Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (Renewal), 25046-25047 [2019-11274]

Download as PDF jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES 25046 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 104 / Thursday, May 30, 2019 / Notices (HAP) either commencing construction, or reconstruction, after the date of proposal. This includes facilities that operate aluminum scrap shredders, thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/ delacquering kilns/decoating kilns, group 1 furnaces, group 2 furnaces, sweat furnaces, dross only furnaces, rotary dross coolers, and secondary aluminum processing units (SAPUs). The SAPUs include group 1 furnaces and in-line fluxers. The regulations also apply to secondary aluminum production facilities that are area sources of HAP only with respect to emissions of dioxins/furans (D/F) from thermal chip dryers, scrap dryers/ delacquering kilns/decoating kilns, group 1 furnaces, sweat furnaces, and SAPUs. New facilities include those that commenced construction, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart RRR. The 2015 rule amendments included a requirement to report performance testing through the Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT); provisions allowing owners and operators to change furnace classifications; requirements to account for unmeasured emissions during compliance testing for group 1 furnaces that do not have add-on control devices; alternative compliance options for the operating and monitoring requirements for sweat furnaces; compliance provisions for hydrogen fluoride; provisions addressing emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); and other corrections and clarifications to the applicability, definitions, operating, monitoring and performance testing requirements. The 2016 rule amendments amended the 2015 rule to clarify requirements for initial performance tests and submittal of malfunction reports, provide an additional option for group 1 furnaces to account for unmeasured emissions during compliance testing, clarify what constitutes a change in furnace operating mode, and updates the Web addresses for the EPA’s Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) and Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports 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, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 May 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Secondary aluminum production facilities. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart RRR). Estimated number of respondents: 161 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually. Total estimated burden: 12,400 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $5,520,000 (per year), which includes $4,110,000 in either annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is also an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The decrease is not due to any program changes. The change is due to correction of a mathematical error identified in the burden associated with the time required for facilities to refamiliarize with the regulatory requirements each year. The previous ICR stated that it would take each respondent one hour to read and understand the reporting requirements, but inadvertently included additional hours; the current ICR has been corrected to reflect one hour for this activity. The overall result is a slight decrease in burden hours. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11265 Filed 5–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2018–0249; FRL–9994– 60–OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 2465.04, OMB SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Control Number 2060–0685), 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 July 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 July 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2018–0249, 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 E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 104 / Thursday, May 30, 2019 / Notices Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT) were proposed on June 2, 2014, and promulgated on October 23, 2015 (80 FR 64510). These regulations apply to newly constructed, modified or reconstructed facilities with electric utility generating units (EGUs) including any steam generating unit, IGCC, or stationary combustion turbine that commenced construction after January 8, 2014 or commenced reconstruction after June 18, 2014. To be considered an EGU the unit must be: (1) Capable of combusting more than 250 MMBtu/h heat input of fossil fuel; and (2) serve a generator capable of supplying more than 25 MW net to a utility distribution system (i.e., for sale to the grid). New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/ operators of the affected facilities. This NSPS imposes a minimal information collection burden on affected sources beyond what sources would already be subject to under the authorities of CAA parts 75 (Acid Rain Program CEM requirements) and 98 (Mandatory GHG Reporting, applicable to EGUs that capture CO2). Apart from certain reporting costs to comply with the emission standards under the rule, there are no additional information collection costs, as the information required by the rule is already collected and reported by other regulatory programs. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Fossil fuel-fired electric utility steam generating units. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT). Estimated number of respondents: 32 (total). Frequency of response: Initially and quarterly. Total estimated burden: 883 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $101,000 (per year), which includes $0 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 May 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because these standards have been in effect for more than three years. The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the initial activities for subject facilities. This ICR, by in large, reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. This ICR also assumes that all existing respondents will spend up to 8 hours annually for review of the rule, and will continue to submit quarterly reports. There are no capital or operation and maintenance costs associated with these standards. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11274 Filed 5–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0016; FRL–9990–81– OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Part 71 Federal Operating Permit Program (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Part 71 Federal Operating Permit Program (EPA ICR Number 1713.12, OMB Control Number 2060–0336) 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 May 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 11, 2018 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 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. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2004–0016, at https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25047 Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna W. Gmyr, Air Quality Policy Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504–05, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC; telephone number: (919) 541–9782; fax number: (919) 541–5509; email address: gmyr.joanna@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: Title V of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires the EPA to operate a federal operating permits program in areas not subject to an approved state program. The EPA regulations setting forth the requirements for the federal (EPA) operating permit program are at 40 CFR part 71. The part 71 program is designed to be implemented primarily by the EPA in all areas where state and local agencies do not have jurisdiction, such as Indian country and offshore, beyond states’ seaward boundaries. The EPA may also delegate authority to implement the part 71 program on its behalf to a state, local or tribal agency, if the agency requests delegation and makes certain showings regarding its authority and ability to implement the E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25046-25047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11274]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2018-0249; FRL-9994-60-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New 
Electric Utility Generating Units (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 Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
for New Electric Utility Generating Units (EPA ICR Number 2465.04, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0685), 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 July 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via 
the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2018-0249, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. 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: [email protected].

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

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (40 
CFR part 60, subpart TTTT) were proposed on June 2, 2014, and 
promulgated on October 23, 2015 (80 FR 64510). These regulations apply 
to newly constructed, modified or reconstructed facilities with 
electric utility generating units (EGUs) including any steam generating 
unit, IGCC, or stationary combustion turbine that commenced 
construction after January 8, 2014 or commenced reconstruction after 
June 18, 2014. To be considered an EGU the unit must be: (1) Capable of 
combusting more than 250 MMBtu/h heat input of fossil fuel; and (2) 
serve a generator capable of supplying more than 25 MW net to a utility 
distribution system (i.e., for sale to the grid). New facilities 
include those that commenced construction, modification or 
reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart TTTT.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. This NSPS imposes a minimal information collection 
burden on affected sources beyond what sources would already be subject 
to under the authorities of CAA parts 75 (Acid Rain Program CEM 
requirements) and 98 (Mandatory GHG Reporting, applicable to EGUs that 
capture CO2). Apart from certain reporting costs to comply 
with the emission standards under the rule, there are no additional 
information collection costs, as the information required by the rule 
is already collected and reported by other regulatory programs. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Fossil fuel-fired electric utility 
steam generating units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart TTTT).
    Estimated number of respondents: 32 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 883 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $101,000 (per year), which includes $0 in 
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred 
because these standards have been in effect for more than three years. 
The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the 
initial activities for subject facilities. This ICR, by in large, 
reflects the on-going burden and costs for existing facilities. This 
ICR also assumes that all existing respondents will spend up to 8 hours 
annually for review of the rule, and will continue to submit quarterly 
reports. There are no capital or operation and maintenance costs 
associated with these standards.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11274 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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