[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 72079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28783]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0019; FRL-9903-31-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating 
Units (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 Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Da) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 
1053.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0023), 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 March 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 January 2, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0019, 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 either 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General 
Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A, and any changes, 
or additions to the Provisions, are specified at 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Da. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must submit 
a onetime-only report of any physical or operational changes, initial 
performance tests, and periodic reports and results. Owners or 
operators 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. Reports are required semiannually at a minimum.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of electric 
utility steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Da).
    Estimated number of respondents: 710 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 168,258 hours (per year). ``Burden'' is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $29,143,496 (per year), includes $12,685,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 7,419 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. There is also an increase in capital/startup and O&M 
costs as compared to the previous ICR. All changes from the most 
recently approved ICR are due to an increase in the number of existing 
sources subject to the standard, and are not due to any program 
changes. The number of existing sources has been increased to account 
for industry growth that has occurred since the most recent ICR was 
approved.
    There is also an increase in respondent and Agency burden costs 
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.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-28783 Filed 11-29-13; 8:45 am]
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