[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 218 (Thursday, November 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70127-70128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29186]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0210; FRL-9490-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Municipal Waste 
Combustors (Renewal)

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 December 12, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0210, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2822IT, 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, Monitoring, 
Assistance, 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; email 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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 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-2011-0210, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 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 either 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 
www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1506.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0210.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    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 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.
    Any owner or operator subject to subpart Ea will maintain a file of 
these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years. For 
those facilities subject to subpart Eb, all records are required to be 
maintained at the source for a period of five years.
    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 that 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.
    All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. In 
the event that

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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, subparts Ea and Eb, 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 Numbers for the EPA 
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 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: $1,916,503, which includes $1,757,811 
in labor costs, $60,000 in capital/startup costs, and $98,692 in 
operation and maintenance (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: (1) The regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative, 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden. There is, however, an increase in the estimated burden cost as 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of approved Burdens. The 
increase is not due to any program changes. The change in burden cost 
is due to the use of the most updated labor rates.
    Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there 
is no significant industry growth, the labor hours from the previous 
ICR are used in this ICR.

    Dated: November 4, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-29186 Filed 11-9-11; 8:45 am]
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