[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70039-70040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27980]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0331; FRL--9903-03-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for New Residential Wood 
Heaters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart AAA) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1176.11, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0161 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which 
is currently approved through January 31, 2014. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 
2013 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR 
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 
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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 23, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0331, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to: [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Manufacturers and accredited laboratories are required to 
make several one-time and periodic reports necessary for the 
implementation and enforcement of the rule. Also, laboratories, 
manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are required to retain 
certain records.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: New residential wood heaters.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart AAA)
    Estimated number of respondents: 947 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 11,749 hours (per year). ``Burden'' is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,885,287 (per year), includes $1,736,075 in 
both annualized capital/startup and operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated respondent and Agency burdens as currently identified in the 
OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The change in burdens from the most 
recently-approved ICR is due to an increase in the number of sources 
subject to the standard, and is not due to any program changes. The 
number of sources has been increased in this ICR to reflect more 
current information obtained during development of proposed revisions 
to the NSPS.
    There is also an increase in both respondent and Agency burden 
costs

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from the most-recently approved ICR due to the use of updated labor 
rates. This ICR references labor rates from the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics to calculate respondent burden costs, and references labor 
rates from OPM to calculate Agency burden costs.
    There is an increase in both capital/startup and O&M costs as 
compared to the previous ICR; however, this change also is not due to 
any program changes. Similar to the respondent burden adjustments, the 
change is due to the increased number of sources estimated to be 
subject to the standard, and is not due to any program changes.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-27980 Filed 11-21-13; 8:45 am]
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