Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (Renewal), 3160-3161 [2019-01878]
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8, 2018, the PDEQ issued PSD Permit
No. 1052 to Tucson Electric Power
under 40 CFR 124.15, authorizing the
construction and operation of the
Project. EPA regulations at 40 CFR
124.19 provided an opportunity for
administrative review by the EPA’s EAB
of this initial permit decision. The
EPA’s EAB received one petition for
review of the permit. By its own terms,
and consistent with 40 CFR 124.15(b),
the effective date of the permit was
delayed as the result of the filing of a
petition for review of the PDEQ’s permit
decision with the EAB.
On December 3, 2018, the EAB denied
review of the permit decision. See In re
Tucson Electric Power, PSD Appeal No.
18–02 (EAB Dec. 3, 2018) (Order
Denying Review). Following the EAB’s
action, pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(l)(2),
the PDEQ issued a final permit decision
on December 3, 2018. All conditions of
the PSD permit, as initially issued by
the PDEQ on August 8, 2018, were final
and effective as of December 3, 2018.
Dated: December 26, 2018.
Elizabeth J. Adams,
Division Director, Region IX.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0331; FRL–9988–
76–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS
for New Residential Wood Heaters
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters (EPA ICR No. 1176.13, OMB
Control No. 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,
2019. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
June 29, 2017 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
SUMMARY:
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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 March 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2013–0331, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
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
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: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for New
Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR 60,
Subpart AAA) apply to existing
facilities and new facilities that contain
wood heaters. A wood heater is defined
as an enclosed, wood burning appliance
capable of and intended for residential
or space heating and domestic water
heating. Unless otherwise specified,
these devices include, but are not
limited to, adjustable burn rate wood
heaters, single burn rate wood heaters
and pellet stoves. New facilities include
those that commenced construction,
modification or reconstruction after the
date of proposal.
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One feature of the NSPS requires
emphasis at the outset, which is that the
requirements of subpart AAA establish
a certification program instead of the
usual NSPS requirements, where each
affected facility is required to
demonstrate compliance through
performance testing. Under the subpart
AAA-required certification program, a
single wood heater is tested to
demonstrate compliance with
particulate matter (PM) emission limits
for an entire model line, which could
consist of thousands of stoves. The use
of a certification approach significantly
reduces the compliance burden,
including information collection, for the
manufacturers of wood heating
appliances. In order to minimize risks to
the environment from intentional or
accidental misuse of the certification
approach, subpart AAA includes several
safeguards, some of which entail
reporting and recordkeeping.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners and operators of facilities that
contain new residential wood heaters.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart
AAA).
Estimated number of respondents: 45
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 4,320 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,210,000 (per
year), which includes $740,000 in
annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an
increase in the total estimated
respondent annual burden as currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens due to an increase in
the number of test laboratories and
third-party certifiers subject to these
standards. The number of sources has
been adjusted in this ICR to reflect more
current information obtained regarding
the number of manufacturers certifying
model lines in advance of Subpart
AAA’s Step 2 p.m. standards, which go
into effect in 2020, as well as data that
indicates a decline in the number of
manufacturers based on ongoing
industry consolidation and decreasing
market size, and to reflect additional
entities obtaining EPA approval as test
laboratories or third-party certifiers.
There is a decrease in capital/startup
costs as compared to the previous ICR.
This change is due to a decrease in the
number of manufacturers, and because
initial compliance requirements for test
laboratories and third-party certifiers
within the standard occurred during the
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period of the previous ICR. The overall
result is a decrease in costs to the
industry.
The supporting statement for this
information collection was revised to
clarify and consolidate the information
items requested (including notification,
reporting, and recordkeeping
requirements) and respondent activities
in section 4(b), as well as for agency
activities in section 5(a). These
requirements were previously listed in
Appendix A of the prior ICR and have
been relocated in sections 4(b) and 5(a)
to help more easily identify the relevant
data items and activities that contribute
to burden. There are no changes to these
requirements from the prior ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019–01878 Filed 2–8–19; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0039; FRL–9987–
55–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS
for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NSPS for Nonmetallic Mineral
Processing (EPA ICR No. 1084.14, OMB
Control No. 2060–0050), 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,
2019. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
June 29, 2017 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 March 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0039, to: (1) EPA
SUMMARY:
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online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
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
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: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Nonmetallic Mineral Processing (40 CFR
part 60, subpart OOO) apply to the
following affected facilities in fixed or
portable nonmetallic mineral processing
plants: Each crusher, grinding mill,
screening operation, bucket elevator,
belt conveyor, bagging operation,
storage bin, and enclosed truck or
railcar loading station, which
commenced construction, modification
or reconstruction after August 31, 1983.
