Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0060-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Gas Turbines
Posted Date: 2023-04-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19638-19639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06819]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0060; FRL-10874-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (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 Stationary Gas Turbines 
(EPA ICR Number 1071.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0028) 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, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (87 FR 43843) on July 22, 
2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0060, to EPA online using 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-dat 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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2023. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 43843). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 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 (NSPS) for 
Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR part 60, subpart GG) were promulgated 
on September 10, 1979; and last-amended on February 27, 2014. These 
regulations

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apply to existing facilities and new facilities that have stationary 
gas turbines with a heat input at peak load equal or greater than 10.7 
gigajoules per hour (based on the lower heating value of the fuel 
fired). There are no new facilities under this subpart, as any facility 
which commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after 
February 18, 2005 is subject to the NSPS for Stationary Combustion 
Turbines (40 CFR part 60, subpart KKKK). This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG.
    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: Stationary gas turbine facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart GG).
    Estimated number of respondents: 535 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 69,100 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $8,290,000 (per year), includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to two considerations: (1) the 
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not 
anticipated to change over the next three years; and (2) the growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
significant change in the overall burden. Since there are no changes in 
the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry 
growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup or operation 
and maintenance (O&M) costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-06819 Filed 3-31-23; 8:45 am]
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