[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69757-69758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32382]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6508-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired 
Steam Generating Units

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Subpart D, Standards of 
Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0026, expires 1/31/00. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1052.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Seth Heminway at (202) 564-7017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NSPS Subpart D, Standards of 
Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (OMB No. 2060-
0026; EPA ICR No. 1052.06, expiration date 1/31/00). This is a request 
for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of steam generating units subject to 
subpart D must make one-time-only notifications of construction/
reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup, initial performance 
test, physical or operational changes, and demonstration of a 
continuous monitoring system. They must also submit reports on initial 
performance test results, monitoring system performance, and excess 
emissions. Records must be maintained of startups, shutdowns, 
malfunctions, and periods when the continuous monitoring system is 
inoperative.
    The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or 
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. 
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of 
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and 
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance 
was achieved. The monitoring and excess emissions reports are used for 
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, 
and for compliance determinations. The information collected from 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are used for targeting 
inspections, and for other uses in compliance and enforcement programs.
    Responses to this information collection are deemed to be 
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required 
information consists of emissions data and other information that have 
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted 
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, 
Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information 
(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 
40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, 
March 23, 1979).
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on June 4, 
1999 (64 FR 30011); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24 
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; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of

[[Page 69758]]

information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of Fossil Fuel 
Fired Steam Generating Units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 660.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 62,865 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $9,900,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1052.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0026 in any 
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 401 M 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 8, 1999.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32382 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P