[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78449-78450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32390]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0009; FRL-7426-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1899.02 (OMB No. 2060-0422 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request

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: Emission Guidelines for 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (OMB Control No. 2060-
0422, EPA ICR No. 1899.02) The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Binder, Compliance Assistance 
and Sector Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 
202-564-2516 Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2516; fax number: 
202-564-0009; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On June 20, 2002 (67 FR 41981), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2002-0009, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) Docket 
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding federal holidays. The telephone number for the 
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) Docket 
is (202) 566-1514. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket identification number 
identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2201T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), 
or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. 
When EPA identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will 
provide a reference to that material in the version of the comment that 
is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Emission Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 
Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce) (OMB Control No. 2060-0422, 
EPA ICR Number 1899.02). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2003. 
Under the OMB regulations, EPA may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Hospital/Medical/ Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) 
for which construction was commenced on or before June 20, 1996, and 
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 exceedances 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 records for five years the 
reports and records that are required under 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce, 
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. 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 at the co-fired combustor. Incinerators burning 
only pathological, low-level radioactive, and/or chemotherapeutic waste 
are also required to maintain records of the periods of time when only 
pathological waste, low-level radioactive waste, and/or 
chemotherapeutic waste is burned.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 163 
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

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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 Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 189.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semi-annually, and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 105,228.
    Estimated Total Annual O&M Cost: $295,407, includes O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 28,176 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a reduction in the number 
of affected respondents as indicted by a recent source inventory 
analysis.

    Dated: December 10, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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