Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0111-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters
Posted Date: 2022-04-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 25014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09007]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0111; FRL-9810-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and 
Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (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), NESHAP for Industrial, 
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (EPA ICR 
Number 2028.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0551), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 13, 2021 
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 May 27, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0111, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 
method), 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 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional 
Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDD) apply to 
existing and new industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers and 
process heaters located at major sources of HAP. In general, all NESHAP 
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 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 NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: 5900-559.
    Respondents/affected entities: Existing and new industrial, 
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at 
major sources of HAP.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart DDDDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,302 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 410,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $118,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$69,900,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. There is 
growth in portions of this industry (biomass-fired and gas-fired 
boilers), but decreases in other portions of the industry (coal-fired 
and liquid-fired boilers) due to shutdowns. The number of existing 
large solid-fired (coal and biomass) boilers, existing large liquid-
fired boilers, existing large Gas 2 boilers, and new large biomass 
boilers were updated using CEDRI December 2020 data and the data 
collected during the proposed rule. These changes have resulted in an 
overall increase in the number of respondents. These changes have also 
resulted in decreases in the overall capital/startup or operation and 
maintenance (O&M) costs, as the majority of new sources (gas-fired 
boilers) have no capital/startup costs. Also, the regulations have not 
changed over the past three years. An amendment to these regulations 
was proposed in 2020, but has not been finalized. Changes in burden due 
to that amendment have not been included in this ICR. One minor error 
in the calculations for the previously-approved ICR (2028.09) has been 
corrected. The number of existing and small limited use solid fuel 
units conducting a biennial tune-up has been adjusted to account for 
the correct number of average annual respondents expected.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-09007 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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