Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0405-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces
Posted Date: 2013-06-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15438]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0405, FRL-9829-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial 
Furnaces

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), Information Requirements for 
Boilers and Industrial Furnaces (EPA ICR No. 1361.16, OMB Control No. 
2050-0073) 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.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described 
below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through October 31, 2013. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2013-0405, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    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: Peggy Vyas, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (mail code 5303P), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 703-308-5477; fax number: 703-308-8433; email address: 
vyas.peggy@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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: EPA regulates the burning of hazardous waste in boilers, 
incinerators, and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40 CFR parts 63, 
264, 265, 266 and 270. This ICR describes the paperwork requirements 
that apply to the owners and operators of BIFs. This includes the 
requirements under the comparable/syngas fuel specification at 40 CFR 
261.38; the general facility requirements at 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, 
subparts B thru H; the requirements applicable to BIF units at 40 CFR 
part 266; and the RCRA Part B permit application and modification 
requirements at 40 CFR part 270.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (per 40 CFR 264, 265, 
and 270).
    Estimated number of respondents: 86.
    Frequency of response: on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 238,785 Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $43,088,240, which includes $16,029,240 
annualized labor costs and $27,059,000 annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay 
substantially the same.

    Dated: June 10, 2013.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2013-15438 Filed 6-26-13; 8:45 am]
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