[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 189 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50793-50794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23692]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0383; FRL-8964-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Small Municipal Waste 
Combustors (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1900.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0423

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 November 2, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0383, 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 
28221T, 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: 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-2009-0383, 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 Small Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1900.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0423.
    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 regulations apply to small municipal waste 
combustors (MWCs) commencing construction after

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August 30, 1999, and small MWC units commencing reconstruction or 
modification after June 6, 2001, that combust greater than 35 tons per 
day (tpd) but less than 250 tpd of municipal solid waste. This 
information collection is required as a result of the implementation of 
the New Source Performance Standards developed under the authority of 
sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act. The regulations 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 and operators of small MWCs are required 
to measure, record, and report emission rates and operating parameters, 
follow good combustion practices, and submit a siting analysis. 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 1,108 
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: Small Municipal Waste Combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually, annually, and on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,975.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,087,204, which includes $938,068 in 
labor costs, $66,000 in capital/start-up costs, and operation and 
maintenance costs of $83,136.
    Changes in the Estimates: The adjustment decrease in burden from 
the most recently approved ICR is an adjustment due to a decrease in 
the number of respondents, from three to two.

    Dated: September 26, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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