[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9516-9517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4815]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5970-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NSPS Subpart E: New Source Performance 
Standards (NSPS) for Municipal Incinerators

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements for the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Municipal Incinerators, OMB Control Number 2060-0040, expiration date 
March 31, 1998. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1058.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS Subpart E: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Incinerators (OMB Control No. 2060-0040; EPA ICR No. 1058.06) expiring 
3/31/98. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The Agency is required under section 111 of the Clean Air 
Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new 
stationary sources of air pollutants that reflect: * * * Application of 
the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which 
(taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions 
reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and 
energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately 
demonstrated.
    Section 114(a) states that: * * * The Administrator may require any 
owner or operator subject to any requirement of this Act to (A) 
establish and maintain such records, (B) make such reports, (C) 
install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods (in 
accordance with such methods at such locations, at such intervals, and 
in such manner as the Administrator may prescribe), and (D) provide 
such other information, as he may reasonably require.
    In the Administrator's judgement, particulate matter emissions from 
municipal incinerators causes or contributes to air pollution that may 
reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. 
Consequently, the NSPS for municipal incinerators were developed for 
this source category (municipal incinerators charging more than 45 
megagrams per day).
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from municipal 
incinerators requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the Administrator 
to: (1) Identify existing, new, and reconstructed sources subject to 
the standards; (2) determine a source's initial capability to comply 
with the emission standard; and (3) ensure that the standards are being 
achieved. These records and reports are required under subpart E and 
the General Provisions of 40 CFR part 60.
    Owners or operators of affected facilities must provide 
notification of: (1) The date of construction or reconstruction; (2) 
the anticipated date of startup; (3) the actual date of startup; (4) 
any physical or operational change to an existing facility which may 
increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; (5) the date of the 
initial performance test; and (6) results of the initial performance 
test, including information necessary to determine the conditions of 
the performance test, and performance test measurements and results. A 
report on the results of the initial performance test is also required. 
Owners or operators of affected facilities must record: (1) The initial 
performance test; (2) 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; (3) the 
daily charging rates and hours of operation; (4) periods when the 
monitoring system is inoperative; and (5) malfunctions of the air 
pollution control equipment. Any owner or operator subject to the 
provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, 
and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such 
measurements, maintenance reports, and records.
    State or local agencies can be delegated authority by EPA to 
enforce the provisions of this part and be granted authority to receive 
and/or request these reports. If there is no such delegated authority, 
the reports are sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. 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. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless a currently valid OMB 
control number is displayed. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on August 20, 
1997 (62 FR 44271). No comments were received prior to closure of the 
comment period. Comments regarding the capital/start-up and operating 
and maintenance costs associated with the recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements were received after closure of the comment period.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 89 
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; 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: Operators of Municipal Incinerators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 96.
    Frequency of Response: Daily, Monthly, and Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8544 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $240,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses.

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Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1058.6 and OMB Control No. 2060-0040 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
    and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 19, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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