[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40512-40513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11256]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0064; FRL-8197-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units (Renewal), ICR Number 1053.08, OMB Number 2060-0023

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 for Electric Utility 
Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart Da), OMB Control Number 
2060-0023, EPA ICR Number 1053.08. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on, or before August 16, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 564-7016; fax number (202) 
564-0050; e-mail address [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0064, which is available for public viewing at 
the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through the Federal Docket Management System 
(FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov. Use FDMS to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public 
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are 
available electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then 
key in the Docket ID Number identified above. Also, you can send 
comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0064 and OMB Control Number 2060-0023 in any 
correspondence.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using FDMS (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in FDMS as EPA receives them without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), 
or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. 
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will 
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that 
is placed in FDMS. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, see EPA's Federal Register 
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), 
or go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (Renewal).

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    EPA ICR Number: 1053.08; OMB Control Number 2060-0023.
    This is a request to renew an existing approved collection that is 
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2006. Under the OMB regulations, the 
Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information 
while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of electric utility steam generating 
units subject to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) subpart Da 
must make one-time notification of construction/reconstruction, 
anticipated and actual startup, initial performance test, physical or 
operational changes, and demonstration of a continuous monitoring 
system. They also must 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 mandatory by 
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 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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 85 
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 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 or operators of electric 
utility steam generating units subject to subpart Da.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 655.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 133,553.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $19,490,000, includes $2,200,000 
annualized capital and $9,660,000 O&M costs.

    Dated: July 8, 2006.
 Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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