[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4467-4468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2037]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0013; FRL-7445-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1901.02 (OMB No. 2060-0424) 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: Title: Emission Guidelines 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Existing Small Municipal 
Waste Combustion Units, (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart BBBB), OMB Control No. 
2060-0424 and EPA ICR No. 1901.02, expiration date February 28, 2003. 
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 February 28, 
2003.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Chandler, Compliance Assistance 
and Sector Program, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, 
Mailcode 2224A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-707; 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 
No. OECA-2002-0013, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement & Compliance Docket Information Center (ECDIC) 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 legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the ECDIC 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 ID 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 (OMB), 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, 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 Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 
for Existing Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units (MWC), (40 CFR Part 
60, Subpart BBBB) (OMB Control No. 2060-0424, EPA ICR Number 1901.02). 
This is a request to renew an existing approved collection that is 
scheduled to expire on February 28, 2003. Under the OMB regulations, 
the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of 
information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: This addresses information collection activities that 
would be imposed by the ``Emission Guidelines Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements for Existing Small Municipal Waste 
Combustion Units MWC,'' 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB. This information 
collection is required as a result of the implementation of the 
emission guidelines that are being developed under the authority of 
sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements would apply to existing MWC units that have 
the capacity to combust greater than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less 
than 250 tpd of municipal solid waste.
    This ICR will enable EPA to monitor compliance with emission 
standards for regulated pollutants. Owners and

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operators of small MWCs are required to measure, record, and report 
emission rates and operating parameters, follow good combustion 
practices. The responses to this Emission Guideline 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, 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 404 
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: Small Municipal Waste Combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, Quarterly, Semi-annual, Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 186,374 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $17,351,247, includes $3,337,600 
annualized capital and O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 185,077 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the conducting of initial 
performance tests, annual performance tests, and the installation of 
continuous emission monitoring systems and their operation and 
maintenance.

    Dated: January 15, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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