[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5794-5795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01091]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 60
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0358; FRL-12031-03-OAR]
RIN 2060-AW35
Reconsideration of Standards of Performance for New,
Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for
Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is modifying
proposed amendments to the New Source Performance Standards and
Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources for the Crude Oil and Natural
Gas Source Category in response to petitions for reconsideration. This
action corrects information collection estimates in the January 15,
2025 notice of proposed rulemaking.
DATES: Comments on this proposed correction must be received by March
3, 2025.
You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-
0358, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2024-0358 in the subject line of the message.
Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0358, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004.
The Docket Center's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-
Friday (except Federal Holidays).
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Benjamin-Eze, Sector Policies
and Programs Division (E143-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander
Drive P.O. Box 12055 RTP, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-3753; and email address: [email protected]. Additional
questions may be directed to the following email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 15, 2025, EPA published a notice
of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Reconsideration of Standards
of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and
Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector
Climate Review'' (RIN 2060-AW35) (90 FR 3734). EPA revises section
VI.B. (Paperwork Reduction Act) of the January 15, 2025, NPRM as
described below.
[[Page 5795]]
Correction
In FR 2024-31227, starting on page 3734 in the Federal Register of
January 15, 2025, on page 3751, starting in the first column, section
VI.B. is corrected to read as follows:
B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
The information collection activities in this proposed rule have
been submitted for approval to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the PRA. The Information Collection Request (ICR) document
that the EPA prepared has been assigned EPA ICR number 2523.08 and is
being submitted under OMB Control Number 2060-0761. You can find a copy
of the ICR in the docket for this proposed rule, and it is briefly
summarized here.
The information collection activities for NSPS OOOOb and EG OOOOc
were previously approved by OMB under the PRA as of June 28, 2024.
The EPA has revised the approved information collection request
(ICR) to include small changes to incorporate EPA's proposed
recordkeeping and reporting to indicate whether the flare or enclosed
combustion device receives inert gases or other streams which may lower
the NHV of the combined stream as proposed in section III.B of this
preamble. The EPA estimates an average of 48 respondents will be
affected by this proposed requirement over the three-year period (2023-
2025). The average annual burden for the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for these owners and operators is estimated at 83 person-
hours, with an average annual cost of $4,374 over the three-year
period.
The EPA also revised the approved ICR to include burden estimates
for the maintenance of records that EPA is soliciting comment on.
Specifically, the EPA includes burden estimates in the revised ICR for
the records and annual reporting that would be required if EPA were to
allow for the use of the associated gas extended flaring allowance
under ``exigent circumstances'' as specified in section III.A of this
preamble. The incremental increase in burden that would be associated
with these recordkeeping and reporting requirements relative to the
baseline is estimated at 2 hours per event annually over the three-year
period (2024-2026) at an average annual cost of $120 per flaring event
over the three-year period. The occurrence of flaring that could
potentially be claimed due to ``exigent circumstances'' is unknown.
However, we expect that a maximum of 16 percent of flaring events could
potentially require an owner or operator to need to extend flaring
beyond 48 hours due to ``exigent circumstances''. The burden associated
with the two proposed reconsideration items under this action minimally
affect the ICR burden estimated for compliance with EG OOOOc. The
annual burden for this proposed additional collection of information
for the States would be less than 1 percent.
Respondents/affected entities: Oil and natural gas operators and
owners.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (CAA section 114, 42
U.S.C. 7414(a)).
Estimated number of respondents: 48.
Frequency of response: Varies depending on affected facility.\1\
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\1\ The specific frequency for each information collection
activity within this request is shown in tables 1a through 1d of the
Supporting Statement in the public docket.
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Total estimated burden: 169 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $15,444 (per year), which includes $6,576 in
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
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. The OMB control numbers for the
EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
Submit your comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates and any suggested methods for
minimizing respondent burden to the EPA using the docket identified at
the beginning of this proposed rule. The EPA will respond to any ICR-
related comments in the final rule. You may also send your ICR-related
comments to OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs using
the interface at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. OMB
must receive comments no later than February 18, 2025.
Joseph Goffman,
Assistant Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-01091 Filed 1-15-25; 11:15 am]
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