Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0085-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Oil and Natural Gas Production
Posted Date: 2022-11-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72991-72992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25796]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0085; FRL-10456-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Oil and Natural Gas Production 
(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 Oil and Natural Gas 
Production (EPA ICR Number 1788.13, OMB Control Number 2060-0417), 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 January 31, 
2023.

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Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on 
July 22, 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 December 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0085, to EPA 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. 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 Oil and Natural Gas Production (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart HH) were proposed on February 6, 1998, and promulgated on June 
17, 1999, only for major sources. On July 8, 2005, a supplemental 
proposal was proposed for area sources, with the final rule effective 
date on January 3, 2007. The rule was subsequently amended on August 
16, 2012, to include emission sources for which standards were not 
previously developed. These regulations apply to emission points 
located at both new and existing oil and natural gas production 
facilities that are both major and area sources. A major source of 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) is one that has the potential to emit 10 
tons or more of any single HAP or 25 tons or more of total HAP per 
year; an area source is one with the potential to emit less than these 
amounts. New facilities include those that commenced either 
construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
63, subpart HH.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Oil and natural gas production 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart HH).
    Estimated number of respondents: 5,146 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 60,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $8,390,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,110,000 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 currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens due to an increase in the number of new or modified 
sources. This ICR updates the number of affected sources subject to 
these regulations based on an assumption that the industry continues to 
grow at a constant rate since the previous renewal. Because the 
industry growth rate is constant, the number of new sources each year 
is constant, and there is no change in the capital/startup costs from 
the most recently approved ICR. However, the number of existing sources 
has increased due to the industry growth rate, resulting in an increase 
to the operation & maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-25796 Filed 11-25-22; 8:45 am]
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