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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0056; FRL–9934–08– 

OW] 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology: 

Assumable Waters Subcommittee; 

Notice of Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Subcommittee Meetings. 

SUMMARY: Consistent with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, EPA is giving notice of two 

upcoming public meetings of the 

Assumable Waters Subcommittee 

convened under the National Advisory 

Council for Environmental Policy and 

Technology (NACEPT). The Assumable 

Waters Subcommittee will provide 

advice and recommendations as to how 

the EPA can best clarify assumable 

waters for dredge and fill permit 

programs pursuant to Clean Water Act 

section 404(g)(1). The EPA is 

undertaking this effort to support states 

and tribes that wish to assume the 

program. Similar to the parent NACEPT, 

the subcommittee represents a diversity 

of interests from academia, industry, 

non-governmental organizations, and 

local, State, and tribal governments. 

Meeting agendas and materials will be 

posted at www2.epa.gov/cwa-404/

assumable-waters-sub-committee. 

DATES: The Assumable Waters 

Subcommittee will hold two-day public 

meetings on: 

• October 6–7, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 

5:00 p.m., in the William Jefferson 

Clinton Building in Washington, DC. 

• December 1–2, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. 

to 5:00 p.m., in the One Potomac Yard 

Building in Arlington, VA. 

ADDRESSES: 

• William Jefferson Clinton Building, 

Room B305 North, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• One Potomac Yard, Ground Floor, 

2777 Crystal Dr. Arlington, VA 22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Bachle, Designated Federal 

Officer, via Email at: Assumable, by 

phone: (202) 566–2468, via postal 

service at: U.S. EPA, Office of Wetlands 

Oceans and Watersheds, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or to provide 

written comments to the Assumable 

Waters Subcommittee should be sent to 

Laura Bachle via Email at: 

assumablewaters@epa.gov by 

September 25, 2015, for the October 

meeting and by November 16, 2015, for 

the December meeting. The meetings are 

open to the public, with limited seating 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Members of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Laura Bachle via 

Email at: assumablewaters@epa.gov or 

by phone at: (202) 566–2468 by 

September 25, 2015, for the October 

meeting and by November 16, 2015, for 

the December meeting. Public 

comments will heard from 1:30 p.m. to 

2:30 p.m. on October 7, 2015, and 

December 2, 2015. 

Meeting Access: Information regarding 

accessibility and/or accommodations for 

individuals with disabilities should be 

directed to Laura Bachle at the email 

address or phone number listed above. 

To ensure adequate time for processing, 

please make requests for 

accommodations at least 10 days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: September 9, 2015. 

Benita Best-Wong, 

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and 

Watersheds. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2015–0628; FRL–9933– 

77–OECA] 

Public Comment on EPA’s National 

Enforcement Initiatives for Fiscal 

Years 2017–2019 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is soliciting public 

comment and recommendations on 

national enforcement initiatives (NEI) 

for fiscal years 2017–2019. EPA selects 

these initiatives every three years in 

order to focus federal resources on the 

most important environmental problems 

where noncompliance is a significant 

contributing factor and where federal 

enforcement attention can make a 

difference. The current initiatives as 

well as potential new initiatives under 

consideration are described in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, 

with additional descriptions and data 

on current initiatives available on our 

Web site: http://www2.epa.gov/

enforcement/national-enforcementinitiatives. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via 

www.regulations.gov, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2015– 

0628; FRL–9933–77–OECA. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2015– 

0628. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use 

of special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Palmer, Deputy Director, 

Planning Measures and Oversight 

Division, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance, Mail Code: 

M2221A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–5034; fax number: 

202–564–0027; email address: 

Palmer.Daniel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What are EPA enforcement and 

compliance national initiatives? 

