[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75235-75236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-32059]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0028; FRL-7603-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for 
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration Units, EPA ICR 
Number 1927.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0451

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 29, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0028, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail 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). No comments were received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
Number OECA-2003-0028, 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 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 Commercial and Industrial Solid 
Waste Incineration Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD).
    Abstract: Emission Guidelines for Commercial and Industrial Solid 
Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD), was 
promulgated on December 1, 2000. The emission guidelines require a one-
time waste management plan, initial performance tests for ten 
pollutants, annual performance testing for particulate matter (PM), 
hydrogen chloride (HCl), and opacity, continuous operating parameter 
monitoring, annual operator training, and annual reporting. A deviation 
report is required if any of the emission limitations or operating 
limits are exceeded. The frequency of these activities was chosen by 
EPA as the period that will provide an adequate margin of assurance 
that affected facilities will not operate for extended periods in 
violation of the standards.
    The regulation addresses information collection activities imposed 
by the Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Unit 
Emission Guidelines, subpart DDDD. The guidelines do not apply directly 
to CISWI unit owners and operators. The guidelines can be thought of as 
``model regulations'' that States use in developing State plans to 
implement the emission guidelines. If a State does not develop, adopt, 
and submit an approved State plan, the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) must develop a Federal plan to implement the emission guidelines. 
In the event that a State's plan is not approved, then a Federal plan 
must be developed.
    The information will be used by the designated Administrator's 
enforcement personnel to ensure that the requirements of the State (or 
Federal) plan are being implemented and are

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complied with on a continuous basis. Specifically, the information will 
be used by the designated Administrator to: (1) Identify existing 
sources subject to the standards; (2) ensure that existing sources have 
a control plan to achieve compliance by the final compliance date; (3) 
ensure that subpart DDDD is being properly applied; (4) ensure that the 
emission standards are being complied with; and (5) ensure, on a 
continuous basis, that the operating parameters established during the 
initial stack test are not exceeded.
    In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the 
Designated Administrator to identify CISWI units that may not be in 
compliance with the standards. Based on reported information, the 
designated Administrator can decide which CISWI units should be 
inspected and what records or processes should be inspected at the 
CISWI unit. The records that CISWI units maintain would indicate to the 
designated Administrator whether the personnel are operating and 
maintaining control equipment properly and whether they have met the 
qualification requirements. In more than 95 percent of the cases, the 
enforcement of emission guidelines has been delegated to State air 
pollution control agencies. In such cases, the reports required by the 
standards will be submitted to the appropriate State agency, and not 
directly to the EPA. Thus, there is a minimal possibility for the 
duplication of information to State agencies and EPA. In those few 
cases where State agencies have not developed a State plan or requested 
delegation of the federal plan, Federal enforcement still requires 
information from the CISWI facility. The plant owner or operator may 
submit a copy of State or local reports to the Administrator in lieu of 
the report required by the standards, as specified in the General 
Provisions of 40 CFR part 60.
    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 262 
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: Commercial and Industrial Solid 
Waste Incineration Units.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 97.
    Frequency of Response: Annually, Semi-annual and Initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 72,423 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,021,000, includes $87,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $12,000 annual O&M costs and 
$5,922,000 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 63,278 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase was due to the implementation of 
the rules. In the active ICR, it was assumed that most of the burdens 
of the rule in conformity with the initial requirements, will not occur 
until years four or five of implementation of this rule, therefore, 
most of the respondent burden for those requirements is included in 
this renewal package.
    There was no capital cost or operational and maintenance costs 
associated with the emission guidelines in the active ICR, therefore, 
the respondent burden for the active ICR is minimal, as compared to the 
renewal ICR.

    Dated: December 17, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 03-32059 Filed 12-29-03; 8:45 am]
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