[Federal Register: March 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 43)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0056; FRL-8537-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Waste
Combustors (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1506.11, OMB Control Number 2060-
0210
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), 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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0056, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2822T, 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, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0056 which is available for public viewing
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the
Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 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 is (202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1506.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0210.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal
Waste Combustors apply to municipal waste combustors with unit
capacities greater than 225 megagrams per day. Owners or operators of
the affected facilities must make one-time-only notifications and
reports and must keep records of all facilities subject to NSPS
requirements. Owners or operators 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. The pollutants of concern for
subpart Ea are metals, municipal waste combustor (MWC) organics, MWC
acid gases, and nitrogen oxides. In subpart Eb the additional
pollutants of concern are cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg).
Subparts Ea and Eb require owners and operators with unit capacity
above 225 megagrams per day to notify the agency of intent to construct
and initiate operation of a new, modified or reconstructed MWC. The
notification must contain supporting information regarding unit design
capacity; the calculations used to determine capacity, and estimated
startup dates.
Owners and operators must submit semiannual and annual compliance
reports. In addition, facilities subject to subpart Eb are required to
keep records of the weekly amount of carbon used for activated carbon
injection and to calculate the estimated hourly carbon injection rate
for hours of operation as a means of determining continuous compliance
for Hg. Annual reports of excess emissions are required under subpart
Ea, while semiannual reports of
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excess emissions are required under subpart Eb. These notifications,
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance and are
required, in general, of all sources subject to the standard.
Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority
when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority
may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices
are properly installed and operated, and the standard is being met.
Performance test reports are needed as these are the Agency's records
of a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standards,
and serve as a record of the operating conditions under which
compliance was achieved. The information generated by monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used
by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the standard
continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous
compliance with the regulation.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 198
hours per 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Municipal waste combustors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, annually and
semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,421.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,635,293 which includes $60,000
annualized capital costs and $99,000 in O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall
burden. Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and
there is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost
figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change
in burden to industry.
Dated: February 20, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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