[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 24134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10885]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0503; FRL-9993-65-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Emission Guidelines for Large 
Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 
(EPA ICR Number 1847.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0390), 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 May 31, 2019. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 30, 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 June 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0503, 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 Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste 
Combustors at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb were proposed on September 20, 
1994, promulgated on December 19, 1995, and amended on August 25, 1997, 
and May 10, 2006. These regulations apply to existing facilities 
constructed on or before September 20, 1994 that own and operate 
municipal waste combustion (MWC) units with a combustion capacity 
greater than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste (large MWC 
units). The reporting and recordkeeping requirements discussed below 
result from the emission guidelines that apply to large MWCs covered by 
EPA-approved and effective State plans and, where a State plan has not 
been approved, large MWCs covered by the Federal plan. This information 
is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart 
Cb.
    In general, all Emission Guidelines standards require initial 
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/
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 
Emission Guidelines.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Large municipal waste combustors.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Cb).
    Estimated number of respondents: 77 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 394,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $63,700,000 (per year), includes $1,530,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a small adjustment decrease in 
the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This decrease in labor hours is not due to any 
program changes. Instead, the slight decrease is due to a decrease in 
the number of respondents, and several minor adjustments and updates to 
the calculations based on new information collected by the Agency. Two 
units were discovered to be affected by the Federal plan, instead of 
the State Plan, and thus decreased the burden for Designated State 
Administrators. In addition, several units were determined to be 
privately owned rather than publicly owned based on new data. There was 
a slight decrease in capital/startup and O&M costs because the number 
of units changed.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-10885 Filed 5-23-19; 8:45 am]
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