[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24721-24722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09946]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0311; FRL--9908-73-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge 
Incinerators (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Emission Guidelines for Sewage 
Sludge Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, Subpart MMMM) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR 
No. 2403.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0661), to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently-approved through May 31, 2014. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (78 
FR 35023) on June 11, 2013 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0311, to: (1) EPA online, using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to: [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs

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Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number: (202) 564-0050; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This supporting statement addresses information 
collection activities imposed by the Sewage Sludge Incineration (SSI) 
Unit Emission Guidelines Subpart MMMM. The guidelines do not apply 
directly to SSI unit owners and operators. The guidelines can be 
thought of as model regulations that States use in developing State 
plans to implement the emission guidelines. If a State does not 
develop, adopt, and submit an approvable State plan, the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) must develop a Federal plan to implement the 
emission guidelines. This ICR presents the burden to respondents 
(owners or operators of SSI units) and the Designated Administrator 
(State or Federal Government) that will be imposed by State plans 
developed to implement the emission guidelines. Respondents are owners 
or operators of existing SSI units, including fluidized bed or multiple 
hearth units.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of sewage 
sludge incinerators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart MMMM).
    Estimated number of respondents: 110 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 29,116 hours (per year). ``Burden'' is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $7,580,390 (per year), which includes 
$4,732,368 annualized capital and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. The decrease occurred because the standard has been in 
effect for more than three years and the requirements are different 
during initial compliance as compared to on-going compliance. The 
previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the 
initial activities for subject facilities. This includes purchasing 
monitoring equipment, conducting performance test(s) and establishing 
recordkeeping systems. This ICR, by in large, reflects the on-going 
burden and costs which include continuously monitoring of pollutants 
and the submission of annual reports. However, note there is an 
adjustment increase in the total respondent costs due to an increase in 
labor rates.
    In addition, there is a slight increase in the Agency cost due to a 
correction in travel expense. This ICR corrects the number of hours 
required for observing each stack test from 30 hours to 48 hours.

Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-09946 Filed 4-30-14; 8:45 am]
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