[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4587-4588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01760]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0668; FRL-9520-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Commercial and 
Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units (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 
Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units (EPA 
ICR Number 2385.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0664), 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 either on or before 
February 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0668, 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

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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: 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Emission Guidelines for Commercial and Industrial 
Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) units (40 CFR part 60, subpart DDDD) 
apply to any air quality program in either a state or a United States 
protectorate with one or more existing CISWI units that commenced 
construction either on or before April 29, 2010. In general, all 
emission guidelines 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 with 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart DDDD.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of existing 
CISWI units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart DDDD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 78 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannual, annual.
    Total estimated burden: 9,890 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $12,200,000 (per year), which includes 
$11,000,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the 
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. The growth 
rate for this industry is very low or non-existent, so there is no 
change in the number of respondents. The regulations have changed over 
the past three years; however, the amendments did not result in any 
changes in burden. The labor calculations for incinerators were 
corrected to remove one instance in the previous ICR, where labor costs 
for continuous parameter monitoring were double-counted. The labor 
calculations for incinerators were also corrected to revise the number 
of respondents submitting a status report, corrective action summary, 
and semiannual report to reflect reports submitted for 10 percent of 
the total number of CISWI units. The overall result is a decrease in 
burden hours. The costs for annual performance testing were updated 
from 2008 to 2020 using the CEPCI Index, resulting in an increase in 
O&M costs. The monitoring costs were updated from 2008 values to 2020 
values using the CEPCI Index and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, 
resulting in an increase in monitoring costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01760 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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