[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 245 (Thursday, December 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65706-65707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31343]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7120-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Renewal; 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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Federal Plan Recordkeeping 
and Reporting Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors 
Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 (subpart FFF), ICR Number, 
1847.02, OMB Control Number, 2060-0390, expiration date, December 31, 
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 January 22, 2002.

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. 1847.20.For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Carolyn Young, 202-564-7062, Office of 
Compliance, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    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 
1847.02, expiration date December 31, 2001. This is a renewal notice.
    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 (MWC's) 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. Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements would apply to MWC units with capacities to 
combust greater than 250 tons per day (tpd) (large MWC's). The EPA 
Regional Offices will collect the required information (after 
promulgation of the MWC Federal plan) to ensure that the subpart FFF 
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. 
Respondents are owners or operators of municipal waste combustors with 
a capacity to combust greater than 250 tons per day located in States 
that do not have EPA-approved State plans. All respondents must submit 
notification of five increments of progress and emission rates. The 
information will be used to ensure that the MWC Federal plan 
requirements are being achieved on a continuous basis. 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 August 17, 2001. A comment 
was received from Mark Strohfus, Great River Energy, 17845 E. Hwy 10, 
PO Box 800 Elk River, MN 55330-0800.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,218 
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: Owners/Operators Municipal Waste 
Combustors (MWC).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Response: one-time, quarterly, semi-annual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 58,915 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $3,218.
    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.1847.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0390 in any 
correspondence.
    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. 1847.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0390 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: December 12, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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