[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 894-895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00077]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0310; FRL-10004-02-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants 
(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), NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment 
Plants (EPA ICR Number 1063.14, OMB Control Number 2060-0035), 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 March 31, 
2020. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal 
Register, on May 6, 2019 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 February 7, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0310, 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

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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, 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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Sewage 
Sludge Treatment Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart O) were proposed on 
August 17, 1971, promulgated on December 23, 1971, and amended on: 
October 6, 1975; November 10, 1977; October 6, 1988; October 17, 2000; 
and February 27, 2014. These regulations apply to each incinerator 
which either combusts wastes that contain more than 10 percent sewage 
sludge (dry basis) produced by municipal sewage treatment plants or 
each incinerator which charges more than 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) per day 
municipal sewage sludge (dry basis). New facilities include those that 
commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date 
of proposal. These standards set emission limitation for particulate 
matter (PM). This information is being collected to assure compliance 
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart O.
    In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of sewage sludge 
treatment plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart O).
    Estimated number of respondents: 86 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 9,690 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,170,000 (per year), which includes 
$3,050,000 in either annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours in 
this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations. First, the regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years. Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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