[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23824-23825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-09024]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0321; FRL-10009-00-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Incineration Units 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Sewage Sludge 
Incineration Units (EPA ICR Number 2369.05, OMB Control Number 2060-
0658), 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 June 
30, 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 May 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0321, 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. 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Sewage 
Sludge Incineration Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart LLLL) were proposed 
on October 14, 2010, and promulgated on March 21, 2011. These 
regulations apply to new and existing facilities with one or more 
sewage sludge incineration (SSI) units. New facilities are those that 
commenced construction after October 14, 2010 or commenced modification 
after September 21, 2011. Physical or operational changes made to the 
SSI unit to comply with the SSI Emission Guidelines at 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart MMMM do not qualify as a modification under this NSPS. This 
information is

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being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart LLLL.
    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 
incineration units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart LLLL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 8 (total).
    Frequency of response: Occasionally, semiannually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,560 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,070,000 (per year), which includes 
$998,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in burden from the 
most recently-approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens due to an increase in the number of respondents 
subject to the rule. While the per respondent costs of annual 
performance testing and CEMS/CPMS monitoring have remained the same, 
but the total O&M costs have increased from the previous ICR renewal 
due to the increase in the number of existing respondents complying 
with the requirements of the rule.
    Several revisions were made to the calculation of respondent 
burden. The labor burden for facilities to familiarize with regulation 
requirements was revised from 40 hours per existing source per year to 
40 hours for a new source and 4 hours for an existing source. This 
change more accurately reflects the burden that new and existing 
sources require to familiarize and re-familiarize with the rule. The 
Number of Respondents that will complete the annual refresher course 
was revised from 1 to 7 to reflect that this is an annual requirement 
for operators at existing sources, per 40 CFR 60.4825.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2020-09024 Filed 4-28-20; 8:45 am]
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