[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6520-6521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3359]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7142-3]


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

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 Source Performance 
Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors Subpart Ea and Subpart Eb, OMB 
2060-0210, expires March 31, 2002. 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 March 14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1506.09 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0210, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 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. 1506.09. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Jonathan Binder at (202) 564-2516 or 
[email protected] with the Office of Compliance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Waste 
Combustors Subpart Ea and Subpart Eb, OMB 2060-0210; EPA ICR No. 
1506.09; expiring March 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owners or operators of the affected facilities described 
must make one-time-only notifications and reports and 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 Municipal Waste Combustor (MWC) 
organics, MWC metals, MWC acid gases, good combustion practices, 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.
    MWCs subject to Subpart Ea 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, Tribal, 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

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information generated by monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements described in this ICR is used 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 October 29, 2001, (66 FR 54514). No comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 238 
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 and operators of municipal 
waste combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
    Frequency of Response: One-time, quarterly, semi-annual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,885 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $132,000.

    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. 1506.09 and OMB Control No. 2060-0210 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: January 31, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-3359 Filed 2-11-02; 8:45 am]
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