[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20793]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7036-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Federal Plan Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements 
for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or before September 
20, 1994 (Subpart FFF)

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Federal Plan Recordkeeping and 
Reporting Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed 
on or before September 20, 1994 (Subpart FFF); EPA ICR Number 1847.02; 
OMB Control Number 2060-0390; expiration date December 31, 2001. Before 
submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting 
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as 
described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Compliance Assistance and Sector Program Division, Office of 
Compliance, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Mail Code 
2224A, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, 
NW.; Washington D.C. 20460. A hard copy of this ICR may be obtained 
without charge by calling the identified information contact 
individual.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Young at (202) 564-7062, fax 
at (202) 564-0009, or by E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which are owners and operators of municipal waste combustors 
(MWCs) with a capacity to combust greater than 250 tons per day located 
in States that do not have EPA-approved State plans.
    Title: Federal Plan Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for 
Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or before September 20, 
1994 (Subpart FFF); OMB Control Number 2060-0390, EPA ICR Number 
1847.01, expiration date December 31, 2001.
    Abstract: This information collection is required as a result of a 
Federal plan to implement and enforce the Clean Air Act (CAA) emission 
guidelines (40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb) for large municipal waste 
combustors that were promulgated under the authority of CAA sections 
111 and 129. The emission guidelines are not Federally enforceable. 
Under the CAA section 129(b)(2), States were required to submit State 
plans to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval by 
December 19, 1996 that implement and enforce the guidelines. Section 
129(b)(3) requires EPA to promulgate a Federal plan to implement and 
enforce the guidelines in those States that have not submitted an 
approvable plan to EPA by December 19, 1997. Such a plan was 
promulgated at 40 CFR part 62, subpart FFF (the rule). The reporting 
and recordkeeping requirements of the rule apply to MWC units with 
capacities to combust greater than 250 tons per day. The EPA Regional 
Offices collect the required information to ensure that the Federal 
plan is being implemented and enforced for affected facilities in 
States that have not submitted an approvable State plan by December 19, 
1997.
    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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who respond through the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other forms of information technology.

Burden Statement

    The EPA estimates that there are 56 respondents that would submit 
112 responses per year to the EPA. The annual burden is projected to be 
59,366 hours annually at a cost of between $2,059,000 per year to meet 
the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements of the rule. 
The frequency of response is semiannual and the estimated average 
burden hour cost per response is estimated to be 530 hours.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.

    Dated: August 6, 2001.
Lisa C. Lund,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 01-20793 Filed 8-16-01; 8:45 am]
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