EPA is soliciting public comment and 

recommendations on national 

enforcement initiatives to be undertaken 

in fiscal years 2017–2019. EPA selects 

these initiatives every three years in 

order to focus federal resources on the 

most important environmental problems 

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where noncompliance is a significant 

contributing factor and where federal 

enforcement attention can make a 

difference. This notice is an Agency 

planning document and does not 

impose any legally binding 

requirements on EPA or any outside 

parties. 

II. On what is EPA requesting 

comment? 

EPA’s Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance is collecting 

comment on which of the current 

national enforcement initiatives should 

continue, be expanded or returned to 

the standard enforcement program. 

Current initiatives may be carried 

forward, refined or concluded for the FY 

2017–2019 cycle. EPA is also seeking 

comment on the list of potential NEIs 

described above which are currently 

being considered for the FY 2017–2019 

national enforcement cycle. The public 

is invited to propose any other areas for 

consideration, keeping in mind resource 

constraints. 

III. What are the current FY 2014–2016 

national enforcement initiatives (which 

can be extended)? 

For the six current initiatives, EPA 

invites the public to comment on 

whether each NEI should continue into 

the FY 17–19 cycle or return to the 

standard enforcement program for 

completion of remaining work. EPA also 

invites comment on whether EPA 

should add new areas of focus within 

those NEIs that are recommended for 

extension. 

(1) Reducing air pollution from the 

largest sources. This national 

enforcement initiative has focused on 

ensuring that large industrial facilities 

comply with the Clean Air Act when 

building new facilities or making 

modifications to existing facilities. In 

keeping with the purpose of NEIs to 

address the largest, highest impact 

sources of pollution, this NEI has been 

centered on industrial sectors with the 

largest amounts of air pollution that can 

significantly impact human health: Coal 

fired power plants, as well as acid, glass 

and cement manufacturing facilities. 

Large percentages of facilities in these 

sectors are now under enforceable 

commitments to reduce pollution, 

although there are still violating 

facilities with substantial pollution. For 

coal-fired power plants alone, the 

injunctive relief in these cases, when 

fully implemented, will mean 

reductions in serious air pollution of 

nearly 3 million tons each year. 

Although significant progress has been 

made to address noncompliance in 

several sub-categories of this initiative, 

more work may be needed on new cases 

and EPA has an on-going commitment 

to monitor progress under existing 

consent agreements to assure that the 

required actions are implemented and 

air pollution reductions from completed 

enforcement actions actually occur. 

(2) Cutting toxic air pollution. Toxic 

air pollution from industrial facilities is 

a national problem, which is nowhere 

more urgent than in the fence line 

communities that bear the brunt of 

unlawful pollution. This national 

enforcement initiative has focused on 

the substantial illegal emissions of 

hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from 

leaks, flares, and excess emissions at 

industrial facilities that are putting 

neighbors’ health at risk. Through active 

investigations and use of innovative 

monitoring technologies, EPA has 

identified many violating facilities 

where toxic air pollution was much 

greater than what had previously been 

estimated. EPA has conducted hundreds 

of evaluations and brought numerous 

enforcement actions to require these 

facilities to reduce pollution and to 

comply with the law. Based on what we 

have learned about the sources of the 

largest toxic emissions and the causes of 

the releases, EPA is considering 

expanding this initiative into new focus 

areas and sources where noncompliance 

is a growing threat, as described further 

below. 

(3) Assuring energy extraction and 

production activities comply with 

environmental laws. EPA has been 

working with states to assure that 

domestic land-based natural gas 

extraction and production is done in an 

environmentally protective manner and 

in compliance with environmental laws. 

Natural gas development activities in 

energy rich areas of the country have led 

to concerns about increases in air 

pollution levels, pollution of surface 

and ground waters, the safety of 

community drinking water supplies, 

and damage to ecosystems. EPA has 

brought a number of high impact 

enforcement actions to address serious 

violations in this industry. This sector 

continues to develop and change 

rapidly, and EPA is continuing to 

evaluate the best way to address 

pollution problems in this sector, 

including opportunities for greater use 

of advanced monitoring. 

