[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 208 (Thursday, October 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55841-55842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26082]
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 208 / Thursday, October 29, 2009 /
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0253; FRL-8975-3; EPA ICR No. 1847.05; OMB Control No.
2060-0390]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Large
Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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). This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 30,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0253 to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Walt Stevenson, Sector Policies and
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail
Code D243-01, Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-
5264; fax number: 919-541-5450; e-mail address: [email protected].
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 July 24, 2009 (74 FR 36696), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. 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 the ICR under Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0253, which is available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Air and Radiation Docket
is 202-566-1742.
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 public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified in this document. 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: Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors
Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1847.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0390.
ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2009.
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 are 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 ICR is a renewal of current data collection and
reporting requirements for large municipal waste combustors (MWC)s
subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb emission guidelines. The subpart
Cb guidelines are maximum achievable control technology (MACT) based
standards that were adopted in 1995 and were fully implemented by year
2000. The data collected by the ICR are intended to monitor the
compliance status of large MWCs subject to these MACT standards. The
data collection is a mandatory requirement (Clean Air Act section
114(a)(1)).
The emission guidelines require initial notifications, performance
tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators of large MWCs also are
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. Owners or operators of large MWCs must maintain all files
for least five years.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,725
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: Large Municipal Waste Combustors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 81.
Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 394,954.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $50,588,150, which includes labor
costs
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of $49,032,950 and operation and maintenance costs of $1,555,200.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 356,537 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The original ICR included only the burden for
large MWCs subject to the Federal 111(d) plan for large MWCs. This ICR
renewal includes the additional burden of large MWCs subject to
approved State Section 111(d) plans and for State agencies implementing
the Section 111(d) plans.
Dated: October 23, 2009.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-26082 Filed 10-28-09; 8:45 am]
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