[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65777-65778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31676]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6193-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs)

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: NSPS for MWCs subpart Ea and 
subpart Eb, OMB 2060-0210, expires January 31, 1999. 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 December 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1506.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs) Subpart Ea and 
Subpart Eb (OMB Control No.2060-0210; EPA ICR No.1506.08) expiring 1/
31/99. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: The NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors of which (1) 
construction commenced after December 20, 1989 and on or before 
September 20, 1994, or (2) modification or reconstruction commenced 
after December 20, 1989 and on or before June 19, 1996, subpart Ea was 
proposed on December 20, 1989 and promulgated on February 11, 1991. The 
NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors which (1) construction commenced 
after September 20, 1994, or (2) modification or reconstruction 
commenced after June 19, 1996, subpart Eb was proposed on September 20, 
1994 and promulgated on December 19, 1995. Both of these standards 
apply to the municipal waste combustors with unit capacities greater 
than 225 megagrams per day (Mg/yr)]. This information is being 
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ea and 
subpart Eb.

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    Need for and Use of the Collection Owners or operators of the 
affected facilities described must make one-time-only notifications and 
reports, must keep records as required 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. Monitoring 
requirements specific to NSPS subpart Ea and subpart Eb provide 
information on the operation of the emissions control devices and 
compliance with the MWC organics, MWC metals, MWC acid gases, good 
combustion practices (GCP), and nitrogen oxides. 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 carbon injection and to calculate the 
estimated hourly carbon injection rate for hours of operation as a 
means of determining continuous compliance for mercury. Quarterly 
reports of excess emissions are required under subpart Ea, while semi-
annual reports of 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 
NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of subpart Ea shall 
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least 
2 years. For MWCs subject to subpart Eb all records are required to be 
maintained at the source for a period of 5 years. All reports are sent 
to the delegated State or Local authority. In the event that there is 
no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA 
Regional Office.
    The required 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 record 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 issued by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the NSPS 
continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous 
compliance with the regulation. The collection of this information is 
mandatory. 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. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 9/4/98 (63 
FR 47279); No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 316 
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. The total annualized cost burden includes the capital cost 
for continuous emission monitors (CEMs) of $240,000 and the annualized 
operation and maintenance costs of $323,010, which includes costs for 
calibrating the CEMs.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of municipal 
waste combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Response: one-time, quarterly, semi-annual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 67,004 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $563,010.
    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. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1506.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0210 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy. 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: November 20, 1998.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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