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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1071.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0028 


[Federal Register: August 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 154)]
[Notices]
[Page 45042-45043]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr10au07-79]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0775; FRL-8452-8]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1071.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0028

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 10,
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2006-0775, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58853, EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0775, which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket
Center is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov,
as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1071.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0028.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for Stationary
Gas Turbines (40 CFR part 60, subpart GG) were proposed on October 3,
1977, and promulgated on September 10, 1979. Owners and operators of
stationary gas turbines must submit a one-time-only notification of
construction/reconstruction, modification, and startup date, initial
performance test date, physical or operational changes, and
demonstration of a continuous monitoring system. They also must provide
a report on initial performance test result, monitoring results and any
excess emissions. Records must be maintained of startups, shutdowns,
malfunctions; periods when the continuous monitoring system is
inoperative; sulfur and nitrogen content of the fuel; fuel to water
ration; rate of fuel consumption; and ambient conditions. Semiannual
reports are also required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports
and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local
authority. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. This information
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart
GG, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The
required information consists of emissions data and other information
that have been determined to be private.
    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 Number for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 56
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 which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Stationary gas turbines.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 535.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually, and occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 59,519.
    Estimated Total Costs: $3,837,190 which includes $0 annualized
Capital Startup costs, $0 annualized Operations & Maintenance costs
(O&M) and $3,837,190 annualized Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden.

    Dated: August 3, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-15673 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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