[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10715-10716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5311]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2002-0014; FRL-7457-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1900.02 (OMB No. 2060-0423) 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

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that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval: Title: NSPS: Small Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 
60, subpart AAAA) (OMB Control No. 2060-0423, EPA ICR No. 1900.02) 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 April 7, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

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) 564-7073; fax 
number: (202) 564-0009; e-mail address: [email protected]. Refer 
to EPA ICR Number 1900.02.

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 (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-2002-0014, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement & Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, 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 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 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 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to ECDIC at [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: NSPS: Small Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart AAAA) (OMB Control No. 2060-0423, EPA ICR Number 1900.02). 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 NSPS: Small Municipal Waste Combustors, 40 CFR 
part 60, subpart AAAA. This information collection is required as a 
result of the implementation of the NSPS 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 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 operators of small MWCs 
are required to measure, record, and report emission rates and 
operating parameters, follow good combustion practices (GCP), and 
submit a siting analysis. The responses to this NSPS are 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 2,100 
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 MWCs that combust greater than 
35 tons per day (tpd) but less than 250 tpd of municipal solid waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 plants with 2 small MWC units 
each.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, Quarterly, Semi-annual, Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 25,201 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $806,474, includes $200,000 annualized 
capital and $77,000 O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a increase of 16,642 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the new small municipal 
waste combustors that have begun operating.

    Dated: February 28, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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