26952 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 92 / Thursday, May 13, 2010 / Notices 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: May 7, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11403 Filed 5–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Center on 

Employment Policy and Measurement 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–4. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a priority for an 

RRTC on Employment Policy and 

Measurement. The Assistant Secretary 

may use this priority for competitions in 

fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years. We 

take this action to focus research 

attention on areas of national need. We 

intend this priority to improve 

rehabilitation services and outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priority for 

a Center on Employment Policy and 

Measurement’’ in the subject line of your 

electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7532 or by e-mail: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priority is in concert 

with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for 

FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can 

be accessed on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/ 

policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

Invitation To Comment: We invite 

you to submit comments regarding this 

notice. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this proposed priority. Please let us 

know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 5142, 550 12th 

Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Project and Centers Program is 

to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

RRTC Program 

The purpose of the RRTC program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

through advanced research, training, 

technical assistance, and dissemination 

activities in general problem areas, as 

specified by NIDRR. Such activities are 

designed to benefit rehabilitation 

service providers, individuals with 

disabilities, and the family members or 

other authorized representatives of 

individuals with disabilities. In 

addition, NIDRR intends to require all 

RRTC applicants to meet the 

requirements of the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority 

that it published in a notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Statutory and Regulatory Requirements 

of RRTCs 

RRTCs must— 

• Carry out coordinated advanced 

programs of rehabilitation research; 

• Provide training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to help rehabilitation 

personnel more effectively provide 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with disabilities; 

• Provide technical assistance to 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; 

• Disseminate informational materials 

to individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; and 

• Serve as centers of national 

excellence in rehabilitation research for 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties. 

Applicants for RRTC grants must 

demonstrate in their applications how 

they will address, in whole or in part, 

the needs of individuals from minority 

backgrounds. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

Proposed Priority: This notice 

contains one proposed priority. 


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1The U.S. Census Bureau conducts data 

collection for all three surveys. The agency 

sponsors are— 

1. U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau 

(American Community Survey); 

2. U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (National Health Interview Survey); and 

3. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (Current Population Survey). 

Center on Employment Policy and 

Measurement 

Background: Despite the enactment of 

legislation and the implementation of a 

variety of policy and program efforts at 

the Federal and State levels to improve 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities during the past 20 

years, the rate of employment for 

individuals with disabilities remains 

substantially lower than the rate for 

those without disabilities. In December 

2009, only 18.6 percent of persons with 

a disability were employed, compared 

to 63.3 percent of persons with no 

disability. (U.S. Department of Labor, 

2009). This discrepancy in employment 

rates exists across all sociodemographic 

groups. Additionally, the median 

earnings for individuals with 

disabilities who are employed are less 

than $18,000 per year as compared to 

$28,000 per year earned by individuals 

without disabilities (Steinmetz, 2006; 

U.S. Census Bureau, 2006). 

Research conducted by NIDRR 

grantees and others has shown that 

Federal and State government policies 

are critical factors that influence the 

employment status of individuals with 

disabilities. For instance, programs such 

as Social Security Disability Insurance 

(SSDI) and Supplemental Security 

Income (SSI) have a significant impact 

on employment rates for individuals 

with disabilities (Fraser et al., 2004; 

Goodman & Waidmann, 2003). SSDI and 

SSI recipients with disabilities are less 

likely to achieve gainful employment 

than individuals with disabilities who 

do not receive these benefits (Goodman 

& Waidmann, 2003). 

The fear of losing eligibility for public 

health insurance is frequently identified 

as a major reason that people with 

disabilities work only limited hours or 

do not seek employment (Livermore & 

Goodman, 2009; Stapleton, O’Day, 

Livermore, & Imparato, 2006). Medicaid 

Buy-In programs may allow some 

individuals to maintain both 

employment and adequate insurance 

coverage. While some studies indicate 

that Medicaid Buy-In enrollees increase 

their average earnings after enrollment, 

there are not yet rigorous data that link 

participation in these Medicaid 

programs to an increase in employment 

(Livermore & Goodman, 2009). 

Despite many efforts to better 

coordinate these and other Federal 

programs that affect employment 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, ‘‘[t]here is no Federal system 

for disability that coordinates the many 

different disability programs and 

services, and no comprehensive lifetime 

picture of the needs of individuals with 

disabilities’’ (U.S. Government 

Accountability Office, 2005). Although 

many agencies evaluate their own 

programs, NIDRR’s unique mission 

allows it to examine interactions among 

government programs and the collective 

impact of government policies and 

programs upon employment outcomes 

among individuals with disabilities. 

As policies emerge and evolve, there 

is a need for continued research on the 

impact of government policies and 

programs as they shape the environment 

in which individuals with disabilities 

attempt to enter and stay in the 

workforce. This research would provide 

information to guide policymakers and 

other stakeholders, including 

individuals with disabilities and their 

advocates, as they work to develop and 

implement policies that will lead to 

positive employment outcomes. 

