[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49667-49668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24379]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7069-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, New Stationary Performance Sources (NSPS) for 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 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: New Stationary Sources: 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators, 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Ec., OMB Control Number 2060-0363, expiration date of 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 October 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1730.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0363, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1730.03. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Jonathan Binder in the Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance at (202) 564-2516 or 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title

    Information Collection for New Stationary Sources Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators, 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec., OMB Control 
Number 2060-0363, expiring 9/30/01. This is a request for extension of 
a currently approved collection.

Abstract

    Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI), burning 
hospital waste and/or medical infectious waste are subject to specific 
reporting and recording keeping requirements. Notification reports are 
required related to the construction, reconstruction, or modification 
of an HMIWI. Also required are one-time-only reports related to initial 
performance test data and continuous measurements of site-specific 
operating parameters. Annual compliance reports are required related to 
a variety of site-specific operating parameters, including exceedance 
of applicable limits. Semi-annual compliance reports are required 
related to emission rate or operating parameter data that were not 
obtained when exceedances of applicable limits occurred. Affected 
entities must retain for five years the reports and records that are 
required under 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec and 40 CFR part 60, subpart--
General Provisions.
    Co-fired combustors and incinerators burning only pathological, 
low-level radioactive, and/or chemotherapeutic waste are required to 
submit notification reports of an exemption claim, and an estimate of 
the relative amounts of waste and fuels to be combusted. These co-fired 
combustors and incinerators are also required to maintain records on a 
calendar quarter basis of the weight of hospital waste combusted, the 
weight of medical/infectious waste combusted, and the weight of all 
other fuels combusted.
    All reports required under the New Source Performance Standard 
(NSPS) and the General Provisions are submitted to the respondent's 
state, tribal, or local agency, whichever has been delegated 
enforcement authority by the EPA. The information is used by EPA solely 
to determine that all sources subject to the NSPS are in compliance 
with the NSPS and that the control system installed to comply with the 
standards is being properly operated and maintained. Based on reported 
information, EPA can decide which facilities should be inspected and 
what records or processes should be inspected at the facilities. The 
records that sources maintain would indicate to EPA whether facility 
personnel are operating and maintaining control equipment properly. The 
NSPS for HMIWIs requires initial notifications, performance tests, and 
periodic reports. Owners or operators are also required to maintain 
records of the occurrence and duration of any start-up, shutdown, or 
malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period 
during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, 
reports, and records are essential in determining compliance and are 
required of all sources subject to NSPS. 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 April 12, 2001; (66 FR 18927); no comments were 
received.

Burden Statement

    The annual public reporting and record keeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 1.9 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: Facilities burning hospital waste 
and/or medical infectious waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annual, and initial (one-
time).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4541 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $19618.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No.1730.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0363 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 20, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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