(4) Reducing pollution from mineral 

processing operations: Mining and 

mineral processing facilities generate 

more toxic and hazardous waste than 

any other industrial sector. Improper 

handling of those wastes can lead to 

expensive cleanups that can cost 

taxpayers billions of dollars. This NEI 

has been focused on the largest and 

highest risk mineral processing 

operations, to ensure that they properly 

manage their wastes and have sufficient 

financial assurance to properly close 

facilities. This NEI has resulted in a 

number of large, high impact cases to 

ensure proper handling of these 

hazardous wastes. By the end of FY16 

many of the highest risk mineral 

processing facilities are expected to be 

under enforceable agreements or orders 

that will require them to properly 

address hazardous waste. 

(5) Keeping raw sewage and 

contaminated stormwater out of our 

Nation’s waters: Discharges of raw 

sewage and contaminated stormwater 

are a serious pollution problem in 

waters across the country. Under this 

initiative, EPA has tackled significant 

water pollution problems within 

communities that result from Clean 

Water Act noncompliance. Many 

communities with raw sewage 

discharges are now under enforceable 

commitments to reduce pollution, 

including numerous communities that 

have embraced green infrastructure as a 

solution. Green infrastructure can 

provide benefits beyond compliance 

with the Clean Water Act and can be 

more cost effective. EPA will need to 

continue to monitor implementation of 

these long-term agreements, and to 

adapt them to changing circumstances 

and new information, such as the 

increasing commitment of cities to 

implement green infrastructure, changes 

in financial capability, or technological 

advances. Municipal stormwater 

pollution also remains an important 

clean water challenge in communities 

around the country. 

(6) Preventing animal waste from 

contaminating surface and ground 

water: Animal waste is a significant 

contributor to serious water quality 

issues and can result in environmental 

and human health risks such as water 

quality impairment, fish kills, algal 

blooms, contamination of drinking 

water sources, and transmission of 

disease-causing bacteria and parasites 

associated with food and waterborne 

diseases. The focus of this national 

enforcement initiative has been 

reduction of animal waste pollution that 

impairs our nation’s waters, threatens 

drinking water sources, and adversely 

impacts communities. These impacts 

are often acutely felt in rural 

communities of environmental justice 

concern. EPA’s enforcement strategy for 

this NEI has focused on animal 

agriculture operations that have a big 

impact or where action is necessary to 

ensure that all operations in the sector 

play by the same rules. For the future, 

EPA is considering an updated strategy 

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to explore the use of nutrient recovery 

technologies that show promise to 

reduce water pollution, implementation 

of instream monitoring to demonstrate 

impacts to water quality and identify 

violations, as well as new tools to 

identify the most significant violators. 

IV. What are the FY 2017–2019 

potential NEIs currently under 

consideration? 

In addition to evaluating the current 

NEIs to determine which should 

continue and potentially be expanded 

and which can return to the standard 

enforcement program, EPA is also 

considering new initiatives for FY 

2017–2019. We are very mindful that 

our resources have been declining over 

the past five years, so we need to keep 

resource constraints very much in mind 

as we consider taking on new work. A 

brief description and pertinent 

background information for each 

potential new FY 2017–2019 initiative 

is provided below. 

(1) Protecting Communities from 

Exposure to Toxic Air Emissions. EPA 

is currently implementing an air toxics 

NEI and is considering expanding the 

initiative to include emissions from 

additional sources and industries. 