NIDRR is also interested in 

conducting research to support further 

development of useful measures that 

will improve understanding of and 

communication regarding employment 

outcomes. Inconsistent measurement in 

employment research creates 

uncertainty about the validity of data on 

outcomes such as job retention, hours 

worked, wage rate and benefits, and 

opportunities for advancement (Loprest, 

2007; Silverstein, Julnes, & Nolan, 2005; 

Interagency Committee on Disability 

Research, 2007; Hotchkiss, 2004). The 

use of common measures and metrics 

will enhance our ability to monitor the 

effectiveness of policies and programs 

intended to improve employment 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities. 

We have reached a critical point in 

our ability to understand relationships 

between functional status, health status, 

access to support services and health 

care, and employment outcomes. This is 

because, for the first time in our history, 

three national datasets–-the American 

Community Survey, the Current 

Population Survey, and the National 

Health Interview Survey 1—will include 

the same seven questions to identify 

most people with disabilities. 

Each of these datasets includes a 

wealth of additional information that 

can further our understanding of the 

complex factors that facilitate or hinder 

successful employment outcomes. 

However, across the datasets there is 

variation in how specific components of 

employment outcomes are measured. 

Improved methods of linking data 

across these data sets would allow for 

more and better comparisons of 

employment-related outcome data such 

as wages and earnings, benefits, quality 

of employment, and job stability. 

Further research using these datasets, as 

well as research using State surveys and 

agency data sources such as the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

Case Service Report (RSA–911) will lead 

to a more comprehensive understanding 

of the problems in measuring 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. This research can also 

inform the development of more 

effective means to evaluate the 

Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants 

Program, the Ticket to Work Program, 

and other Federal programs designed to 

improve employment rates and other 

employment outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

References: 

Fraser, R., Vandergoot, D., Thomas, D., & 

Wagner, C. (2004). Employment outcomes 

research in vocational rehabilitation: 

Implications for Rehabilitation Counselor 

(RC) training. Journal of Vocational 

Rehabilitation, 20, 135–142. 

Goodman, N. & Waidmann, T. (2003). 

‘‘Social Security Disability Insurance and the 

recent decline in the employment rate of 

people with disabilities.’’ In Stapleton & 

Burkhauser (Eds.), The Decline in 

Employment of People with Disabilities: A 

Policy Puzzle. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn 

Institute for Employment Research, pp. 339– 

368. 

Hotchkiss, J.L. (2004). Growing part-time 

employment among workers with 

disabilities: Marginalization or opportunity? 

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Economic 

Review, Third Quarter 2004, pp. 25–40. 

Interagency Committee on Disability 

Research. (2007). Employer perspectives on 

workers with disabilities: A national summit 

to develop a research agenda. Washington, 

DC: U.S. Department of Labor. 

Livermore, G. & Goodman, N. (2009). A 

Review of Recent Evaluation Efforts 

Associated with Programs and Policies 

Designed to Promote the Employment of 

Adults with Disabilities. Ithaca, NY: 

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center 

on Employment Policy for Persons with 

Disabilities. See http:// 

digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/edicollect/ 

1262. 

Loprest, P. (2007). Strategic Assessment of 

the State of the Science in Research on 

Employment for Individuals with 

Disabilities. Final Report. Washington, DC: 

The Urban Institute. National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

Silverstein, R., Julnes, G. & Nolan, R. 

(2005). What policymakers need and must 

demand from research regarding the 

employment rate of persons with disabilities. 


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Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 399– 

448. 

Stapleton, D., O’Day, B., Livermore, G., and 

Imparato, A. (2006). Dismantling the Poverty 

Trap: Disability Policy for the 21st Century. 

Milbank Quarterly, 84(4), 701–732. 

Steinmetz, E. (2006). Americans With 

Disabilities: 2002. Household Economic 

Studies Current Population Reports (pp.70– 

107). Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau. 

See http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/ 

disability/sipp/disable02.html. 

U.S. Census Bureau. (2006). American 

Community Survey table B1802: Selected 

Economic Characteristics for the Civilian 

Noninstitutionalized Population By 

Disability Status. Washington, DC: U.S. 

Census Bureau. See http:// 

factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ 

STTable?_bm=y&- 

qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S1802. 

U.S. Department of Labor. (2009). Labor 

force statistics from the current population 

survey. Washington, DC: Bureau of Labor 

Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor. See 

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm. 

U.S. Government Accountability Office. 

(2005). Federal Disability Assistance: Wide 

Array of Programs Needs to be Examined in 

Light of 21st Century Challenges. GAO–05– 

626. Washington, DC: U.S. Government 

Accountability Office. See http:// 

www.gao.gov/new.items/d05626.pdf. 

Proposed Priority: 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Employment Policy and Measurement. 

