[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51459-51460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22067]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2018-0130; FRL-9984-94-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hazardous Waste Combustors 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Hazardous Waste 
Combustors (EPA ICR Number 1773.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0171), to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on July 3, 2018 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 neither conduct nor 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 November 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2018-0130, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or 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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; 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, EPA 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: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Hazardous Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEE) apply to the following types of new and existing 
combustion units that burn hazardous waste: Incinerators, cement kilns, 
lightweight aggregate kilns, solid fuel boilers, liquid fuel boilers, 
and hydrochloric acid production facilities. In general, all NESHAP 
standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and 
periodic reports by the owners/

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operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These 
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining 
compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to 
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of hazardous 
waste combustors.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, 
subpart EEE).
    Estimated number of respondents: 180 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 62,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $9,560,000 (per year), which includes 
$2,890,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The 
adjustment decrease in burden is due to a decrease in the number of 
respondents based on more accurate estimates of the number of existing 
and new respondents as provided by the Agency and industry 
consultations. The decrease in burden is also a result of the removal 
of burden items related to requirements that are not associated with 
the standard, testing and installation activities that are not 
information collection activities, submittal of certain conditional or 
optional information that is not required by the rule, and one-time 
activities that have been completed. These changes are further 
discussed below. These changes also result in an adjustment decrease in 
the number of responses. The number of responses also reflects updates 
to clarify those responses related to reporting and that related to 
recordkeeping activities where reports are not submitted.
    There is an adjustment increase in the total capital and O&M costs 
based on the revised estimates of the number of new respondents. As 
discussed below, because this ICR assumes one new HWC unit per year, we 
have included capital and O&M costs for CO and O2 CEMS, PM 
CEMS, COMs, and CMS. These items were not included in the previously 
approved ICR because it was assumed that existing sources had the 
equipment required to meet the standard already installed.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-22067 Filed 10-10-18; 8:45 am]
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