[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9515-9516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04796]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2014-0102; FRL-9990-82-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Oil and Natural Gas Production and 
Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (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 Oil and Natural Gas 
Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution (EPA ICR 
Number 2437.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0673), 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 March 31, 2019. Public comments 
were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 30, 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 15, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2014-0102, 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: www.epa.gov/dockets.

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    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Oil and 
Natural Gas Production and Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution 
(40 CFR part 60, subpart OOOO) apply to oil and natural gas facilities 
that commence construction, modification or reconstruction after August 
23, 2011 and on or before September 19, 2015, that are involved in the 
extraction and production of oil and natural gas, as well as the 
processing, transmission, and distribution of natural gas. The June 
2016 final rule established a new subpart (40 CFR 60, subpart OOOOa) to 
set new standards for emissions of GHGs and VOCs for affected 
facilities in the crude oil and natural gas source category that 
commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after September 
18, 2015. These amendments also included revisions to improve 
implementation of the NSPS subpart OOOO to address issues raised in 
administrative reconsideration petitions submitted on both the August 
16, 2012 NSPS and the September 13, 2013 amendments. These 
implementation improvements did not change the requirements for 
operations and equipment covered by the current standards at subpart 
OOOO. The information collection requirements of the NSPS (40 CFR 60, 
subpart OOOOa) and associated burden are addressed in EPA ICR Number 
2523.02. In general, all NSPS 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 60, 
subpart OOOO.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Oil and natural gas production and 
natural gas transmission and distribution facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart OOOO).
    Estimated number of respondents: 532 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 69,300 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $9,110,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,220,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the total 
estimated respondent burden and total annual O&M as currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The burden 
decrease occurred because the standard has been in effect for more than 
three years and the requirements are different during initial 
compliance (new facilities) as compared to on-going compliance 
(existing facilities). Additionally, the adjustment decrease in burden 
is due to a decrease in the number of sources subject to 40 CFR 60, 
subpart OOOO. Amendments to Subpart OOOO published on June 3, 2016 (81 
FR 35824) established new standards for affected facilities in the 
crude oil and natural gas source category that commence construction, 
modification, or reconstruction after September 18, 2015. Facilities 
with new affected sources that would have previously met the 
requirements for subpart OOOO must now meet the requirements of 40 CFR 
60, subpart OOOOa. The number of existing respondents that are subject 
to subpart OOOO is assumed to decrease over time as sources are either 
modified (and therefore subject to Subpart OOOOa) or retired. This ICR 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-04796 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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