[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43845-43846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16717]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0141; FRL-7791-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment 
Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart O) (Renewal), ICR Number 1063.09, OMB 
Number 2060-0035

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 September 30, 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 August 23, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0141, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center, EPA West, 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289), 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-2003-0141, 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 Docket is: (202) 566-1752. 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. When 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: NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart O) (Renewal).
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart O, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for sewage sludge 
treatment plant incinerators.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from sewage 
treatment plant incinerators requires not only the installation of 
properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of 
that equipment. Particulate matter emissions from sewage treatment 
plant incinerators are the result of the physical and chemical 
characteristics of the sludge feed and fuel use, the excess air rate, 
the temperature profile within the incinerator, the pressure drop 
across the control device, and operating procedures. These standards 
rely on the reduction of particulate matter emissions by wet scrubbers.
    In order to ensure compliance with these standards, adequate 
recordkeeping is necessary. In the absence of such information, 
enforcement personnel would be unable to determine whether the 
standards, that are protectively of public health, are being met on a 
continuous basis, as required by the Clean Air Act.
    These standards require initial notification reports with respect 
to construction, modification, reconstruction, startups, shutdowns, and 
malfunctions. The standards also require reports on initial performance 
tests and semiannual reports of noncompliance.
    Under the standard, the data collected by the affected industry is 
retained at the facility for a minimum of two (2) years and make it 
available for inspection by the Administrator.
    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 55 
hours per

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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/operators of Sewage Sludge 
Treatment Plants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,214 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,380,931, which includes $100,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $1,890,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$390,931 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,875 hours in the 
total estimated burden. This decrease in the burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to more accurate estimates of existing and 
anticipated new sources.

    Dated: July 14, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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