Also, crushers and grinding mills at hot
mix asphalt facilities that reduce the
size of nonmetallic minerals embedded
in recycled asphalt pavement and
subsequent affected facilities up to, but
not including, the first storage silo or
bin are subject to the provisions of the
subpart. New facilities include those
that commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after the
date of proposal. In general, all NSPS
standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports
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by the owners/operators of the affected
facilities. They are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. These notifications, reports,
and records are essential in determining
compliance with 40 CFR part 60,
subpart OOO.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Nonmetallic mineral processing
facilities.
Respondent’s Obligation to Respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart
OOO).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,095 (total).
Frequency of Response: Initially and
occasionally.
Total Estimated Burden: 20,200 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total Estimated Cost: $2,450,000 (per
year), which includes $228,000 in
annualized capital/setup and/or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The
increase in burden for respondents from
the most recently approved ICR is due
to two adjustments. The first adjustment
increase in burden is an increase in the
number of new or modified sources. The
second adjustment increase in burden
from the most recently approved ICR is
the addition of burden hours to account
for the time spent by existing facilities
to re-familiarize themselves annually
with the rule requirements.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Koppers Co., Inc. (Charleston Plant)
Superfund Site Charleston, South
Carolina; Notice of Settlement
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of settlement.
AGENCY:
Under 122(h) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation andLiability
Act (CERCLA), the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has entered into a settlement agreement
with HR Charleston VII, LLC
(Prospective Purchaser) to perform work
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[FR Doc No: 2019-01878]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0331; FRL-9988-76-OEI]
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 (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters (EPA ICR No. 1176.13, OMB Control No. 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, 2019. Public
comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on June
29, 2017 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 March 13,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0331, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
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
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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for New
Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR 60, Subpart AAA) apply to existing
facilities and new facilities that contain wood heaters. A wood heater
is defined as an enclosed, wood burning appliance capable of and
intended for residential or space heating and domestic water heating.
Unless otherwise specified, these devices include, but are not limited
to, adjustable burn rate wood heaters, single burn rate wood heaters
and pellet stoves. New facilities include those that commenced
construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of
proposal.
One feature of the NSPS requires emphasis at the outset, which is
that the requirements of subpart AAA establish a certification program
instead of the usual NSPS requirements, where each affected facility is
required to demonstrate compliance through performance testing. Under
the subpart AAA-required certification program, a single wood heater is
tested to demonstrate compliance with particulate matter (PM) emission
limits for an entire model line, which could consist of thousands of
stoves. The use of a certification approach significantly reduces the
compliance burden, including information collection, for the
manufacturers of wood heating appliances. In order to minimize risks to
the environment from intentional or accidental misuse of the
certification approach, subpart AAA includes several safeguards, some
of which entail reporting and recordkeeping.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of facilities
that contain new residential wood heaters.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart AAA).
Estimated number of respondents: 45 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 4,320 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,210,000 (per year), which includes
$740,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is an increase in the total
estimated respondent annual burden as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens due to an increase in the number of test
laboratories and third-party certifiers subject to these standards. The
number of sources has been adjusted in this ICR to reflect more current
information obtained regarding the number of manufacturers certifying
model lines in advance of Subpart AAA's Step 2 p.m. standards, which go
into effect in 2020, as well as data that indicates a decline in the
number of manufacturers based on ongoing industry consolidation and
decreasing market size, and to reflect additional entities obtaining
EPA approval as test laboratories or third-party certifiers.
There is a decrease in capital/startup costs as compared to the
previous ICR. This change is due to a decrease in the number of
manufacturers, and because initial compliance requirements for test
laboratories and third-party certifiers within the standard occurred
during the
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period of the previous ICR. The overall result is a decrease in costs
to the industry.
The supporting statement for this information collection was
revised to clarify and consolidate the information items requested
(including notification, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements) and
respondent activities in section 4(b), as well as for agency activities
in section 5(a). These requirements were previously listed in Appendix
A of the prior ICR and have been relocated in sections 4(b) and 5(a) to
help more easily identify the relevant data items and activities that
contribute to burden. There are no changes to these requirements from
the prior ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-01878 Filed 2-8-19; 8:45 am]
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