[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27820-27821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10827]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058; FRL-8566-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Collection Effort for 
Facilities With Combustion Units, EPA ICR Number 2286.01, OMB Control 
No. 2060-New

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 for a new 
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 13, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0058, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail 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: Jim Eddinger, Energy Strategies Group, 
Sector Policies and Program Division, (D243-01), Environmental 
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-5426; fax number: (919) 541-5450; 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 December 7, 2007 (72 FR 69213), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 11 comments during the 
comment period, which are addressed in the ICR. 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 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0058, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 
is open from 8 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 Air and Radiation Docket is 202-
566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
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 www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Information Collection Effort for Facilities with Combustion 
Units.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2286.01, OMB Control No. 2060-New.

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    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
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, are 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: This information collection will be conducted by EPA's 
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) to assist the Administrator of EPA, 
as required by sections 112(d) and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), in 
determining the current population of affected combustion units and to 
develop emission standards for these source categories.
    There will be two components to the information collection. To 
obtain the information necessary to identify and categorize all boilers 
and process heaters potentially affected by the revised standards, the 
first component of this ICR will solicit information from all 
potentially affected units in the format of an electronic survey under 
authority of section 114 of the CAA. The survey will be submitted to 
all facilities that either submitted an initial notification for the 
vacated standard (40 CFR Part 63, subpart DDDDD, which was vacated by 
the Courts on June 8, 2007), or if initial notification data is not 
available, it will be sent to all facilities identified by States as 
being subject to the vacated standard, or facilities that are 
classified as a major source in their Title V permit that have a boiler 
or process heater listed in their permit. The survey will also be sent 
to units covered by the 2000 emissions standards for commercial and 
industrial solid waste incineration units (40 CFR Part 60 Subpart CCCC) 
(2000 CISWI standard) and to facilities that have incineration units 
that were listed as exempt under the 2000 CISWI standard. A facility 
will complete the survey for all combustion units located at the 
facility. If a facility receiving the survey also has an incinerator at 
the same source, they will be required to complete a separate survey 
section to classify their incinerator design, operations, air pollution 
control, emissions, and fuel.
    The second component will consist of requiring, if deemed 
necessary, again under the authority of section 114 of the CAA, the 
owners/operators of up to a total of 350 combustion units to conduct 
emission testing for hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and HAP surrogates. 
The Agency will analyze the results of the survey to determine if 
sufficient data exist to develop emission standards under sections 
112(d) and 129 of the CAA for all subcategories of fuel and combustor 
types. If data are not sufficient, then the Agency will design a 
statistical sample to select pools of candidates to conduct emission 
testing. The Agency will submit a list of candidates within each 
category to stakeholders for their review and comment. The Agency will 
make a random selection of test sites, within each category, after 
taking into account stakeholders comments. The testing results will be 
required to be submitted to the Agency.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24 
hours per response for the survey and 85 hours per response for the 
stack testing. 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: Respondents affected by this action 
may be owners/operators of industrial, commercial, and institutional 
boilers and process heaters as defined under the vacated boiler and 
process heater NESHAP.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,396.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 37,328.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,118,852. This includes estimated 
O&M costs of $1,133 for the electronic survey component and $10,507,117 
for the stack testing component. There are no capital or start-up 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Because this is a new ICR, there is no 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: May 8, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-10827 Filed 5-13-08; 8:45 am]
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