[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5645-5646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2066]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0040; FRL-7868-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Waste 
Combustors (Renewal), ICR Number 1506.10, OMB Number 2060-0210

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 April 30, 2005. 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 March 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0040, 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, 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, Office of Compliance, (Mail Code 2223A), 
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 September 14, 2004 (69 FR 55430) 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 
No. OECA-2004-0040, 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 Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 60, 
subparts Ea and Eb) (Renewal)
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for subparts 
Ea and Eb were proposed on December 20, 1980, and September 20, 1994 
respectively, and promulgated on February 11, 1991 and December 19, 
1995, respectively. Both of these standards apply to municipal waste 
combustors with unit capacities greater than 225 megagrams per day. 
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make one-time-only 
notifications and reports and must keep records of all facilities 
subject to NSPS requirements. 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. The 
pollutants of concern for subpart Ea are metals, municipal waste 
combustor (MWC) organics, MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides. In 
subpart Eb the additional pollutants of concern are cadmium (Cd), lead 
(Pb), and mercury (Hg). Subparts Ea and Eb require owners and operators 
with unit capacity above 225 megagrams per day to notify the agency of 
intent to construct and initiate operation of a new, modified or 
reconstructed MWC. The notification must contain supporting information 
regarding unit design capacity, the calculations used to determine 
capacity, and estimated startup dates.
    Owners and operators must submit semiannual and annual compliance 
reports. In addition, facilities subject to subpart Eb are required to 
keep records of the weekly amount of carbon used for activated carbon 
injection and to calculate the estimated hourly carbon injection rate 
for hours of operation as a means of determining continuous compliance 
for Hg. Annual reports of excess emissions are required under subpart 
Ea, while semiannual reports of excess emissions are required under 
subpart Eb. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance and are required, in general, of all sources 
subject to the standard.
    Any owner or operator subject to subpart Ea will maintain a file of 
these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years. For 
those facilities subject to subpart Eb all records are required to be 
maintained at the source for a period of five years.
    Notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority 
when a source becomes subject to the standard. The reviewing authority 
may then inspect the source to check if the

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pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, and the 
standard is being met. Performance test reports are needed as these are 
the Agency's records of a source's initial capability to comply with 
the emission standards, and serve as a record of the operating 
conditions under which compliance was achieved. The information 
generated by monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities 
affected by the standard continue to operate the control equipment and 
achieve continuous compliance with the regulation.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In 
the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are 
sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    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 are estimated to average 198 
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: Owners or operators of municipal 
waste combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, semiannually, 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,421 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,635,293, which includes $60,000 
annualized capital/startup costs, $99,000 (rounded) annual O&M costs, 
and $1,476,293 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 8,536 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to an increase in the number of 
sources from eight to twelve from the most recently approved ICR.

    Dated: January 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-2066 Filed 2-2-05; 8:45 am]
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