[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 163 (Thursday, August 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48270-48271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16698]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0778; FRL-8459-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial 
and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 
2028.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0551

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. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 24, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0778, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; 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 October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58853), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0778, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or, in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room B 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 Center is 
(202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://

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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 ``docket 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: NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers 
and Process Heaters (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2028.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0551.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2007. 
Under 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 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 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Industrial, Commercial and Institutional 
Boilers and Process Heaters (40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDD) were 
proposed on January 13, 2003, and promulgated on December 6, 2006.
    This regulation applies to new, reconstructed, or existing 
industrial, commercial and institutional boilers and process heaters 
that are a major source of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions. A 
major source of HAP emissions is any stationary source or group of 
stationary sources located within a contiguous area and under common 
control that emits or has the potential to emit any single HAP at a 
rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) or more per year or any combination of 
HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year.
    Owners/operators of industrial, commercial and institutional 
boilers and process heaters facilities are required to submit initial 
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Respondents are 
also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any 
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected 
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is 
inoperative. Semiannual reports are also required. These notifications, 
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance; and are 
required, in general, of all sources subject to NESHAP.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
five years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports 
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local 
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the 
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart 
DDDDD, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. 
The required information consists of emissions data and other 
information that have been determined to be private.
    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 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 86 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Industrial, commercial and 
institutional boilers and process heaters facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,625.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually and occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 513,995.
    Estimated Total Costs: $74,783,461, which includes $10,780,000 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $18,220,800 annualized Operations & 
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $45,783,461 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The number of responses subject to the 
standard is estimated to be 5,974. The number of responses in the 
previous ICR was 18,788. During the initial compliance period a large 
number of facilities were required to determine whether they were 
subject to the standard. Most were not subject and no additional 
reporting is required, therefore, a large reduction in the number of 
affected facilities occurred. There is an adjustment decrease of 
636,250 hours in the total estimated burden hours as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease 
is not due to any program changes. The change in the burden has 
occurred because the initial performance tests and the initial reports 
for existing sources have been completed and submitted to the Agency. 
The relatively small number of new sources causes a small increase in 
burden hours. However, the net overall effect is a decrease in the 
number of burden hours.
    There is an increase in the capital/startup and operation and 
maintenance (O&M) cost compared to the previous ICR. The reason for 
this increase is due to the fact that this renewal ICR incurred O&M 
costs as compared with the active ICR that included primarily capital/
startup costs. There is also an increase of 289 additional new sources 
per year over the next three years of this ICR. The net effect is an 
increase in cost to the subject facilities.

    Dated: August 14, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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