[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 31202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08684]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0118; FRL- 11865-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to Office of 
Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 
for Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants (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 Onshore Natural Gas 
Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 1086.13, OMB Control Number 2060-
0120), 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 
April 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2023-0118, to EPA online using 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 specific information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). 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 ICR. The docket 
can be viewed online at 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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Onshore 
Natural Gas Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart KKK) were 
proposed on January 20, 1984, promulgated on June 24, 1985, and most 
recently amended on August 16, 2012. These regulations apply to 
Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions at existing facilities 
located at onshore natural gas processing plants: compressors in 
equipment leaks of VOC service or in wet gas service, and the groups of 
all equipment (except compressors) within a process unit. This 
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 
60, subpart KKK.
    The New Source Performance Standards for Onshore Natural Gas 
Processing Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart LLL) were proposed on 
January 20, 1984, promulgated on October 1, 1985, and most recently 
amended on August 16, 2012. These regulations apply to sulfur dioxide 
(SO2) emissions at the following types of existing 
facilities located at onshore natural gas processing plants: each 
sweetening unit, and each sweetening unit followed by a sulfur recovery 
unit. The provisions of Subpart LLL do not apply to sweetening 
facilities that produce acid gas that is completely re-injected into 
oil or gas bearing geologic strata or that is otherwise not released to 
the atmosphere, or to affected facilities with design capacities of 
less than two long tons per day (LT/D) of hydrogen sulfide in the acid 
gas, expressed as sulfur. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart LLL.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of onshore 
natural gas processing plants that commenced construction, 
reconstruction, or modification after January 20, 1984, and on or 
before August 23, 2011.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts KKK and LLL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 305 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 56,900 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $ 7,260,000 (per year), which includes $ 
97,001 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The 
change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because the number of 
respondents subject to these requirements has decreased as those 
respondents modify their sources and become subject to another NSPS 
standard. This estimate assumes the same growth rate as stated in the 
previous ICR. As sources subject to NSPS Subparts KKK and LLL modify, 
they become subject to NSPS Subpart OOOOa and cease being subject to 
NSPS Subparts KKK and LLL. Although there is a decrease in the overall 
burden, there is an increase in the operation & maintenance costs due 
to an adjustment to increase from 2008 to 2022 $ using the CEPCI 
Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-08684 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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