Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0646-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Incinerators
Posted Date: 2019-09-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50828-50829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20944]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0646; FRL-9997-92-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Incinerators (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR),

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NSPS for Incinerators, (EPA ICR Number 1058.13, OMB Control Number 
2060-0040), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
November 30, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the 
Federal Register, on May 6, 2019 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 neither conduct nor 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 28, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0646, 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, 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: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for 
Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart E) apply to existing incinerators 
that charge more than 45 metric tons per day (50 tons per day) of solid 
waste, and that commenced either construction or modification after 
August 17, 1971. Solid waste is defined as refuse, more than 50 percent 
of which is municipal type waste consisting of a mixture of paper, 
wood, yard wastes, food wastes, plastics, leather, rubber, and other 
combustibles, and noncombustible materials such as glass and rock.
    Owners and operators of existing incinerators that charge more than 
45 metric tons per day (50 tons per day) of solid waste, and that 
commenced construction or modification after August 17, 1971 are 
required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for 
the General Provisions (40 CFR part 60, subpart A), as well as for the 
applicable standards in 40 CFR part 60, subpart E. This includes 
submitting initial notifications, performance tests and periodic 
reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance 
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart E.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Existing incinerators that charge 
more than 45 metric tons per day (50 tons per day) of solid waste, and 
that commenced either construction or modification after August 17, 
1971.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart E).
    Estimated number of respondents: 82 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially and occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 8,490 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $796,000 (per year), which includes $247,000 
in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs and 
labor 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 growth rate for the industry is negative or non-
existent. There is an increase in O&M costs in this ICR compared to the 
previous ICR. The annual O&M costs for the PM CMS have been increased 
to 2018 dollars using the CEPCI Equipment Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-20944 Filed 9-25-19; 8:45 am]
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