[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 208 (Thursday, October 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55841-55842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26082]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0253; FRL-8975-3; EPA ICR No. 1847.05; OMB Control No. 
2060-0390]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Large 
Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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). This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of 
the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 30, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0253 to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Walt Stevenson, Sector Policies and 
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail 
Code D243-01, Environmental Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander 
Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-
5264; fax number: 919-541-5450; 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 24, 2009 (74 FR 36696), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. 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 the ICR under Docket ID No. 
EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0253, which is available for online viewing at http://www.regulations.gov or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Air and Radiation Docket 
is 202-566-1742.
    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 public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified in this document. 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: Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors 
Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1847.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0390.
    ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 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 are 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 ICR is a renewal of current data collection and 
reporting requirements for large municipal waste combustors (MWC)s 
subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb emission guidelines. The subpart 
Cb guidelines are maximum achievable control technology (MACT) based 
standards that were adopted in 1995 and were fully implemented by year 
2000. The data collected by the ICR are intended to monitor the 
compliance status of large MWCs subject to these MACT standards. The 
data collection is a mandatory requirement (Clean Air Act section 
114(a)(1)).
    The emission guidelines require initial notifications, performance 
tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators of large MWCs 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 of large MWCs must maintain all files 
for least five years.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,725 
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: 81.
    Frequency of Response: Annual, semiannual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 394,954.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $50,588,150, which includes labor 
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of $49,032,950 and operation and maintenance costs of $1,555,200.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 356,537 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The original ICR included only the burden for 
large MWCs subject to the Federal 111(d) plan for large MWCs. This ICR 
renewal includes the additional burden of large MWCs subject to 
approved State Section 111(d) plans and for State agencies implementing 
the Section 111(d) plans.

    Dated: October 23, 2009.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-26082 Filed 10-28-09; 8:45 am]
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