The RRTC must conduct research, 

knowledge translation, training, 

dissemination, and technical assistance 

to advance the understanding of how 

government policies, and changes in 

policies, affect employment outcomes of 

individuals with disabilities and to 

expand the capacity of government 

agencies, other policy groups, and 

consumer organizations to produce 

consistent data related to the 

employment of individuals with 

disabilities. Under this priority, the 

RRTC must contribute to the following 

outcomes: 

(a) Increased knowledge of 

government policies and programs that 

affect employment outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities. The RRTC 

must contribute to this outcome by— 

(1) Conducting rigorous research on 

the ways in which policies, changes in 

policies, and the interaction of policies 

such as those reflected in the Workforce 

Investment Act, including the 

Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) State 

Grants program; the Social Security 

Disability Insurance and Supplemental 

Security Income programs; health care 

initiatives; and other Federal or State 

programs affect employment rates for 

individuals with disabilities. Examples 

of such policy topics include, but are 

not limited to, the interaction between 

income support programs, poverty, 

disability, and employment success; the 

interaction between requirements for 

the VR State Grants and Ticket to Work 

programs; and the policy barriers to 

successful transition from youth to 

adulthood for young people with 

disabilities; 

(2) Assessing existing research 

findings and other materials such as 

agency documents or data to produce 

timely policy briefs on emerging topics 

related to employment of individuals 

with disabilities; and 

(3) Identifying statistical methods that 

can be used to interpret and compare 

data from different programs and data 

sets that provide information on the 

employment of individuals with 

disabilities. 

(b) Improved capacity to measure the 

employment outcomes of individuals 

with disabilities. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by— 

(1) Identifying or developing a 

framework that includes common 

measures and metrics that capture the 

different types of employment outcomes 

for individuals with disabilities, 

including wages, benefits, employment 

retention and re-entry, and 

opportunities for advancement, and that 

can be used to analyze and compare 

data across different programs; and 

(2) Validating the new measures and 

metrics by collecting new data or 

analyzing existing data to determine the 

properties of these measures and 

metrics and their sensitivity to factors 

that are hypothesized to affect 

employment among people with 

disabilities. 

(c) Increased incorporation of research 

findings from the RRTC project into 

practice or policy. The RRTC must 

contribute to this outcome by— 

(1) Collaborating with stakeholder 

groups to develop, evaluate, or 

implement strategies to increase 

utilization of research findings; 

(2) Conducting training and 

dissemination activities to facilitate the 

utilization of research findings by 

employers, policymakers, and 

individuals with disabilities; and 

(3) Collaborating and sharing 

information with other agencies across 

the Federal Government through 

mechanisms such as the Interagency 

Committee on Disability Research. 

In addition, the RRTC must— 

(1) Establish an Interagency Advisory 

Group that includes, but is not limited 

to, representatives from the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA), the Office of Disability 

Employment Policy, the Social Security 

Administration, the Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid Services, and 

other agencies, as necessary, to ensure 

that the policy topics address the issues 

of most concern across key agencies and 

to guide development of the measures’ 

framework; 

(2) Collaborate with appropriate 

NIDRR-funded grantees, including 

knowledge translation grantees and 

grantees involved with employment 

research; and 

(3) Collaborate with relevant RSA 

grantees and NIDRR-funded Disability 

and Business Technical Assistance 

Centers. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priority: 

We will announce the final priority in 

a notice in the Federal Register. We will 

determine the final priority after 

considering responses to this notice and 

other information available to the 

Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing additional 

priorities, requirements, definitions, or 

selection criteria, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: Under 

Executive Order 12866, we have 

assessed the potential costs and benefits 

of this proposed regulatory action and 

have determined that it is not 

‘‘significant’’ under the terms of that 

Executive order. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 


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Dated: May 6, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0526; FRL–9151–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Incinerators 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1058.10, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0040 

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 June 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2009–0526, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by e-mail 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: 

Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code: 2223A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number (202) 564–7021; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

marshall.robert@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 July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38005), 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 EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0526, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, 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 

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

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holidays. The telephone number for the 

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the telephone number for the 

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Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

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Title: NSPS for Incinerators 

(Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1058.10, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0040. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 31, 2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

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approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

and displayed either by publication in 

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appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) renewal is being 

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(40 CFR part 60, subpart E), which were 

promulgated on July 25, 1977. These 

standards apply to incinerators that 

charge more than 45 metric tons per day 

(50 tons per day) of solid waste for the 

purpose of reducing the volume of the 

waste. Solid waste is defined as refuse 

that is more than 50 percent municipal 

wastes. 

Owners and operators of incinerators 

subject to NSPS must notify EPA of 

construction, reconstruction, 

anticipated and actual startup dates, and 

results of performance tests. Records of 

performance test results, shutdowns, 

and malfunctions must be maintained. 

These notifications, reports, and records 

are essential in determining compliance; 

and are required, in general, of all 

sources subject to NSPS. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

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this collection of information is 

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