ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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– 0413 ; FRL - ] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant Incineration (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart O ) , EPA ICR Number 1063.11 , OMB Control Number 2060

–0035 . 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 Req uest (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 [ INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER]. ADDRESSES : Submit your comments, referencing d ocket ID number EPA
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–0413 , to (1) EPA online using www.regulati ons.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 2 801 T , 1200 Pennsylvania Ave nue , NW, Washin gton, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17 th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT : John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planni ng and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243
- 05) , Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency , Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711;2

telephone number: (919) 541
- 0296 ; fax number: (919) 541
- 3207 ; e - mail address: schaefer.j ohn@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 8, 2009 (74 FR 32580) , EPA sought comments on this I CR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments
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additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 day s of this notice. EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under d ocket ID number EPA
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– 0413 , 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 Ave nue , 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 holiday s. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566
- 1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket is (202) 566
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. Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment s ys tem at http://www.regulations.gov , to 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 electronicall y. Once in the system, select “docket search,” then key in the do cket ID number identified above. Please note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronic ally 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 cop yri ghted material, CBI, or other information whos e3

public disclosure is restricted b y statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov
. Title : NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant Incineration (40 CFR Part 60, Subpar t O) ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1063.11 , OMB Control Number 2060

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. ICR Status: This I CR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2010 . Under OMB regulations, the Agency

may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this subm ission 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 currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 , and displayed either b y publication in the Federal Register or b y other 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 : 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 General Prov isions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart O. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial notification, performance tests, periodic reports, and maintain records of the occurrence and duration of an y startup, shutdown, or malfuncti on in the operation of an affected facility , or any period during which the monitoring sy stem is inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are required semiannually
. Burden Statement : The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this4

collection of information is estimated to average 55 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended b y persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency . This includes the tim e needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and s ys tems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing way s to compl y with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequentl y changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of inform ation; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. Re spondents/Affected Entities: Sewage sludge treatment plant incinerators. Estimated Number of Respondents: 112
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of Response: Initiall y, occasionally, and semiannually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,464
. Estimated Total Annual Cost : $ 5,138,948 , which includes $ 1,178,948 in labor costs, $ 4 0 ,000 in capital/startup costs, and $ 3,92 0,000 in operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens which is due to more accurate estimates of existing sources. The number of existing facilities changed from 54 to 112 and increased the number of responses, burden hours, labor costs, and O&M costs. A reduction in capital/start
- up costs occurred due to the decrease of anticipated new sources which declined from 1 to 0.4 new sources per year.5

Dated: _____________

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_____________________________ Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division BILLING CODE 6560
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