[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4234-4235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01637]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0085; FRL-9509-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for New Residential Wood 
Heaters (EPA ICR Number 1176.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0161), 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, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on April 13, 2021 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 February 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0085, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
    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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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: Manufacturers of wood heaters and testing laboratories 
and third-party certifiers are required to comply with reporting and 
record keeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart A), as well as for the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR 
part 60 Subpart AAA. This includes submitting initial notifications, 
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining 
records. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with 
these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of wood heating 
appliances, testing laboratories, third-party certifiers.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart AAA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 62 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually, biennially, every five years.
    Total estimated burden: 4,380 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,180,000 (per year), which includes 
$657,000 in annualized capital startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. Among other 
considerations, the number of manufacturers and the number of certified 
woodstove model lines have both increased since the previous ICR.

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These two factors have contributed to an increase in respondents, labor 
burden, and in the number of responses.
    The growth rate for manufacturers entering this industry has slowed 
since the previous ICR, and no new respondents are expected during the 
three-year period of this ICR. The number of existing testing 
laboratories and third-party certifiers has remained constant since the 
previous ICR. The capital/startup costs have decreased since the 
previous ICR, which occurred during a period when manufacturers were 
introducing approximately 30 new model lines each year to comply with 
Step 2 requirements. In this ICR, we expect the introduction of new 
model lines to be 15 per year. This results in a decrease in capital/
startup costs for performance testing and new model certification. 
There is an increase in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs 
reflecting the increase in model lines that are tested as part of the 
manufacturers Quality Assurance Program. Also, in this ICR, we have 
reorganized Table 1, Table 2, and the Total Annual Responses tables to 
separate requirements for new model lines from existing model lines. 
This ICR also reorganizes the Capital/Startup vs. Operation and 
Maintenance (O&M) Costs table to distinguish between initial costs for 
new models and operation and maintenance costs for existing models. 
Additionally, this ICR adjusts the labor assumptions for the `burden' 
associated with manufacturer review of QA annual audit reports provided 
by third-party certifiers to reflect that audits are anticipated to be 
performed for all of a single manufacturer's model lines in one visit 
and the results of the audits would be presented in a single batch or 
report for manufacturer review. Similarly, this ICR assumes that third-
party certifiers will prepare the QA annual audit report on a 
manufacturer, rather than model line, basis. Finally, this ICR also 
adjusts the labor assumptions associated with recordkeeping 
requirements for manufacturers for test documentation and for retention 
of sealed stoves to reflect that the number of model lines per 
manufacturer and the frequency of the activity. These adjustments 
minimally reduce burden for these activities, however, there remains an 
overall increase in burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01637 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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