[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5667-5668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03071]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0298; FRL-9988-36-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and 
Institutional Boilers Area Sources (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), NESHAP for Industrial, 
Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (EPA ICR No. 
2253.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0668), 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 was 
previously approved through October 31, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on October 1, 2018 
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.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 25, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0298, 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: The NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional 
Boilers Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJJJJ) affects new and 
existing industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers that are 
located at or part of area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). 
The standard contains six subcategories: Existing boilers designed to 
burn biomass, coal, or liquid fuels and new boilers designed to burn 
biomass, coal, or liquid fuels. The information collection activities 
include initial and annual stack tests, fuel analyses, operating 
parameter monitoring, biennial tune-ups, one-time energy audits, one-
time and periodic reports, and maintenance of records. Varying levels 
of requirements apply to each subcategory. The information collection 
activities will enable EPA to determine initial and continuous 
compliance with emission standards for regulated pollutants, and ensure 
that facilities conduct proper planning, operation, and unit 
maintenance. The provisions of Section 114(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 
42 U.S.C. 7414(a)(1) provide the broad authority for the reporting of 
compliance monitoring and enforcement information, along with Subpart 
Q--Reports in 40 CFR 51: Sections 51.324(a) and (b), and 51.327.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of industrial, 
commercial, or institutional boilers.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 63, subpart 
JJJJJJ).
    Estimated number of respondents: 100,374 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, biennially, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,830,000 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: Total annual labor costs are $208,000,000 
(per year), and annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs are 
$132,000,000.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated burden previously identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The change in 
burden and cost estimates occurred because the number of respondents 
has increased, resulting in an increase in the number of responses and 
the total respondent labor hours. This ICR reflects the on-going burden 
and costs for existing facilities and the costs to new facilities and 
includes new estimates of `burden' for existing sources to 
refamiliarize themselves with the rule provisions each year, which is 
estimated at one hour per source per year. The overall result is an 
increase in burden hours and costs.
    There is also an increase in total annual capital/startup and O&M 
costs as compared to the previous ICR. This increase is attributed to 
the fact that new facilities complying with the rules have initial 
compliance costs. All existing facilities will have on-going O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-03071 Filed 2-21-19; 8:45 am]
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