[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 106 (Friday, June 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32081-32082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8616]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0036; FRL-8179-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State and Federal Emission 
Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators 
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1899.03, Control Number 2060-0422

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the 
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 3, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0036, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 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: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (Mail Code 
2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7016; 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 6, 2005, (70 FR 24020), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any additional 
comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID 
number EPA-OECA-2005-0036, which is available for public viewing online 
at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement 
and Compliance Docket 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 is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 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. For further information about the 
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: State and Federal Emission Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1899.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0422.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Respondents subject to subparts Ce and HHH are owners or

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operators of hospital, medical, or infectious waste incinerators. 
Subpart Ce was promulgated on September 15, 1997, and requires states 
or tribes to develop plans to implement the Emission Guidelines. If 
approvable state or tribal plans were not developed, EPA was required 
to develop a Federal plan to implement the Emission Guidelines in such 
states or tribes. The Federal plan, subpart HHH was promulgated on 
September 14, 2000.
    Subparts Ce and HHH require initial notifications, performance 
tests, and annual and semi-annual reporting. 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions 
of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain 
the file for at least five years following the date of such 
measurements, maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to 
the state or tribal authority with an approved plan. In the event that 
there is no such approved plan, the reports are sent directly to the 
EPA regional office.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 320 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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 hospital, 
medical, or infectious waste incinerators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 72.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, on occasion, semiannually and 
annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 69,067.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,705,702 includes $0 annualized 
capital startup costs, $130,000 annualized O&M costs and $5,575,702 
annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 36,161 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The decrease in burden from the 
most recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of 
sources. Our estimate is based on a facility and emissions index of 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerator sources developed by the 
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The data in the index was 
collected directly from industry and updated March 2006. The previous 
estimate of 189 respondents was derived from approximated state agency 
data. In addition, the standard applies only to facilities which 
commenced construction on or before June 20, 1996. Hence, the current 
estimate of 72 sources represents a source-by-source count and takes 
into account those sources which have shutdown. Therefore, we have 
adjusted the number of respondents from 189 to 72. The decrease in 
Operations and Maintenance cost from $295,407,000 to $130,000 is 
primarily due a typographical error in the last approval.

    Dated: May 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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