[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27772]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0019; FRL--9972-12-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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR)--NSPS for Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units, EPA ICR No. 1053.12, OMB Control No. 2060-0023--to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 
2017. Public comments were requested previously via the Federal 
Register (82 FR 29552) on June 29, 2017, 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 neither conduct 
nor 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 25, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0019, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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: Patrick Yellin, 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) 564-2970; 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as the specific 
requirements at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Da. This includes submitting 
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and 
results, and maintaining 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. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
the standards.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Electric utility steam generating 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart Da).
    Estimated number of respondents: 743 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, quarterly and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 177,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $31,900,000 (per year), includes $13,300,000 
for both annualized capital operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
respondent burden, labor costs, and capital/O&M cost from the most-
recently approved ICR. This increase is not due to any program changes. 
The change in burden and costs is due to an increase in the number of 
sources. This ICR assumes an industry growth rate of 11 respondents per 
year, which results in an increase of 33 respondents since the last ICR 
renewal period. The industry growth also results in an increase in O&M 
costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-27772 Filed 12-22-17; 8:45 am]
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