Emissions of toxic air pollutants 

continue to be a concern that threatens 

the health of communities. EPA seeks 

public comment on whether to 

significantly increase our commitment 

to addressing this national problem by 

expanding into one or both of the 

following two areas: 

Organic Liquid Storage Tanks: In 

addition to the current areas of focus— 

flares and leaks—large storage tanks can 

be significant sources of excess air 

emissions at many sites, including 

terminals, refineries, and chemical 

plants. Using advanced monitoring, 

including optical remote sensing 

techniques, such as differential 

absorption light detection and ranging 

technology and optical gas imaging 

cameras, EPA has observed that volatile 

organic compound (VOC) and 

hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions 

from storage tanks can greatly exceed 

the permitted and/or estimated 

emissions. In many instances, EPA has 

observed that emissions are the result of 

violations, including inadequate 

maintenance of the tanks and associated 

emissions controls, design flaws, and 

expansion of production volumes 

without corresponding increases in 

emissions control. There are thousands 

of tanks operating in the United States 

at refineries, chemical plants, and other 

bulk storage facilities that are located in 

ozone nonattainment areas, 

communities of environmental justice 

concern, or other areas with sensitive 

populations. 

Hazardous Waste Air Emissions: The 

handling of hazardous waste can also 

result in toxic air emissions, which 

present many of the same public health 

risks that led to the selection of air 

toxics as an NEI. In addition, these 

hazardous wastes, if improperly 

handled, can also present a potential for 

increased fire or explosion risk due to 

their high corrosivity and ignitability. 

Such catastrophic events not only create 

a safety risk for workers and the 

surrounding community, they also 

create the potential for significant 

associated releases of toxic air 

pollutants that have both acute and 

chronic health effects. Based on EPA’s 

observations during field work, as well 

as the publicly available compliance 

information on Enforcement and 

Compliance History Online (ECHO), it 

appears that widespread violations of 

the air emission requirements under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) are a significant 

contributing cause of these problems. 

Violations observed include the 

improper use of monitoring and control 

devices by facilities, resulting in 

releases of emissions from RCRA 

regulated units. Of particular concern 

are the toxic air emissions that result 

from the handling of hazardous waste at 

treatment, storage, and disposal 

facilities (TSDFs) and large quantity 

generators (LQGs) that are not properly 

controlling hazardous waste releases to 

the air as required by regulation. 

One of the reasons to consider these 

areas for an expanded NEI is to support 

a level playing field, so that all 

industries with toxic air releases, which 

usually operate in multiple states across 

the country, are held to a common, 

consistent standard. EPA invites 

comment on whether to expand our 

work to reduce toxic air emissions to 

these two new focus areas. 

(2) Keeping Industrial Pollutants out 

of the nation’s Waters Many waters 

(including sediments) around the 

country are polluted by nutrients and 

metals. Certain industrial sectors 

contribute a disproportionate amount of 

the pollution over discharge limits. This 

potential NEI would focus on the top 

sectors that have many violations and 

are responsible for contributing to 

surface water pollution and putting our 

drinking water at risk: Mining, chemical 

manufacturing, food processing and 

primary metals manufacturing. A 

number of facilities in the top sectors 

discharge pollution in excess of their 

permit limits. In addition to being a 

focused attempt to significantly reduce 

serious water pollution across the 

nation, selecting this as an NEI would 

allow for a national approach for those 

companies that operate in more than 

one state and would support a 

consistent national strategy to achieve 

compliance across industry sectors. 

(3) Reducing the Risks and Impacts of 

Industrial Accidents and Releases. It is 

an all too common occurrence for 

industrial facilities to have serious 

accidents and explosions that kill or 

injure employees and emergency 

responders, and release chemicals that 

threaten neighboring communities. 

Thousands of facilities across the 

country produce, process, store, and use 

extremely hazardous substances that are 

acutely toxic or can cause serious 

accidents. These facilities vary widely 

in nature, from municipal water 

treatment plants to the largest refineries 

in the United States and are often 

extremely large and complex. Across the 

country, approximately 150 catastrophic 

accidents occur per year among the 

universe of regulated facilities. These 

accidents pose a risk to neighboring 

communities and workers because they 

result in fatalities, injuries, significant 

property damage, evacuations, 

sheltering in place, or environmental 

damage. Approximately 2,000 facilities 

are currently considered ‘‘high-risk’’ 

because of their proximity to densely 

populated areas, the quantity and 

number of extremely hazardous 

substances they use, or their history of 

significant accidents. 

