[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39112-39113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10869]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2005-0078; FRL-8195-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Federal Emission Guidelines for 
Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 
1994, EPA ICR Number 1847.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0390

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-OECA-
2005-0079 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, 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. 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-2005-0079, 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) 566-1927.
    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 and publishes them without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, 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: Federal Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste 
Combustors

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Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1847.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0390.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 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 request for 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 all municipal waste 
combustion (MWC) units with a combustion capacity greater than 250 tons 
per day of municipal solid waste (large MWC units), if construction of 
the unit commenced on, or before September 20, 1994, and the unit is 
not covered by an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved and 
currently effective state or tribal plan.
    The Emission Guidelines require initial notifications, performance 
tests, and periodic reports. Owners, or operators also are 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 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 1,701 
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: Large Municipal Waste Combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually, annually, and on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 38,417.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $384,000, includes $384,000 annualized 
O&M costs and $0 capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 650 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. In the previous ICR, the number 
of MWCs (i.e., sources) was reported rather than the number of 
respondents. The costs associated with O&M also decreased slightly due 
to the decrease in the number of respondents.

    Dated: June 29, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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