[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45747-45748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18774]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0687; FRL-9999-04-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines 
(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 Stationary Combustion 
Turbines (EPA ICR Number 1967.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0540), 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 November 30, 
2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 6, 2019 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 September 30, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0687, 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

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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, EPA 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 Stationary Combustion Turbines were proposed on 
January 14, 2003; promulgated on March 5, 2004; and amended last on 
April 20, 2006. The regulations apply to sources that either commenced 
construction or reconstruction after January 14, 2003. On August 18, 
2004, these standards were amended to stay the effectiveness for the 
two gas-fired stationary combustion turbine subcategories (i.e., lean 
pre-mix gas-fired turbines and diffusion flame gas-fired turbines). 
Under this stay, new sources in either subcategory that are either 
constructed or reconstructed after January 14, 2003 are required to 
submit initial notification reports, but are also relieved of the 
obligation to comply with other reporting or monitoring requirements 
until EPA makes a final decision. Amendments to the NESHAP were 
proposed on April 12, 2019, as a result of a residual risk and 
technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air Act (CAA; however, 
these amendments have not been finalized and no burden associated with 
the proposed amendments is included in this ICR. This information is 
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart YYYY.
    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, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of stationary 
combustion turbines.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory 40 CFR part 63.
    Estimated number of respondents: 122 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual, semiannual.
    Total estimated burden: 1,430 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $166,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden from the most 
recently-approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The number of 
respondents in this ICR is based on an inventory conducted as part of 
the Risk and Technology Review for this source category. The inventory 
reflects an increase in the number of facilities with gas-fired 
stationary combustion turbines and a decrease in the number of 
facilities with landfill or digester gas-fired and oil-fired stationary 
combustion turbines. The decrease in burden, capital, and operation and 
maintenance costs reflects industry trends towards gas-fired turbines. 
Turbines included in the two gas-fired subcategories that are either 
constructed or reconstructed after January 14, 2003 are required to 
submit initial notification reports, but are currently not required to 
comply with other reporting or monitoring requirements until EPA makes 
a final decision on the rule.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18774 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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