Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0038-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines
Posted Date: 2023-08-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56617-56618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17841]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0038; FRL-11348-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Spark Ignition Internal 
Combustion Engines (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 Stationary Spark 
Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (EPA ICR Number 2227.07, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0610), 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 September 30, 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 September 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0038, 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. 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 specific 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 September 30, 2023. An agency may 
not 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 previous requested via the Federal Register on 
July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This notice 
allows

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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 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 
Stationary Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart JJJJ) were promulgated on January 18, 2008; and most-recently 
amended on August 10, 2022. These regulations apply to existing and new 
manufacturers, owners, and operators of stationary spark ignition (SI) 
internal combustion engines (ICE) that commenced construction, 
modification, or reconstruction either on or after the dates specified 
at 40 CFR 60.4230(a)(1)-(6). 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 JJJJ.
    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 the NSPS.
    Form Numbers: 5900-596.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers, owners, and operators 
of stationary spark ignition internal combustion engines.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart JJJJ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 20,088 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 38,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,540,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,920,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes or 
changes in regulatory requirements. The change in the burden and cost 
estimates is due primarily to an increase in the number of existing 
sources subject to rule requirements. This increase is based on the 
growth rate from the prior ICR and assumes continued growth in the 
manufacture and use of SI ICE. This has led to an increase in O&M 
costs, as well as for recordkeeping and reporting costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-17841 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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