Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0082-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
Posted Date: 2022-12-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79886-79887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28268]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0082; FRL-10546-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 
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), NSPS for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 1730.12, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0363) 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 February 28, 2023. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 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 January 27, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0082, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ 
(our preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB's 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at 
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    The 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: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and

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Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle 
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email 
address: [email protected].

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 
https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West Building, 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 Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec) were 
proposed on February 27, 1995, promulgated on September 15, 1997, and 
amended on October 6, 2009, April 4, 2011, and May 12, 2013. The 
original standards applied to either owners or operators of Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) for which construction 
commenced after June 20, 1996, or for which modification commenced 
after March 16, 1998, but no later than April 6, 2010. Sources subject 
to the original standards are now covered under the revised Emission 
Guidelines for HMIWI at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce. This information 
request covers the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated 
with the revised NSPS, which apply to new facilities only. New 
facilities include those that commenced construction after December 1, 
2008 or commenced modification after April 6, 2010. This information is 
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec.
    In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, 
performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the 
affected facilities. They 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, and are required of 
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste 
Incinerators (HMIWI).
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Ec).
    Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannual, annual.
    Total estimated burden: 1,780 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $370,000 (per year), includes $157,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in burden 
from the most recently approved ICR. The decrease in burden is due to 
an adjustment due to more accurate estimates of existing and 
anticipated new sources. This ICR adjusts the number of facilities 
subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec and reflects a decrease in the 
number of respondents with HMIWI units from ten to three. This 
adjustment is based on the EPA's updated inventory of affected sources 
which reflects consolidation within the industry. This ICR also updates 
the capital and operation and maintenance costs to 2021 dollars using 
the 2021 annual Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28268 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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