Most of these serious accidents are 

preventable if the necessary precautions 

and actions are taken. Failure to 

adequately train personnel, maintain 

equipment, conduct routine inspections, 

or take other common sense precautions 

contribute to the dangers these facilities 

pose to their workers and to 

surrounding communities. This 

potential NEI would be a targeted focus 

on the facilities and the chemicals that 

pose the greatest risks, with a goal of 

increasing industry attention to 

preventing accidents, instead of 

addressing problems after accidents 

happen, thereby reducing the risk of 

harm to communities and workers. 

For all of the NEIs that EPA ultimately 

selects for FY17–19, we intend to 

incorporate Next Generation 

Compliance approaches into our work. 

Our goal will be to use the most current 

monitoring technologies, data analytics 

and transparency, as well as the latest 

thinking on what drives better 

compliance, to get better results even in 

a time of serious resource constraints. 

We invite comment on what some of 

these Next Gen opportunities might be 

for the continuing and potential new 

NEIs. 

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EPA will consider all public 

comments in determining whether and 

to what extent to continue or expand an 

initiative or to select a new one, but will 

not respond to the comments received. 

Final selection will be incorporated into 

the EPA Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance FY 2017 

National Program Manager Guidance 

Addendum that provides national 

program direction for all EPA regional 

offices. 

Information in support of this Notice 

of Public Comment is available via the 

Internet at: http://www2.epa.gov/

enforcement/national-enforcementinitiatives. 

V. Can the deadline for comments be 

extended? 

No. EPA will include the final 

selection of the national enforcement 

initiatives in the National Program 

Manager Guidance (NPM Guidance) to 

enable EPA, states, and federallyrecognized Indian tribes (tribes) to 

effectively align their joint 

implementation of environmental laws 

to achieve mutual goals. The NPM 

guidance must be timely released for 

public comment in order to allow the 

EPA regions, as well as states and tribes 

with approved programs, to consider the 

NPM Guidance fully in their annual 

planning processes which direct the use 

of resources according to the fiscal 

calendar. As a result, EPA must receive 

public comments by October 14, 2015 in 

order to make selections in keeping with 

this schedule. 

Dated: September 3, 2015. 

Betsy Smidinger, 

Acting Director, Office of Compliance. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0086; FRL—9933– 

47–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Flexible Polyurethane Foam 

Fabrication (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for 

Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication 

(40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMMM) 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2027.06, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0516, to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through September 30, 2015. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (79 

FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 15, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2014–0086, 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, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain 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 www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, 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: www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

Abstract: The affected entities are 

subject to the General Provisions of the 

NESHAP (40 CFR part 63, subpart A), 

and any changes, or additions to the 

Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart MMMMM. Owners or operators 

of the affected facilities must submit 

initial notification reports, performance 

tests, and periodic reports and results. 

Owners or operators 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. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Flexible polyurethane foam fabrication 

facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart 

MMMMM). 

Estimated number of respondents: 17 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

occasionally, semiannually, and 

annually. 

Total estimated burden: 18,900 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,930,000 (per 

year), including $29,500 in annualized 

capital/startup and/or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in the total estimated 

respondent burden as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This burden 

increase is due to adjustments EPA has 

made to account for industry growth 

that has occurred since the ICR was last 

approved. EPA has also updated 

corresponding labor costs to reflect 

current rates referenced from the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics. EPA has similarly 

adjusted the Agency labor burden to 

reflect industry growth over the past 

three years and has updated labor costs 

to reflect rates referenced from the 

Office of Personnel Management. 

There is an increase in the total 

annual O&M cost as compared to the 

previous ICR. The previous ICR’s 

estimate only reflected those costs 

associated with new sources. The 

resulting omission of O&M costs also 

incurred by existing sources resulted in 

a significant underestimation of the total 

cost; therefore, EPA has both reconciled 

the noted discrepancy and increased the 

total annual O&M cost accordingly. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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