stay affected standards of new lean premix and 
diffusion flame gas-fired turbines. This led to an adjustment increase 
in burden from the most-recently approved ICR since there is an 
increase in the number of existing sources required to meet the 
notification, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements over the next 
three years. During the development of rule amendments in 2020 and 
2022, EPA collaborated with industry to investigate an estimate of 
existing sources. The data collected by EPA indicated an additional 158 
sources were identified compared to the previous ICR. As a result, we 
identified 246 existing facilities subject to Subpart YYYY. This ICR 
assumes a continuous growth rate of 8 new gas-fired turbines per year 
based on the industry growth rate in the currently-approved ICR and 
information collected during the 2020 and 2022 rulemakings.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-01546 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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