NSPS for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, supbart TTTT) (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
07/31/2026
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Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2026
224
400
1,500
3,130
0
0
The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions for New Electric Utility Generating Units (EGUs) (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT) were proposed on June 2, 2014, and promulgated on October 23, 2015. Amendments to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT were proposed on December 6, 2018, but EPA did not finalize amendments to the 2015 final rule. On January 13, 2021, EPA finalized a pollutant-specific significant contribution finding for this source category, which was vacated and remanded on April 5, 2021. The rule was most recently amended on May 4, 2024. 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 either commenced construction or modification after January 8, 2014 or commenced reconstruction after June 18, 2014, but on or before May 23, 2023. 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). This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT. Units that commence construction, reconstruction, or modification after May 23, 2023 will be subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTTa.
In general, all NSPS 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, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
Respondents are required to submit electronic copies of quarterly reports, required in 40 CFR 60.5555, using the Emissions Collection and Monitoring Plan System (ECMPS) Client Tool provided by the Clean Air Markets Division in the Office of Atmospheric Programs of EPA. The ECMPS is a desktop software tool that sources must use to submit quarterly emissions summary reports to EPA to comply with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT. Using the ECMPS, the emissions summary reports are submitted to the EPA in extensible-markup language (XML) format. The tool and instructions are available at: https://www.epa.gov/power-sector/reporting-data-using-ecmps. The supplemental files to this ICR renewal contain screenshots showing the ECMPS login screen, the ECMPS interface for reporting emissions data, and the ECMPS reporting instructions for 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT.
There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The adjustment decrease is due in part to a decrease in the number of existing respondents based on EPA's ECHO database. Additionally, sources that commence construction, modification, or reconstruction after May 23, 2023, will be subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTTa. Therefore, we do not expect any new sources to become subject to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart TTTT during the next three years.
$57,300
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No
No
No
No
No
No
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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.