[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69757-69758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32382]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6508-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired
Steam Generating Units
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: NSPS Subpart D, Standards of
Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units, OMB Control
Number 2060-0026, expires 1/31/00. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 13, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1052.06. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Seth Heminway at (202) 564-7017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: NSPS Subpart D, Standards of
Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (OMB No. 2060-
0026; EPA ICR No. 1052.06, expiration date 1/31/00). This is a request
for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Owners or operators of steam generating units subject to
subpart D must make one-time-only notifications of construction/
reconstruction, anticipated and actual startup, initial performance
test, physical or operational changes, and demonstration of a
continuous monitoring system. They must also submit reports on initial
performance test results, monitoring system performance, and excess
emissions. Records must be maintained of startups, shutdowns,
malfunctions, and periods when the continuous monitoring system is
inoperative.
The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's record of
a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and
serve as a record of the operating conditions under which compliance
was achieved. The monitoring and excess emissions reports are used for
problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance,
and for compliance determinations. The information collected from
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are used for targeting
inspections, and for other uses in compliance and enforcement programs.
Responses to this information collection are deemed to be
mandatory, per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data and other information that have
been determined not to be private. However, any information submitted
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40,
Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information
(see 40 CFR part 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR
40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674,
March 23, 1979).
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 EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on June 4,
1999 (64 FR 30011); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 24
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
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;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review
the collection of
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information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of Fossil Fuel
Fired Steam Generating Units.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 660.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 62,865 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $9,900,000.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1052.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0026 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 401 M
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460; and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: December 8, 1999.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32382 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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