[Federal Register: July 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2003-0141; FRL-7791-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment
Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart O) (Renewal), ICR Number 1063.09, OMB
Number 2060-0035
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this document
announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2004. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 23,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0141, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
Number OECA-2003-0141, which is available for public viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. When in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants (40 CFR part 60,
subpart O) (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60,
subpart O, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sewage sludge
treatment plant incinerators.
The control of emissions of particulate matter from sewage
treatment plant incinerators requires not only the installation of
properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of
that equipment. Particulate matter emissions from sewage treatment
plant incinerators are the result of the physical and chemical
characteristics of the sludge feed and fuel use, the excess air rate,
the temperature profile within the incinerator, the pressure drop
across the control device, and operating procedures. These standards
rely on the reduction of particulate matter emissions by wet scrubbers.
In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate
recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such information,
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the
standards, that are protectively of public health, are being met on a
continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
These standards require initial notification reports with respect
to construction, modification, reconstruction, startups, shutdowns, and
malfunctions. The standards also require reports on initial performance
tests and semiannual reports of noncompliance.
Under the standard, the data collected by the affected industry is
retained at the facility for a minimum of two (2) years and make it
available for inspection by the Administrator.
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. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 55
hours per
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response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of Sewage Sludge
Treatment Plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,214 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,380,931, which includes $100,000
annualized capital/startup costs, $1,890,000 annual O&M costs, and
$390,931 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,875 hours in the
total estimated burden. This decrease in the burden from the most
recently approved ICR is due to more accurate estimates of existing and
anticipated new sources.
Dated: July 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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