NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart AAA) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
01/27/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2022
354
249
4,380
4,320
657,000
740,000
The NSPS for New Residential Wood
Heaters applies to owners and operators of any existing or new
facilities with new residential wood heaters. The affected source
is any facility that generates particulate matter (PM) from wood
heaters, such as wood heater manufacturers, testing laboratories,
and third-party certifiers. There are an estimated 33
manufacturers, with 85 model lines, and 12 laboratories (inclusive
of both test labs and third-party certifiers) subject to the new
residential wood heater NSPS.
There is an increase in burden
from the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the
OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several
considerations. Among other considerations, the number of
manufacturers and the number of certified woodstove model lines
have both increased since the previous ICR. These two factors have
contributed to an increase in respondents, labor burden, and in the
number of responses. The growth rate for manufacturers entering
this industry has slowed since the previous ICR, and no new
respondents are expected during the three-year period of this ICR.
The number of existing testing laboratories and third-party
certifiers has remained constant since the previous ICR. The
capital/startup costs have decreased since the previous ICR, which
occurred during a period when manufacturers were introducing
approximately 30 new model lines each year to comply with Step 2
requirements. In this ICR, we expect the introduction of new model
lines to be 15 per year. This results in a decrease in
capital/startup costs for performance testing and new model
certification. There is an increase in operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs reflecting the increase in model lines that are
tested as part of the manufacturers Quality Assurance Program.
Also, in this ICR, we have reorganized Table 1, Table 2, and the
Total Annual Responses tables to separate requirements for new
model lines from existing model lines. This ICR also reorganizes
the Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
table to distinguish between initial costs for new models and
operation and maintenance costs for existing models. Additionally,
this ICR adjusts the labor assumptions for the burden associated
with manufacturer review of QA annual audit reports provided by
third-party certifiers to reflect that audits are anticipated to be
performed for all of a single manufacturer's model lines in one
visit and the results of the audits would be presented in a single
batch or report for manufacturer review. Similarly, this ICR
assumes that third-party certifiers will prepare the QA annual
audit report on a manufacturer, rather than model line, basis.
Finally, this ICR also adjusts the labor assumptions associated
with recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers for test
documentation and for retention of sealed stoves to reflect that
the number of model lines per manufacturer and the frequency of the
activity. These adjustments minimally reduce burden for these
activities, however, there remains an overall increase in
burden.
$75,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Muntasir Ali 919
541-0833
No
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.
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NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart AAA)