[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20454-20455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9388]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6579-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage 
Sludge

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

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that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval: Title: Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge; 
EPA ICR Number 0229.13; OMB Control Number 2040-0004; expiration date 
September 30, 2001. 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 May 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download a copy of the ICR off the Internet at 
http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0229.13. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Dr. Alan B. Rubin; Telephone No. 202-
260-7589.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (OMB 
Control No. 2040-0004; EPA ICR No. 0229.13; expiring September 30, 
2001). This is a revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR estimates the total burden hours for sewage 
sludge incinerator owners/operators (SSIOOs) to comply with self 
implementing requirements for sewage sludge incinerators under subpart 
E of 40 CFR part 503, Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage 
Sludge. On February 19, 1993, EPA published the final 40 CFR part 503 
Rule at 58 FR 9248. For the most part, this rule was designed to be 
self-implementing with the exception of certain provisions of the 
sewage sludge incineration subpart E of the Rule. In order to make the 
entire part 503 Rule self-implementing, the Agency on August 4, 1999 at 
64 FR 42551 published Phase 1 Amendments to Round 1 of part 503. 
Included in these amendments were requirements for SSIOOs to provide 
the permitting authority certain information as specified in the rule 
that would allow the permitting authority to determine whether SSIOOs 
are in compliance with the numerical standards section of subpart E of 
the part 503 Rule. The specific sections of the part 503 Rule that were 
amended to effect these requirements are sections 503.43(e)(2), 
503.43(e)(3) (ii), and 503.43(e)(4). The requirement for SSIOOs to 
perform air dispersion modeling and run performance tests to comply 
with Subpart E numerical standards have always been in the base part 
503 Rule and burden hours for these activities were included in the 
base part 503 Rule ICR. However, the base part 503 Rule required the 
permitting authority to specify to the SSIOOs the air dispersion model 
and model parameters to use as well as specify the protocol for running 
the incinerator performance test. The Phase 1 Amendments now require 
the SSIOOs to select this information from EPA-published guidance 
documents and to submit this information to the permitting authority. 
This ICR estimates the burden hours for this activity.
    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 December 
14, 1999 (64 FR 69755). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average five 
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: Sewage sludge incinerator owners/
operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Response: Once per five years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 150 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor): $0.
    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. 0229.13 and OMB Control No. 2040-0004 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 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: April 4, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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