[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 62 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16914-16915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7885]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6568-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standard of Performance for Small 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 Dc, Standards of 
Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam 
Generating Units, OMB No. 2060-0202, expires 6/30/00. 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 May 1, 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. 1564.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Chris Oh at (202) 564-7004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NSPS-Subpart Dc, Standards of 
Performance for Small Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam 
Generating Units (OMB Control No. 2060-0202; EPA ICR No. 1564.05 ) 
expiring June 30, 2000. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of Small Industrial-Commercial-
Institutional Steam Generating Units subject to NSPS subpart Dc must 
make one-time-only notification 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 a report on initial performance test 
results, monitoring results, and excess emissions. Records must be 
maintained of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, 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 records 
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 determination. The information 
collected from recordkeeping and reporting requirements are used for 
targeting inspections, and for other uses in compliance and enforcement 
programs.
    Responses to these information collections 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 se 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 
4000, 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),

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soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
October 29, 1999 (64 FR 58396); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information are estimated to average 49 
hours per response. A 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: Owners/Operators of Small 
Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam Generating Units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 708.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly and Semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 81,078 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $7,680,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burdens, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1564.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0202 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: March 20, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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