

[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)]
[Notices]               
[Page 54032-54033]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0043; FRL-8471-7]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1053.09, OMB Control Number 
2060-0023

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 22, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0043, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0043, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket and Information 
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper,

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will be made available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov
, as EPA receives them and without change, unless 

the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business 
Information (CBI,) or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1053.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0023.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The respondents to this information collection are owners 
or operators of electric utility steam generating units subject to the 
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) subpart Da. These regulations 
apply to electric utility steam generating units which are capable of 
combusting more than 73 megawatts (MW) heat input of fossil fuel 
commencing construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. This information will be used by enforcement agencies to 
verify that sources subject to the standard are meeting the emission 
reductions mandated by the Clean Air Act.
    Owners/operators of electric utility steam generating facilities 
are required to submit one-time notification of construction/
reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup, initial performance 
test, physical or operational changes, and demonstration of a 
continuous monitoring system. Respondents are also required to submit a 
report on initial performance test results, monitoring results, and 
excess emissions. Records must be maintained 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. Semiannual and quarterly reports are also required. 
These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to 
NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports 
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local 
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the 
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Da 
as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.
    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. The OMB Control Number for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 96 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Electric utility steam generating 
units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 677.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 160,839.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $26,675,248, which includes $2,200,000 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $10,155,000 annualized Operating and 
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $14,320,248 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because the active ICR 
did not account for managerial and clerical burden. Also, the hourly 
labor rate used was not consistent with the rates for that year which 
created a calculation error which this renewal has corrected. There is 
also an increase in the number of sources, thus contributing to the 
increase in burden hours and costs.

    Dated: September 12, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E7-18675 Filed 9-20-07; 8:45 am]

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