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(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

BURDEN STATEMENT

Burden hours Cost/engine

family

Annual frequency

Number of respondents

(Number engine

families)

Emission Certification:

On Road HDE ....................................................................................... 214 $12,840 1 14 (130)

Non Road Large CI ............................................................................... 194 11,640 1 46 (310)

Average, Banking and Trading Program:

On Road HDE ....................................................................................... 398 23,880 1 7 (48)

Non Road Large CI ............................................................................... 518 30,568 1 5 (25)

Exclusions:

Marine .................................................................................................... 1.5 57 1 60 (1)

Small SI ................................................................................................. 1.5 57 1 60 (1)

Large CI ................................................................................................. 1.5 57 1 60 (1)

On Road HDE ....................................................................................... 1.5 57 1 60(1)

Small SI SEA ................................................................................................ 1091.8 56,598 1 7 (7)

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; 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.

Dated: April 20, 1998.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air

and Radiation.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; NSPS for

Sewage Treatment Plant Incineration

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: NSPS Subpart O, Sewage

Treatment Plant Incineration, OMB

control Number 2060–0035, expires

June 30, 1998. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, by phone at (202) 260–2740, by EMail at Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to

EPA ICR No.1063.07

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Subpart O: Sewage

Treatment Plant Incineration, OMB

Control Number 2060–0035, ICR

1063.07, expiring June 30, 1998. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains record

keeping and reporting requirements that

are mandatory for compliance with 40

CFR Part 60.150, et seq., Subpart O,

New Source Performance Standards

(NSPS) for sewage sludge treatment

plant incinerators. This information

notifies EPA when a source becomes

subject to the regulations, informs the

Agency if a source is in compliance

when it begins operation, and informs

the Agency if the source remained in

compliance during any period of

operation. In the Administrator’s

judgment, particulate matter emissions

from sewage treatment plant

incinerators cause or contribute to air

pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Therefore, NSPS were

promulgated for this source category.

The control of emissions of

particulate matter from sewage

treatment plant incinerators requires not

only the installation of properly

designed equipment, but also the

operation and maintenance of that

equipment. Particulate matter emissions

from sewage treatment plant

incinerators are the result of the

physical and chemical characteristics of

the sludge feed and fuel use, the excess

air rate, the temperature profile within

the incinerator, the pressure drop across

the control device, and operating

procedures. These standards rely on the

reduction of particulate matter

emissions by wet scrubbers.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate record

keeping is necessary. In the absence of

such information, enforcement

personnel would be unable to determine

whether the standards, that are

protective of public health, are being

met on a continuous basis, as required

by the Clean Air Act.
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The standards require initial

notification reports with respect to

construction, modification,

reconstruction, startups, shutdowns,

and malfunctions. The standards also

require reports on initial performance

tests.

Under the standard, the data collected

by the affected industry is retained at

the facility for a minimum of two (2)

years and made available for inspection

by the Administrator.

An Agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

December 2, 1997 (62 FR 63703–63712);

No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection is estimated to average 40

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; 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/operators Sewage Sludge

Treatment Plant Incinerators

Estimated No. of Respondents: 114

Frequency of Response: 2/year

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 9,089 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $4,690,000

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1063.07,

and OMB Control Number 2060–0035,

in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, PPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 21, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Peer-Review Meeting for EPA’s

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a Public Meeting for

the Scientific Peer-Review of EPA’s

revised external review draft titled,

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a public, scientific peer-review meeting

on June 3 and 4, 1998, from 8:30 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. each day, to review the

revised external review draft, Inventory

of Sources of Dioxin in the United

States.

DATES: The scientific peer-review

meeting will be held June 3 and 4, 1998.

The public is invited to attend the peerreview meeting. There is no charge for

attending the meeting; however, seating

is limited so advance reservations are

suggested.

ADDRESSES: The scientific peer-review

meeting will be held at the Ramada

Plaza Hotel Old Town, 901 North

Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia. To

make hotel reservations, please call the

hotel directly at (703) 683–6000 by May

12, 1998. Reference the ‘‘EPA Dioxin

Meeting’’ to receive the group rate. The

Ramada Plaza Hotel Old Town is

located two miles south from Ronald

Reagan National Airport, Washington,

D.C. Members of the public wishing to

register to attend the meeting may

contact EPA’s contractor, Eastern

Research Group, Inc. (ERG), by calling

the ERG conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374.

The peer-review materials will be

available on or about April 17, 1998.

These materials include a document

entitled, Inventory of Sources of Dioxin

in the United States (EPA/600/P–98/

002Aa, April 1998) and an external

review draft electronic database on

Compact Disk (CD–ROM) entitled,

Database of Sources of Environmental

Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in

the United States (EPA/600/P–98/

002Ab, April 1998). To obtain copies of

the revised external review draft

document and/or CD–ROM, interested

parties should contact the ORD

Publications Center, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther

King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268;

telephone (513) 569–7562; fax (513)

569–7566. When ordering, please

provide your name, mailing address,

and the document title and EPA number

listed above.

The revised external review draft

document and CD–ROM also will be

available for public inspection at the

ORD Public Information Shelf, EPA

Headquarters Library, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20460, between

the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except for

Federal holidays. In addition, an

electronic version of the document,

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States (EPA/600/P–98/002Aa,

April 1998) will be posted on the

Internet on or about April 17 at the

following URL: http://www.epa.gov/

ncea/dioxin.htm. However, the CD–

ROM containing the Database of Sources

of Environmental Releases of DioxinLike Compounds in the United States

(EPA/600/P–98/002Ab, April, 1998) will

not be posted on the Internet due to the

size of the database, i.e., over 100

Megabytes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA

has contracted with Eastern Research

Group, Inc., (ERG) to manage the peer

review and prepare a summary report to

EPA. To attend the meeting, contact

ERG’s conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374, by May 20, 1998, and

reference the ‘‘EPA Dioxin Inventory

Review.’’ Members of the public who

cannot attend the meeting may submit

brief written comments for

consideration by the Panel. Written

comments should be submitted by no

later than Friday, May 29, 1998, to:

Susan Brager Murphy, Attn: Dioxin

Inventory Review, Eastern Research

Group, Inc., 110 Hartwell Ave.,

Lexington, MA 02173–3134. A limited

amount of time will be set aside for

members of the public to present brief

oral comments to the peer-review panel

on the first day of the meeting. Oral

presentations will be limited to a

maximum of 5 minutes, and the number

of people giving oral comment may be

limited by the time available.

Opportunity for making oral comment