[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11631-11632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4149]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0056; FRL-8537-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Waste 
Combustors (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1506.11, OMB Control Number 2060-
0210

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 April 3, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2007-0056, 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 
2822T, 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-2007-0056 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 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 restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1506.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0210.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2008. 
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 Municipal 
Waste Combustors 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

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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.
    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 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 198 
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: Municipal waste combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, quarterly, annually and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 20,421.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,635,293 which includes $60,000 
annualized capital costs and $99,000 in O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden. Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and 
there is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost 
figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change 
in burden to industry.

    Dated: February 20, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
 Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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