[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 179 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47788-47789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0447; FRL-8958-2]


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 1901.04, 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 October 19, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0447, to (1) EPA online using 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 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Kane, 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) 564-5960; 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 July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580), 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-2009-0447, 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) 566-1927.
    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 them and without 
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential 
business information, 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 Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small 
Municipal Waste Combustion Units

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Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1901.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0424.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009. 
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: These emission guidelines apply to small municipal waste 
combustors (MWCs) constructed on or 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 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 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, 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: 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: $9,578,726, which is comprised of 
$8,541,926 in labor costs, operation and maintenance costs of 
$1,036,800, and no capital/start-up costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change to the hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. Since there are no changes in the regulatory 
requirements and there is no significant industry growth, the labor 
hours and cost figures used in the previous ICR are also used in this 
ICR.

    Dated: September 10, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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