Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2012 / Notices 70751 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to either submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidentiality of 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Emission Guidelines 

and Compliance Times for Small 

Municipal Waste Combustion Units 

Constructed on or Before August 30, 

1999 (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1901.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0424. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2012. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to either conduct or sponsor 

the collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract 

These emission guidelines apply to 

small municipal waste combustors 

(MWCs) constructed on or before 

August 30, 1999, that combust greater 

than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less than 

250 tpd of municipal solid waste. The 

emission guidelines regulate organics 

(dioxin/furans), metals (cadmium, lead, 

mercury, and particulate matter), and 

acid gases (hydrogen chloride, sulfur 

dioxide, and nitrogen oxides). The 

emission guidelines require initial 

reports, semiannual reports, and annual 

reports. Owners or operators also are 

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. Owners or 

operators subject to these regulations are 

required to maintain records of 

measurements and reports for at least 

five years. Reports are also required 

semiannually. 

Burden Statement 

The annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average 

1,709 hours per response. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining 

information, and disclosing and 

providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously—applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners or operators of small municipal 

waste combustors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

23. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, semiannually, and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

100,854. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$10,802,579, which includes $9,765,779 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and $1,036,800 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the industry labor hours in 

this ICR compared to the previous ICR. 

This 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 Emission 

Guidelines only affect existing sources, 

so there is no significant change in the 

overall burden. However, there is an 

adjustment increase in the total industry 

and Agency labor costs as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This increase is not 

due to any program changes. The 

change in cost estimates reflects 

updated labors rates available from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28652 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0528; FRL–9524–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 

Production Facilities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2012–0528, to: (1) EPA online, 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to: 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 


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70752 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 228 / Tuesday, November 27, 2012 / Notices 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0528, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to either submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidentiality of 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Synthetic Fiber 

Production Facilities (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1156.12, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0059. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2012. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to either conduct or sponsor 

the collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract 

The affected entities are subject to the 

General Provisions of the NSPS at 40 

CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, 

or additions to the Provisions specified 

at 40 CFR part 60, subpart HHH. 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must make an initial 

notification report, performance tests, 

periodic reports, and 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. Reports are also 

required semiannually. 

Burden Statement 

The annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average 34 

hours per response. ‘‘Burden’’ means 

the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting, 

validating, and verifying information, 

processing and maintaining 

information, and disclosing and 

providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously-applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners or operators of synthetic fiber 

production facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally, 

quarterly and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,860. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$345,058, which includes $180,058 in 

labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and 

$165,000 in operation and maintenance 

(O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the respondent burden hours 

in this ICR compared to the previous 

ICR. This 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 

the industry is very low, negative or 

non-existent, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. However, 

there is an increase of one burden hour 

for the Agency due a correction of 

rounding error in the previous ICR. 

There is an increase in burden costs 

for both the respondents and the Agency 

due to an adjustment in labor rates. This 

ICR uses updated labor rates from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate 

burden costs. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–28650 Filed 11–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9754–4] 

Notice of Decision Regarding 

Requests for a Waiver of the 

Renewable Fuel Standard 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Governors of several 

States requested that EPA waive the 

national volume requirements for the 

renewable fuel standard program (RFS 

or RFS program), pursuant to section 

211(o)(7) of the Clean Air Act (the Act), 

based on the effects of the drought on 

feedstocks used to produce renewable 

fuel in 2012–2013. Several other parties 

submitted similar requests. Based on a 

thorough review of the record in this 

case, EPA finds that the evidence and 

information does not support a 

determination that implementation of 

the RFS program during the 2012–2013 

time period would severely harm the 

economy of a State, a region, or the 

United States. EPA is therefore denying 

the requests for a waiver. 

DATES: Petitions for review must be filed 

by January 28, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0632. All 

documents and public comment in the 

docket are listed on the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in EPA 

Headquarters Library, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744. The Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center’s Web 

site is http://www.epa.gov/oar/ 

docket.html. The electronic mail (email) 

address for the Air and Radiation 

Docket is: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, the 

telephone number is (202) 566–1742, 

and the Fax number is (202) 566–9744. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dallas Burkholder, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions 

Laboratory, 2565 Plymouth Road, MI 

48105; telephone number: (734) 214– 

4766; fax number (734) (214–4050; 

email address: 

burkholder.dallas@epa.gov. 


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