[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 233 (Thursday, December 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67845-67846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-30161]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0025; FRL-7593-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Commercial and 
Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart 
CCCC), EPA ICR Number 1926.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0450

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2004. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 5, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0025, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Mail Code 2223A, Office of Compliance, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; 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 May 19, 2003 (68 FR 27059), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OECA-2003-0025, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center 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. EPA's policy is that public comment, 
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

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31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: NSPS for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration 
Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CCCC).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units (CISWI) (40 
CFR part 60, subpart CCCC), was proposed on December 1, 2000, and 
promulgated on March 27, 2001. The standards require initial 
performance tests for 10 pollutants, annual performance testing for 
particulate matter (PM), hydrogen chloride (HCl), opacity continuous 
operating parameter monitoring, annual operator training and annual 
reporting (deviation reports are required if any of the emission 
limitations or operating limits are exceeded).
    This standard applies to owners or operators of new stationary 
sources, that is, incineration units that meet either of the two 
criteria: (1) Sources for which construction begins after the NSPS is 
proposed which is November 30, 1999, or (2) sources that are 
reconstructed or modified on or after June 1, 2001. The standard 
applies to combustion devices that combust commercial and industrial 
waste. Commercial and industrial waste is a solid waste combusted in an 
enclosed device using controlled flame combustion without energy 
recovery, which is a distinct operating unit of any commercial or 
industrial facility, including field-erected, modular, and custom-built 
incineration units operating with starved or excess air, or solid waste 
combusted in an air curtain incinerator without energy recovery.
    Owners or operators subject to the provisions of this part will 
perform annual performance testing on an ongoing basis, ensuring that 
the air pollution control device is operating properly and its 
performance has not deteriorated. To minimize the burden of the annual 
performance testing, the rule only required those respondent tests for 
PM, HCl, and opacity. Annual performance testing is not required for 
dioxins/furans, cadmium (Cd), carbon monoxide (CO), lead (Pb), mercury 
(Hg), nitrogen oxides (NOX), and sulfur dioxide 
(SO2). This significantly reduces the testing costs while 
still providing the EPA with sufficient data to adequately assess 
compliance. The rule allows respondents to skip two annual tests for a 
pollutant if all performance tests over the previous three years show 
compliance with the emission limit. The owner or operator must 
establish maximum or minimum values for each operating parameter during 
the initial performance tests for PM, dioxins/furans, opacity, HCl, Cd, 
Pb, Hg, CO, NOX and SO2.
    Owners or operators subject to this provision must perform the 
following activities: Conduct performance tests, monitor operating 
parameters, prepare siting analysis, prepare waste management plan, 
operator training and qualifications, one-time and periodic reports, 
and the maintenance of records. Reports are submitted annually and 
semiannually. With the exception of requiring records to be maintained 
for more than three years, none of the guidelines in CFR 1320.5 are 
being exceeded. In 40 CFR subpart A, ``General Provisions for National 
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 
Categories,'' and under section 129 of the Act, CISWI facilities are 
subject to similar MACT-based regulations, requiring all records to be 
maintained at the source for a period of five years. In addition, Title 
V permit programs also require records to be retained for five years.
    The proposed standards include annual operator training 
requirements for incinerator unit operators (rule requires at least one 
qualified operator or supervisor per facility). The annual training 
requirements include annual refresher training to maintain operator 
qualification and an annual review of site-specific documentation. The 
way in which an incinerator is operated has a significant impact on the 
emissions from that incinerator. The annual operator training is 
essential to ensure that the incinerator is being operated properly.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 325 
hours per response. Burdens 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: Commercial and industrial solid 
waste incineration units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Response: Initial, annual, and semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 16,899.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,343,000, includes $13,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $5,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$1,325,000 labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,690 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Approximately six new CISWI units are constructed 
each year. Therefore, the average number of respondents has increased 
to 30 in this ICR. In addition, a revised hourly labor rate from the 
United States Department of Labor, resulted in an increase over the 
three-year period from the previous ICR.

    Dated: November 24, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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