Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0063-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Steam Generating Units
Posted Date: 2022-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 185 (Monday, September 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 58345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20544]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0063; FRL-10229-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional 
Steam Generating Units (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 Industrial/Commercial/
Institutional Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1088.16, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0072), 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 November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested, 
via the Federal Register on April 8, 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. 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 October 26, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0063, 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: 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 for Industrial/
Commercial/Institutional Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Db) apply to existing and new industrial/commercial/
institutional steam generating units (boilers) that have a heat input 
capacity from fuels combusted in the unit of greater than 29 megawatts 
(MW) (100 million British thermal units per hour (MMBtu/hr)). 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: Owners and operators of commercial, 
industrial, or institutional steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Db).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,068 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,890,000 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $265,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$37,900,000 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 an adjustment. This increase is not due 
to any program changes. The increase is based on an increase in the 
number of sources subject to the NSPS due to continued growth in the 
industry. There is no increase in capital costs, but there is an 
increase in O&M costs because the number of existing respondents 
conducting O&M has increased.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-20544 Filed 9-23-22; 8:45 am]
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