Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0272-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: State and Federal Emission Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
Posted Date: 2016-03-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15106-15107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06219]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0272; FRL-9944-00-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; State and Federal Emission Guidelines for 
Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``State and Federal Emission 
Guidelines for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 CFR 
part 60, subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH) (Renewal)'' (EPA 
ICR No. 1899.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0422) 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 March 31, 
2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015 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 April 20, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0272, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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, EPA 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required 
to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the 
general provisions of 40 CFR part 60, subpart A and 40 CFR part 62, 
subpart A as well as the specific requirements at 40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH. This includes submitting 
initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and 
results, and maintaining records of the occurrence

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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 reports are used by EPA to determine 
compliance with the standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hospital, medical, infectious waste 
incinerators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Ce and Part 62, Subpart HHH).
    Estimated number of respondents: 58 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 38,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,370,000 (per year), includes $479,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in the 
respondent and Agency burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory 
of Approved Burdens due to a decrease in the respondent universe since 
the previous ICR. Based on the 2013 Agency analysis, 21 HMIWI units (16 
privately owned, 1 federally owned, and 4 state owned) have been shut 
down over the past several years. The revised estimate results in a 
decreased in respondent labor hours, number of responses, and capital/
O&M costs.
    However, there is a slight adjustment increase in respondent hours 
for States due to a change in assumption. In this ICR, we assume all 
respondents will take some time to re-familiarize themselves with the 
regulatory requirements.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-06219 Filed 3-18-16; 8:45 am]
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