[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52007-52008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19342]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0009; FRL-7804-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval: Comment Request; NSPS for Incinerators (40 CFR 
Part 60, Subpart E) (Renewal), ICR Number 1058.08, OMB Number 2060-0040

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 October 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 September 23, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0009, 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 May 25, 2004 (69 FR 29718), 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-2004-0009, 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

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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 Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) (Renewal).
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Incinerators were promulgated on December 23, 1971 (36 FR 24877). These 
standards apply to incinerators that charge more than 45 metric tons 
per day rate (50 tons per day) of solid waste, for the purpose of 
reducing the volume of the waste after promulgation of NSPS subpart E 
in 1971. Solid waste is defined as refuse that is more than 50 percent 
municipal type wastes. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60 subpart E.
    Owners or operators of the affected facilities described must make 
one-time-only notifications including: (1) Notification of any physical 
or operational change to an existing facility which may increase the 
regulated pollutant emission rate; (2) notification of the initial 
performance test, including information necessary to determine the 
conditions of the performance test; and (3) performance test 
measurements and results. Owners or operators are also required to 
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, 
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or 
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. 
Monitoring requirements specific to NSPS subpart E provide information 
on daily charging rates and hours of operation.
    The control of emissions of particulate matter from municipal 
incinerators requires not only the installation of properly designed 
equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment. 
Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the Administrator 
to: (1) Identify existing, new, and reconstructed sources subject to 
the standards; (2) determine a source's initial capability to comply 
with the emission standard; and (3) ensure that the standards are being 
achieved. Affected facilities must also submit semiannual reports. 
These records and reports are required under subpart E and the General 
Provisions of 40 CFR part 60.
    Owners or operators of affected facilities must provide certain 
notifications and reports on startup and initial performance. Owners or 
operators of affected facilities also must record certain operation and 
maintenance activities and retain files with this information for at 
least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance 
reports, and records.
    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 51 
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/operators of incinerators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 82.
    Frequency of Response: Initially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,393 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $735,926, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $205,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$530,926 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 151 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease in the hourly burden from the most 
recently approved ICR is due in part to a decrease in the number of 
sources.

    Dated: August 11, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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