[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64514-64515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18488]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0426; FRL-8238-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Fossil Fuel Fired Steam 
Generating Units (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1052.08, OMB Control Number 
2060-0026

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. The ICR which is abstracted 
below describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before December 4, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0426, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code: 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

    Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding 
during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing 
to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary 
changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of 
operation by people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to 
view documents. Consult EPA's Federal Register notice at 71 FR 38147 
(July 15, 2006) or the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm for current information on docket status; locations and 
telephone numbers.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zofia Kosim, Air Enforcement Division, 
Office of Civil Enforcement, Mail Code 2242A, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number (202) 564-8733; fax number (202) 564-0068; E-mail address 
[email protected]. Refer to EPA ICR Number 1052.08.

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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), 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-0426, which is available for public viewing online 
at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without 
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1052.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0026.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that will expire on November 30, 2006. Under the OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 number for

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EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the 
Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and 
displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other 
appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or 
form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    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 (which are 
semiannual) 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 
(CBI) (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).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 46.6 
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 fossil-fuel-
fired steam generating units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 660.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 61,545 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,415,450, which includes $0 
annualized capital start up costs, $9,900,000 Operations & Maintenance 
(O & M) annual costs, and $3,515,450 annual labor costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens.

    Dated: October 25, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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