[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 226 (Friday, November 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67859-67860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-19880]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0425; FRL-8247-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Industrial-Commercial-
Institutional Steam Generating Units; EPA ICR Number 1088.11, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0072

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 an 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 expected 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 26, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0425, 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this ICR, contact 
Zofia Kosim, Air Enforcement Division, Office of Civil Enforcement, 
Mail Code 2242A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; phone number: (202) 564-8733; fax 
number: (202) 564-0068; e-mail address: [email protected]. Refer to 
EPA ICR Number 1088.11.

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 for online viewing 
at http://www.regulations.gov or in person viewing, docket ID number 
EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0425, which is available at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, 
Room 3334, 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 Room is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comments system at http://www.regulations.gov 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. Once 
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy 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 Industrial-Commercial-Institutional Steam 
Generating Units.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1088.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0072.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to 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 number. The OMB control numbers for 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required 
under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to collect data. 
The information will be used by Agency enforcement personnel to: (1) 
Identify existing sources subject to these standards; (2) ensure that 
the subject sources comply with the requirements; and (3) ensure that 
the control device is properly operated and maintained on a continuous 
basis. In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA 
to identify boilers that may not be in compliance with these standards. 
Based on reported information, the EPA can decide which boilers should 
be inspected and what records or processes should be inspected at the 
boiler. The records that operators maintain would indicate to the EPA 
whether the personnel are operating and maintaining control equipment 
properly. The types of data required are principally emissions data and 
would not be confidential. If any information is submitted to the EPA 
for which a claim of confidentiality is made, the information would be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in 40 CFR, 
chapter 1, part 2, subpart B.
    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 number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The Federal Register document 
required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d) for soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on June 21, 2006. No comments 
were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 200 
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: 1,230.
    Frequency of Response: Semiannually, quarterly for electronic.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 591,389.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $59,384,435, which includes $9,000,000 
annualized capital and $17,775,000 operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the hours or cost 
in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: November 17, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-19880 Filed 11-22-06; 8:45 am]
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