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OMB Control No: 2060-0668	ICR Reference No: 202203-2060-005
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201902-2060-023
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2253.05
Title: NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJJJJ) (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/25/2022

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2024
Responses	34,363	54,728
Time Burden (Hours)	1,143,000	1,825,100
Cost Burden (Dollars)	78,600,000	132,109,421

Abstract: The NESHAP for Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers Area Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart JJJJJJ) affects new and existing industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers that are located at or part of area sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP). The standard contains six subcategories: existing boilers designed to burn biomass, coal, or liquid fuels and new boilers designed to burn biomass, coal, or liquid fuels. The information collection activities include initial and annual stack tests, fuel analyses, operating parameter monitoring, biennial tune-ups, one-time energy audits, one-time and periodic reports, and maintenance of records. Varying levels of requirements apply to each subcategory. The information collection activities will enable EPA to determine initial and continuous compliance with emission standards for regulated pollutants, and ensure that facilities conduct proper planning, operation, and unit maintenance. The provisions of Section 114(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S. C Section 7414(a)(1) provide the broad authority for the reporting of compliance monitoring and enforcement information, along with Subpart Q-Reports in 40 CFR 51: Sections 51.324(a) and (b), and 51.327..

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401 et seq. Name of Law: Clean Air Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	86 FR 19256	04/13/2021
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 15420	03/18/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	34,363	54,728	-20,365
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,143,000	1,825,100	-682,100
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	78,600,000	132,109,421	-53,509,421

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is a decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. The primary reason for the decrease in burden is a decrease in the estimated number of respondents using liquid-fueled boilers. U.S. Energy Information Administration data indicates the consumption of fuel oil in the commercial sector has decreased by 33 percent in the past 9 years and is anticipated to decrease by 1 percent per year for the next three years. This ICR assumes that this decrease in consumption corresponds to an equivalent decrease in the number of small and large boilers firing liquid fuels and adjusts the number of small liquid-fired and large liquid-fired boilers and respondents accordingly. This ICR assumes that, due to the decrease in respondents over the past nine years, no new liquid-fired boilers were constructed during that time period. The decrease in the estimated number of respondents firing liquid fuels resulted in a decrease in labor burden for the small and large liquid-fired categories. The estimated decrease in the number of respondents firing liquid fuels also results in a decrease of the number of liquid-fired sources required to do periodic stack testing and operate ESPs. This results in a significant decrease in periodic stack testing and O&M costs for large liquid-fired boilers constructed since the rule was promulgated in June 2010. This ICR assumes that growth in the small and large solid-fueled categories will continue according to past trends. The increase in the estimated number of respondents firing solid fuels resulted in an increase in labor burden and capital/O&M costs for the small and large solid-fired categories. This ICR also corrects mathematical errors in the calculation of O&M costs for respondents firing solid fuels and required to perform triennial stack testing for Hg, CO, and PM. This correction results in an increase of capital and O&M costs. However, the overall results of the adjustments to this ICR is a decrease in burden and capital and O&M costs.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,910

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Muntasir Ali 919 541-0833

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