Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0670-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Oil and Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution
Posted Date: 2022-02-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8837-8838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03374]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0670; FRL-9584-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas Production and 
Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas 
Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (EPA ICR 
Number 2437.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0673), 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 April 30, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on February 8, 
2021 during a 60-day

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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 March 18, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0670, 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.

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: 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Oil and 
Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart OOOO) apply to oil and natural gas facilities 
that commence construction, modification or reconstruction after August 
23, 2011 and on or before September 19, 2015, that are involved in the 
extraction and production of oil and natural gas, as well as for the 
processing, transmission, and distribution of natural gas. Affected 
facilities in the crude oil and natural gas source category that 
commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after September 
18, 2015 are instead subject to subpart OOOOa (40 CFR 60, subpart 
OOOOa). 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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Oil and natural gas production and 
natural gas transmission and distribution facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart OOOO).
    Estimated number of respondents: 532 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 69,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $9,430,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,220,000 for annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two 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) no new 
facilities will become subject to this regulation, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. 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 or operation 
and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-03374 Filed 2-15-22; 8:45 am]
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