[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01592]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0669; FRL-9498-01-OMS]


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 (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Emission Guidelines for Sewage 
Sludge Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 2403.06, OMB Control Number 2060-
0661), 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, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 8, 2021 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 28, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0669, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; 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 
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of sewage sludge incineration units 
are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements 
for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as for 
the applicable standards in 40 CFR part 60, subpart MMMM and 40 CFR 
part 62 subpart LLL. This includes submitting initial notifications, 
performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining 
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 reports are 
used by the EPA to determine compliance with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of existing 
sewage sludge incinerators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart MMMM and 40 CFR part 62, subpart LLL).
    Estimated number of respondents: 86 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually, annually.
    Total estimated burden: Respondent burden is 32,800 hours (per 
year), while the State/local agency burden for administering the same 
rule is 1,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: Respondent cost is $5,230,000 (per year); 
this sum includes $1,350,000 annualized capital/startup and/or 
operation & maintenance costs. State/local agency cost is $106,000 (per 
year).
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens for respondents. This situation is due to two 
considerations: (1) The regulations have not changed over the past 
three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for this industry is very low or non-
existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden. 
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is 
no significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the 
capital/startup and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
    This ICR also adjusts the number of respondents subject to the 
requirements of Subpart MMMM which are implemented under State plans 
and a Federal Plan to incorporate the burden associated with the 
Federal Plan. The Federal Plan was finalized at 40 CFR part 62, subpart 
LLL on April 29, 2016. As of June 3, 2021, the EPA data and the listing 
of approved State plans in the eCFR indicates that 9 State and local 
agencies enforce the State plans and the remainder of these SSI units 
will be covered by the Federal Plan. The burden on State and local 
agencies is included in respondent burden in this ICR, and is similar 
to the Agency burden in the previous ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01592 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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