This approval covers only the first component, the survey portion of the ICR. After receiving facility-specific information under the first component of the ICR via the survey, EPA should submit its sampling plan for the second component, the emissions testing, and a revised Part B to OMB. The agency may resubmit this sampling plan and revised Part B under this OMB Control Number without additional Federal Register notices.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2011
36 Months From Approved
1,248
0
0
37,328
0
0
10,508,250
0
0
The proposed ICR has two components to the information collection. To obtain the information necessary to identify and categorize all combustion units potentially affected by the revised standard, the first component of this ICR will solicit information from all potentially affected units in the format of an electronic
survey under authority of section 114 of the CAA. The survey will be submitted to all facilities that either submitted an initial notification, or if initial notification data is not available, all facilities with Title V permits denoted as a major source of HAP, that have a boiler or process heater listed in their permit. The survey will also be sent to units covered by the 2000 CISWI standard and to facilities with incineration units listed as exempt under the 2000 CISWI standard.
The second component will consist of requiring, if deemed necessary, again through the issuance of a letter pursuant to the authority of section 114 of the CAA, the owners/operators of up to a total of 350 combustion units selected at random to conduct in accordance with an EPA-approved protocol stack testing.
The EPA estimates the cost of the electronic survey component of the information collection will be 82,403 hours and $6,207,789. The total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden for the stack testing component of the data gathering effort is estimated to be no more than 29,548 hours and $33,748,769.
The NESHAP for boilers and process heaters (40 CFR Part 63 Subpart DDDDD) was vacated by the courts. The vacature requires EPA to revise the NESHAP. The data sources used previously are over 10 years old. The Agency has concluded that obtaining updated information is crucial to informing its decision on a revised NESHAP and the remanded CISWI rule (40 CFR Part 60 Subpart CCCC).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Information Collection Effortfor Facilities with Combustion Units: Federal Government Facilities, Stack Testing