[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65670-65671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27588]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0093; FRL--9987-91-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-Fired 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), NESHAP for Coal- and Oil-Fired 
Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (EPA ICR No. 2137.08, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0567), 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, 2018. Public comments were previously requested, 
via the Federal Register, 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 22, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0093, 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

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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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam 
Generating Units (40 CFR part 63, subpart UUUUU) apply to each 
individual or group of two or more new, reconstructed, or existing 
electric utility steam generating units (EGUs) within a contiguous area 
and under common control. An EGU is defined as a fossil fuel-fired 
combustion unit of more than 25 megawatts electric (MWe) that serves a 
generator that produces electricity for sale, or a fossil fuel-fired 
unit that cogenerates steam and electricity and supplies more than one-
third of its potential electric output capacity and more than 25 MWe 
output to any utility power distribution system for sale. New 
facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction 
after the date of proposal.
    In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They 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. These notifications, reports, and 
records are essential in determining compliance with 40 CFR part 63, 
subpart UUUUU.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of coal- and 
oil-fired EGUs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, Subpart 
UUUUU).
    Estimated number of respondents: 322 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 284,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $132,000,000 (per year), which includes 
$104,000,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This change is not due to any program changes. The 
overall decrease in the burden and cost estimates occurred due to more 
accurate estimates of existing and anticipated new sources. 
Additionally, there is an adjustment increase in the capital/start-up 
and O&M costs from the previous ICR. The prior ICR inadvertently 
removed O&M costs for existing sources, while this ICR reincorporates 
O&M costs for existing respondents.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-27588 Filed 12-20-18; 8:45 am]
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