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OMB Control No: 2060-0161	ICR Reference No: 201403-2060-004
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201311-2060-010
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 1176.10
Title: NSPS for New Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart AAA) (Proposed Revisions)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 06/10/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/11/2014
Terms of Clearance: OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the correct burden estimates. This action has no effect on any current approvals.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2017	01/31/2017	01/31/2017
Responses	282	0	282
Time Burden (Hours)	11,749	0	11,749
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,736,075	0	1,736,075

Abstract: This ICR covers information collection requirements in the proposed revisions of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for new residential wood heaters (40 CFR part 60, subpart AAA). The information collected will be used by the EPA and delegated state and local agencies to determine the compliance status of sources subject to the rule. A wood heater is defined as an enclosed, wood burning appliance capable of and intended for residential space heating or domestic water heating. Unless otherwise specified, these devices include adjustable burn rate stoves, single burn rate stoves and pellet stoves. One feature of the NSPS requires emphasis at the outset. That is, these regulations establish a certification program instead of the usual NSPS requirement that each affected facility demonstrate compliance through performance testing. Under this certification program, a single wood heater is tested to demonstrate compliance for an entire model line which could consist of thousands of stoves. The certification approach significantly reduces the compliance burden, including information collection, for the manufacturers of wood heaters. Because of the potential risks to the environment from the intentional or accidental misuse of the certification approach, there are several safeguards included, some of which entail reporting and recordkeeping. Under this regulation, wood heater manufacturers and testing laboratories are required to submit reports to the EPA and/or to maintain records for demonstrating compliance with the NSPS. The manufacturers also must contract with third party certification bodies to develop and implement quality control plans. The information supplied by the manufacturer to the agency is used: (1) to ensure that the best system of emission reduction is being applied to reduce emissions from wood heaters; (2) to ensure that the wood heater tested for certification purposes is in compliance with the applicable emission standards; (3) to provide assurance that non-tested production model heaters have emission performance characteristics similar to tested models; and (4) to provide an indicator of continued compliance. Information supplied to the agency by testing laboratories is used to grant or deny laboratory accreditation and to assist in enforcement and compliance activities. We believe that 66 manufacturers and 6 certification laboratories would be subject to the revised NSPS.

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The change is primarily as a result of revisions to the NSPS. The combination of the use of ISO certifying entities and test laboratories should streamline certification and accreditation process for the industry and laboratories and decrease the amount of time spent by EPA in reviewing QA-related documents. These changes, combined with increasing automation and experience in complying with this standard, results in a smaller burden estimate for some reporting and recordkeeping events. Reporting and recordkeeping requirements have been reduced to those that are essential for implementation and enforcement of the rule and that reflect the agency's experience under the current subpart. For example, we no longer use the number of units sold as the trigger for model line quality assurance audits, so it is no longer important for retailers to track the number of units sold. These changes reduce industry burden, while not affecting the agency's ability to enforce the standard.

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