Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2018-0249-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units
Posted Date: 2019-05-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25046-25047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11274]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2018-0249; FRL-9994-60-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New 
Electric Utility 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 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
for New Electric Utility Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 2465.04, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0685), 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 July 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via 
the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2018-0249, to: (1) 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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.

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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (40 
CFR part 60, subpart TTTT) were proposed on June 2, 2014, and 
promulgated on October 23, 2015 (80 FR 64510). These regulations apply 
to newly constructed, modified or reconstructed facilities with 
electric utility generating units (EGUs) including any steam generating 
unit, IGCC, or stationary combustion turbine that commenced 
construction after January 8, 2014 or commenced reconstruction after 
June 18, 2014. To be considered an EGU the unit must be: (1) Capable of 
combusting more than 250 MMBtu/h heat input of fossil fuel; and (2) 
serve a generator capable of supplying more than 25 MW net to a utility 
distribution system (i.e., for sale to the grid). 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 TTTT.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. This NSPS imposes a minimal information collection 
burden on affected sources beyond what sources would already be subject 
to under the authorities of CAA parts 75 (Acid Rain Program CEM 
requirements) and 98 (Mandatory GHG Reporting, applicable to EGUs that 
capture CO2). Apart from certain reporting costs to comply 
with the emission standards under the rule, there are no additional 
information collection costs, as the information required by the rule 
is already collected and reported by other regulatory programs. 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: Fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart TTTT).
    Estimated number of respondents: 32 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 883 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $101,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred 
because these standards have been in effect for more than three years. 
The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the 
initial activities for subject facilities. This ICR, by in large, 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. This 
ICR also assumes that all existing respondents will spend up to 8 hours 
annually for review of the rule, and will continue to submit quarterly 
reports. There are no capital or operation and maintenance costs 
associated with these standards.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11274 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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