Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0019-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2021-01-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1963-1964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-00246]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0019; FRL-10018-81-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Electric Utility 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 Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 1053.13, OMB Control Number 2060-
0023), 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 
February 28, 2021. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 12, 2020 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 February 10, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0019, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, 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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.

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 
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
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 affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP (40 CFR part 60, subpart A),

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and any changes, or additions to these Provisions, are specified at 40 
CFR part 60, subpart Da. Owners or operators of the affected facilities 
must submit a one-time only report of any physical or operational 
changes, initial performance tests, and periodic reports and results. 
Owners or operators 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. Reports are required semiannually at 
a minimum. This information is being collected to assure compliance 
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Da.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of electric 
utility steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Da).
    Estimated number of respondents: 732 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 171,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $31,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$11,000,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the 
currently approved ICR due to a slight decrease in the number of 
respondents. Based on consultations with agency experts, we expect no 
new coal-fired boilers under subpart Da and the discontinued use of 
some existing coal-fired units within the industry, thus reducing the 
number of respondents required to conduct recordkeeping and reporting. 
This results in a reduction in labor burden and eliminates costs 
associated with initial notifications and capital/startup costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-00246 Filed 1-8-21; 8:45 am]
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