[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 239 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70834-70835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24158]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0049; FRL-8505-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1730.06, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0363

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 January 14, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0049, 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: 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 March 9, 2007 (72 FR 10735), 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-HQ-OECA-2007-0049, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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

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restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 
CFR part 60, subpart Ec).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1730.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0363.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. 
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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hospital/
Medical/ Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI), 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Ec, were promulgated on September 15, 1997. These standards apply to 
HMIWIs for which construction commenced after June 20, 1996, or for 
which modification commenced after the effective date of the NSPS. 
Notification reports are required upon the construction, 
reconstruction, or modification of an HMIWI. Also, required are one-
time-only reports of initial performance test data and continuous 
measurements of site-specific operating parameters. Annual compliance 
reports are required on a variety of site-specific operating 
parameters, including exceedance of applicable limits. Semiannual 
compliance reports of emission rates or operating parameter data that 
were not obtained when exceedances of applicable limits occurred. 
Affected entities must retain reports and records for two years under 
40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec and 40 CFR part 60, subpart A--General 
Provisions.
    Co-fired combustors and incinerators burning only pathological, 
low-level radioactive, and/or chemotherapeutic waste are required to 
submit notification reports of an exemption claim, and an estimate of 
the relative amounts of waste and fuels to be combusted. These co-fired 
combustors and incinerators are also required to maintain records on a 
calendar quarter basis, of the weight of hospital waste combusted, the 
weight of medical/infectious waste combusted, and the weight of all 
other fuels and waste combusted.
    All reports required under NSPS and the General Provisions are 
submitted to the respondent's state, tribal, or a local agency, 
whichever has been delegated enforcement authority by the EPA. The 
information is used by the EPA solely to determine that all sources 
subject to the NSPS are in compliance, and that the control system 
installed to comply with the standards is being properly operated and 
maintained. Based on reported information, EPA can decide which 
facilities should be inspected and what records or processes should be 
inspected at the facilities. The records that the owner/operators 
maintain would indicate to EPA whether facility personnel are operating 
and maintaining control equipment properly. 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 notification, reports, and records are essential in 
determining compliance and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.
    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 
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, 
and records. 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. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Ec, as authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of the Clean Air Act. The 
required information consists of emissions data and other information 
that have been determined to be private.
    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 Number 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 195 
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: Facilities burning hospital waste 
and/or medical infectious waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 9.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually and semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,617.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $683,312, which includes $2,000 
annualized Capital Startup costs, $25,000 annualized Operating and 
Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $656,312 annualized Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total 
estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens; however, there have been no program changes.
    The industry is experiencing some growth; therefore, there is an 
increase in the number of new sources. In addition, the revised hourly 
rate has been updated (increased) and calculation errors in the 
previous ICR were corrected.
    There is also an increase in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) cost which is due to the increase in the number of 
new sources.

    Dated: December 6, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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