[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2608-2609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1059]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6525-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for Industrial-
Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Subpart Db, Standards of 
Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating 
Units, OMB No. 2060-0072, expires 3/31/2000. 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 February 17, 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 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1088.09. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Jordan Spooner at 202-564-7058.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NSPS Subpart Db, Standards of 
Performance for Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating 
Units, OMB No. 2060-0072; EPA ICR No. 1088.09, expiration March 31, 
2000. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of steam generating units subject to 
subpart Db 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 results, and excess emissions. 
Records must be maintained of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, and 
periods when the continuous monitoring system is inoperative, and of 
various fuel combustion and pollutant emission parameters.
    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 
record keeping 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 107); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 191 
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 information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Industrial Institutional Steam 
Generating Units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 957.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and Semi-annually.

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    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 575,033 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $25,955,000.
    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. 1088.09 and OMB Control No. 2060-0072 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 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: January 11, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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