81 FR 47796 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional Steam Generating Units (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 141 (July 22, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/ Institutional Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart Db) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1088.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0072), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2016. Public comments were previously-requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015, 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47796-47797]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17289]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0499; FRL-9947-52-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/Institutional 
Steam Generating Units (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Industrial/Commercial/
Institutional Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart Db) 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1088.14, OMB Control No. 2060-0072), to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through July 31, 2016. Public comments were previously-requested via 
the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015, 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 August 22, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0499, to: (1) EPA online using 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. 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: [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 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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 NSPS (40 CFR part 60, subpart A) and any changes, or 
additions to the Provisions are specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Db. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial 
notification, performance tests, periodic reports, and 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 also required 
semiannually.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Industrial, commercial, and 
institutional steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Db).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,846 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,690,000 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $210,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$35,100,000 in both annualized capital/startup and operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
overall burden in this ICR from the most-recently approved ICR. This is 
due to a projection of industry growth, resulting in additional sources 
becoming subject to the regulation. The growth projection is based on 
the Agency's November 2011 industry analysis. This results in an 
increase in the respondent labor

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hours, labor costs, capital and O&M costs, and number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-17289 Filed 7-21-16; 8:45 am]
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