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Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$4,253,976, includes no annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 56,253 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This is due primarily to the 

estimated growth in the number of fire 

departments and other respondents 

subject to this collection. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–14011 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0283; FRL–8918–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; State and Federal Emission 

Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/ 

Infectious Waste Incineration 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1899.05, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0422 

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 July 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2008–0283, 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 2201T, 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, Compliance 

Assessment and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2223A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; e-mail 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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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–2008–0283, 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 

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) 566–1927. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system 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 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, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: State and Federal Emission 

Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/ 

Infectious Waste Incineration (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1899.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0422. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 2009. 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 

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 by publication in 

the Federal Register or by 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: Respondents subject to 40 

CFR part 60, subpart Ce, and to 40 CFR 

part 62, subpart HHH, are owners or 

operators of hospital, medical, or 

infectious waste incinerators. Subpart 

Ce was promulgated on September 15, 

1997, and requires states or tribes to 

develop plans to implement the 

Emission Guidelines. If approvable State 

or tribal plans were not developed, EPA 

was required to develop a Federal plan 

to implement the Emission Guidelines 

in such States or tribes. The Federal 

plan, subpart HHH, was promulgated on 

September 14, 2000. 

Subparts Ce and HHH require initial 

notifications, performance tests, and 

annual and semi-annual reporting. 

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. These notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance. 

Any owner or operator subject to the 

provisions of these parts shall maintain 

a file of these measurements, and retain 

the file for at least five years following 

the collection of such measurements, 

maintenance reports, and records. All 

reports are sent to the delegated State or 

tribal authority. In the event that there 

is no such delegated authority, the 

reports are sent directly to the EPA 

regional office. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce and 40 

CFR part 62, subpart HHH, as 

authorized in sections 112 and 114(a) of 

the Clean Air Act. The required 

information consists of emissions data 

and other information that have been 

determined to be private. 

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 

Number for EPA regulations listed in 40 


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CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15 are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 320 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose and provide information 

either 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. 

All existing ways will have to adjust to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements that 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 and operators of hospital/ 

medical/infectious waste incinerators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

72. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, annually and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

69,067. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$5,705,702, which is comprised of 

$5,575,702 in labor costs, $130,000 in 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs, and no capital/startup costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the labor hours in this ICR 

compared to the previous ICR. This is 

due to two considerations. First, the 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years. 

Secondly, the current growth rate for the 

industry is very low, negative or 

nonexistent, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. 

Dated: June 8, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–14010 Filed 6–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8919–2] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of a 

New Equivalent Method 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of a 

new equivalent method for monitoring 

ambient air quality. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR Part 53, a new equivalent 

method for measuring concentrations of 

PM10–2.5 in the ambient air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. Phone: (919) 541–5691, email: 

Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR 

Part 53, the EPA evaluates various 

methods for monitoring the 

concentrations of those ambient air 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set 

forth in 40 CFR Part 50. Monitoring 

methods that are determined to meet 

specific requirements for adequacy are 

designated by the EPA as either 

reference methods or equivalent 

methods (as applicable), thereby 

permitting their use under 40 CFR Part 

58 by States and other agencies for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of a new equivalent method 

for measuring concentrations of PM10–2.5

in the ambient air. This designation is 

made under the provisions of 40 CFR 

part 53, as amended on October 17, 

2006 (71 FR 61271). 

The new PM10–2.5 equivalent method 

utilizes a pair of FEM samplers (EQPM– 

0308–170), one configured to measure 

PM2.5 and the other to measure PM10.

This automated monitoring method 

utilizes a measurement principle based 

on sample collection by filtration and 

analysis by beta-ray attenuation. The 

newly designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQPM–0709–185, ‘‘Met One Instruments 

BAM–1020 PM10–2.5 Measurement System,’’ 

consisting of 2 BAM–1020 monitors, the first 

of which (PM2.5 measurement) is configured 

as a PM2.5 FEM (EQPM–0308–170). The 

second BAM–1020 monitor (PM10

measurement) is configurable as a PM2.5 FEM 

(EQPM–0308–170), but set to monitor PM10. 

The BAM–1020 monitors are collocated to 

within 1–4 meters of one another. The BAM– 

1020 performing the PM2.5 measurement is 

equipped with Met One Instruments, Inc. P/ 

N BX–Coarse interface board and accessories; 

the units are interconnected to provide 

concurrent sampling and to report PM10–2.5

concentrations directly to the user. Both 

units are operated in accordance with BAM– 

1020 PM–Coarse Addendum Rev. 5–5 or later 

and the BAM–1020 Operations Manual Rev. 

D or later. 

The application for equivalent 

method determination for this candidate 

method was received by the EPA on 

January 22, 2009. The monitor is 

commercially available from the 

applicant, Met One Instruments, Inc., 

1600 Washington Blvd., Grants Pass, OR 

97526. 

Test analyzers representative of this 

method have been tested in accordance 

with the applicable test procedures 

specified in 40 CFR part 53 (as amended 

on October 17, 2006). After reviewing 

the results of those tests and other 

information submitted by the applicant 

in the application, EPA has determined, 

in accordance with part 53, that this 

method should be designated as an 

equivalent method. The information 

submitted by the applicant will be kept 

on file, either at EPA’s National 

Exposure Research Laboratory, Research 

Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711 or 

in an approved archive storage facility, 

and will be available for inspection 

(with advance notice) to the extent 

consistent with 40 CFR Part 2 (EPA’s 

regulations implementing the Freedom 

of Information Act). 

As a designated equivalent method, 

this method is acceptable for use by 

states and other air monitoring agencies 

under the requirements of 40 CFR part 

58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. 

For such purposes, this method must be 

used in strict accordance with the 

operation or instruction manual 

associated with the method and subject 

to any specifications and limitations 

(e.g., configuration or operational 

settings) specified in the applicable 

designated method description (see the 

identification of the method above). 

Use of the method should also be in 

general accordance with the guidance 

and recommendations of applicable 

sections of the ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume I,’’ EPA/ 

600/R–94/038a and ‘‘Quality Assurance 

Handbook for Air Pollution 

Measurement Systems, Volume II, 

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring 

Program’’ EPA–454/B–08–003, 


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