
[Federal Register: December 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 240)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0528; FRL-9092-9]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial-Commercial-
Institutional Steam Generating Units, EPA ICR Number 1088.12, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0072

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 January 15, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0528, 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 
28221T, 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: Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of 
Compliance, Mail code: 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7021; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: 
marshall.robert@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 July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38004), 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-2009-0528, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 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 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, 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 Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam 
Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Db).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1088.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0072.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2010. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this

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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: Entities potentially affected by this action are the 
owners or operators of industrial/commercial/institutional steam 
generating units. The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) at 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart A and any changes, or additions to the General 
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Db. Owners or operators 
of the affected facilities must make an initial notification, 
performance tests, and 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, at a minimum, are required 
semiannually.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 214 
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: Owners or operators of industrial/
commercial/institutional steam generating units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, quarterly, and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 771,889.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $94,838,557, which includes 
$63,338,557 in labor costs, $9,000,000 in capital/startup costs, and 
$22,500,000 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to adjustment. The total number of 
respondents has increased from 1,185 to 1,500 which results in a 
greater number of respondents, responses, and burden hours. The burden 
also increased somewhat due to calculation errors in the previous ICR 
that are corrected in this ICR. In addition, an increase in respondent 
and Agency labor costs resulted from labor rate increases and the 
inclusion of managerial and clerical labor hours. The previous ICR 
showed only the technical hours.

    Dated: December 7, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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