Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0256-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration Units
Posted Date: 2018-11-13T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56317-56318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24654]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0256; FRL-9986-00-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid 
Waste Incineration Units (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), Emission Guidelines for Existing 
Other Solid Waste Incineration Units (EPA ICR No. 2164.06, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0562), 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, 2018. Public comments were previously requested, 
via the Federal Register on June 29, 2017, 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 December 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0256, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our

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preferred method), or 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 via email 
to [email protected]. 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: [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 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 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 Emission Guidelines for Existing Other Solid Waste 
Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart FFFF) apply to any 
air quality program in either a state or a United States protectorate 
with one or more existing OSWI units or air curtain incinerators that 
commenced construction either on or before December 9, 2004. The 
affected OSWI units include two sub-categories: Very small municipal 
waste combustion (VSMWC) units that combust less than 35 tons per day 
of waste and institutional waste incineration (IWI) units. This Subpart 
does not directly affect incineration unit owners and operators; 
however, they must comply with the state's plan that was developed by 
the air quality program administrator to implement the emission 
guidelines. In general, all emission guidelines 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 with 40 CFR part 60, subpart FFFF.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: OSWI units, which include two 
subcategories--VSMWC units that combust less than 35 tons per day of 
waste and IWI units.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart FFFF).
    Estimated number of respondents: 99 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 70,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $8,190,000 (per year), which includes 
$495,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the labor hours or 
cost in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is due to two 
considerations: (1) The regulations have not changed over the past 
three years, and are not anticipated to change over the next three 
years; and (2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative 
or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall 
burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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