[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21516-21517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06553]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0883; FRL11863-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program 
(EPA ICR Number 2300.20, OMB Control Number 2060-0629) 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, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 4, 2023, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2022-0883, to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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. 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: Joe Ford, Climate Change Division, 
Office of Atmospheric Protection, Office of Air and Radiation (Mail 
Code 6207A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-7659; fax number: 
202-343-2342; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. An agency may not 
conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a 
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on May 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 28546). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting 
documents, which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be 
collecting, are available in the public docket for this

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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: In response to the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act 
(H.R. 2764; Pub. L. 110-161) and under authority of the Clean Air Act, 
the EPA finalized the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule (GHG 
Reporting Rule) (74 FR 56260; October 30, 2009). The GHG Reporting 
Rule, which became effective on December 29, 2009, establishes 
reporting requirements for certain large facilities and suppliers. It 
does not require control of greenhouse gases. Instead, it requires that 
sources emitting greenhouse gases, supplying certain products that 
contain greenhouse gases, or injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) 
underground in quantities above certain threshold levels, to monitor 
and report annual emissions in amounts of carbon dioxide equivalent 
(CO2e).
    Subsequent rules have promulgated requirements for additional 
facilities, suppliers, and mobile sources; provided clarification and 
corrections to existing requirements; finalized CBI determinations; 
amended recordkeeping requirements; and implemented an alternative 
verification approach. Collectively, the GHG Reporting Rule and its 
associated rulemakings are referred to as the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
Program (GHGRP).
    The purpose for this ICR is to renew and revise the GHG Reporting 
Rule ICR to update and consolidate the burdens and costs imposed by the 
current ICR under the GHGRP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Facilities emitting GHGs, supplying 
certain products that contain GHGs, or injecting CO2 
underground in quantities above certain threshold levels of 
CO2e.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7401-
7671q).
    Estimated number of respondents (annual average): 12,434.
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 705,554 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $95,175,521 (per year), which includes 
$33,282,257 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 34,458 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the 
last ICR renewal. Furthermore, the annual public reporting and 
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to 
average 0.07 hours per response. The last ICR estimated an average 
burden of 0.08 hours per response. This change in burden reflects an 
adjustment in the number of respondents from projected to actual and an 
adjustment of labor rates, capital, and operation and maintenance (O&M) 
costs to reflect 2021 dollars. Burden means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
disclose, or provide information to or for a Federal Agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions, develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information; processing and 
maintaining information; and disclosing and providing information; 
adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; training 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
searching data sources; completing and reviewing the collection of 
information; and transmitting or otherwise disclosing the information.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-06553 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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