[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10719-10720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5314]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0001; FRL-7458-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for EPA ICR 
No. 1847.03, OMB No. 2060-0390 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: Federal Plan Recordkeeping 
and Reporting Requirements for Large Municipal Waste Combustors 
Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 (40 CFR part 62, subpart 
FFF). This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost 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: 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; 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-2003-0001, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 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 
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) 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

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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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Federal Plan Requirements for Large Municipal Waste 
Combustors Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 (40 CFR part 62, 
subpart FFF) (OMB Control No. 2060-0390, EPA ICR No. 1847.03). This is 
a request to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to 
expire on March 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: Municipal Solid Waste Combustors (MWC) with a capacity to 
combust greater than 250 tons per day if construction was commenced on 
or before September 20, 1994 and that are not located in areas covered 
by an EPA-approved and currently effective State or Tribal Plan are 
subject to specific reporting and recordingkeeping requirements. 
Notification reports are required for one-time-only reports related to 
initial performance test data and continuous measurements of site-
specific operating parameters. Quarterly, semi-annual and 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 that are required under 40 CFR part 62, Sec. Sec.  
62.14109(a), 62.39b(a) and 40 CFR part 60, Sec.  60.59b.
    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 399 
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 Large 
Municipal Waste Combustors.
    Estimated Average Number of Respondents: 14.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly, semi-annually, and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 39,067.
    Estimated Total Annual Operations and Maintenance Cost: $402,617.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 19,848 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 and the expectation that EPA-approved and effective State 
Plans will cover additional respondents.

    Dated: February 23, 2003.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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