[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 231 (Friday, November 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61631-61632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-26081]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0352; FRL-9984-08-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted To OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and 
Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (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 Industrial, 
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (EPA ICR No. 
2028.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0551), 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 November 30, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on June 29, 2017, 
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 31, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0078, 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 either 
online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 
WJC 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional 
Boilers and Process Heaters apply to existing and new industrial, 
commercial, and institutional boilers and process heaters located at 
major sources of HAP. In general, all NESHAP 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 with 40 CFR part 63, DDDDD.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Industrial, commercial, and 
institutional boilers and process heaters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, subpart 
DDDDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,012 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semi-annually, annually, 
biennially, and every five years.
    Total estimated burden: 597,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $196,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$131,000,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment 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 burden and cost estimates occurred because there is continued 
growth for certain subcategories of equipment subject to the standard. 
In addition, the standards have been in effect for more than three 
years and the requirements are different during initial compliance (new 
facilities) as compared to on-going compliance (existing facilities). 
The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the 
initial activities for subject facilities and provided for the 
timeframe for existing facilities to come into compliance prior to 
January 31, 2016. This included purchasing monitoring equipment, 
conducting initial performance tests, and establishing recordkeeping 
systems. This ICR reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing 
facilities. Activities for existing sources include annual testing, 
continuous monitoring of pollutants, and the submission of semiannual, 
biennial, or five-year reports, as determined for each subcategory.
    There is an adjustment decrease in the number of responses as 
compared with the previous ICR. This decrease is a result of removing 
some of the one-time response requirements for existing sources that 
have already met the initial compliance requirements. There is an 
overall increase in the total capital/startup and annual operation and 
maintenance costs compared with the previous ICR. These changes assume 
all existing sources have met the initial requirements of the rule. In 
addition, there are a small number of new

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facilities that are in the initial compliance phase described above.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-26081 Filed 11-29-18; 8:45 am]
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