[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39096-39097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10833]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0077; FRL-8194-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Emission Guidelines and 
Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed 
on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1901.03, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0424

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. 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 August 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0077 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email 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, 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 September 21, 2005, (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments (or) has 
addressed the comments received. 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-HQ-OECA-2005-0077, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, 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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small 
Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 
1999 (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1901.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0424.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 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: The emission guidelines apply to small municipal waste 
combustors (MWCs) commencing construction before August 30, 1999, that 
combust greater than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less than 250 tpd of 
municipal solid waste. The emission guidelines regulate organics 
(dioxin/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, and particulate 
matter), and acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, and 
nitrogen oxides). The emission guidelines require initial reports, 
semiannual reports and annual reports. 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. Owners or operators subject to these regulations are 
required to maintain records of measurements and reports for at least 
five years.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,709 
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

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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: Small Municipal Waste Combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually, annually, and on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 100,854.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,578,926 which includes $0 
annualized capital start up costs, $1,037,000 annualized O&M costs and 
$8,541,926 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 85,520 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden hours from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of respondents 
subject to the standard, from 39 to 23. The decrease in the capital 
cost estimate from the most recently approved ICR, from $2,800,000 to 
zero, is due to the fact that no additional monitoring equipment is 
expected to be installed over the next three years. All monitoring 
equipment required by this standard was installed during the most 
recently approved ICR. In addition, no new sources will become subject 
to this standard over the next three years. The decrease in the O&M 
costs from the previous ICR is due to the decrease in the number of 
respondents subject to the standard, from 39 to 23.

    Dated: June 28, 2006.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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