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01/17/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/17/2025 14:48
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and[...]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0623; FRL-12568-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (Renewal)
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (EPA ICR Number 1789.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0418) 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 February 28. 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES:
Comments may be submitted on or before February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0623, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting "Currently under 30-day Review-Open for Public Comments" or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31749). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Natural Gas Transmission and Storage (40 CFR part 63, subpart HHH) apply to existing facilities and new facilities that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) and that either transport or store natural gas prior to entering the pipeline to a local distribution company or to a final end user (if there is no local distribution company). 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 HHH.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of natural gas transmission and storage facilities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart HHH).
Estimated number of respondents: 91 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 4,650 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $586,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). The adjustment increase in burden from the most recently approved ICR is not due to any program changes, but due to an increase in the number of new or modified sources.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-01213 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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