[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70565-70566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30011]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6906-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas 
Turbines

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

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forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval: Standards of Performance for Stationary Gas Turbines, 
(Subpart GG), OMB No. 2060-0028, expiration date January 31, 2001. 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 December 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1071.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0028 to the following address: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
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: 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. 1071.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Chris Oh at (202) 564-7004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Standards of Performance for 
Stationary Gas Turbines (Subpart GG), (OMB Control No. 2060-0028; EPA 
ICR No. 1071.07) expires January 31, 2001. This is a request for an 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of stationary gas turbines subject 
to the NSPS for subpart GG must submit a one-time-only notification of 
construction/reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup date, 
initial performance test date, physical or operational changes, and 
demonstration of a continuous monitoring system. They also must provide 
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, sulfur and nitrogen content of the fuel, fuel to water 
ratio, rate of fuel consumption, and ambient conditions.
    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 is used for 
targeting inspections and other uses in the compliance and enforcement 
program.
    Responses to these information collections are mandatory, per 
section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required information consists 
of emissions data and other information that has been determined not to 
be confidential. 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 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 request for 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 
08/17/00 (65 FR 50196); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 56 
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: Owners/Operators of stationary gas 
turbines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 775.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 93,439.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    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. 1071.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0028 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 16, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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