Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0360-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines
Posted Date: 2010-08-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register: August 11, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 154)]
[Notices]               
[Page 48666-48667]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0360; FRL-9188-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines 
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1071.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0028

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 10, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2010-0360 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30813), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0360, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents, whether submitted electronically or in paper will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about in the docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``docket search,'' then key 
in the docket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA's policy 
is that public comments the electronic docket, go to 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1071.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0028.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedule to expire on October 31, 2010. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Stationary 
Gas Turbines (40 CFR part 60, subpart GG) were proposed on October 3, 
1977, and promulgated on September 10, 1979.
    Owners and operators of stationary gas turbines must submit a one-
time-only notification of construction/reconstruction, modification, 
and startup date, initial performance test date, physical or 
operational changes, and demonstration of a continuous monitoring 
system. They also must provide a report on initial performance test 
result, monitoring results, and any excess emissions. Records must be 
maintained of: Startups, shutdowns, and malfunctions; periods when the 
continuous monitoring system is inoperative; sulfur and nitrogen 
content of the fuel; fuel to water ratio; rate of fuel consumption; and 
ambient conditions. Semiannual reports are also required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, retain the file for at least two 
years following the date of such measurements, and maintain reports and 
records. Performance test reports are required as this is the Agency's 
record of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission 
standard, and they serve as a record of the operating conditions under 
which compliance was achieved.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In 
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are 
sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG, as 
authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.
    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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's 
regulations are list in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information are estimated to average 64 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining, information, and disclosing and providing information. All 
existing ways will have to adjust to comply with any previously 
applicable instructions and requirements that have subsequently 
changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of 
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Stationary gas turbines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 535.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 68,447.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,474,328, which includes $6,474,328 
in labor costs exclusively, with neither capital/startup costs nor any 
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in the number of 
affected facilities or the number of responses compared to the previous 
ICR.
    There is however, an increase in the estimated labor burden hours 
and cost as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The change in 
the labor burden hours and cost estimates has occurred because the 
previous ICR did not reflect the managerial and clerical burden. This 
renewal package includes those costs. We also updated the labor rates, 
which resulted in an increase in labor costs.

    Dated: August 5, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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