Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0310-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Source Performance Standards for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants
Posted Date: 2017-01-23T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7822-7823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01274]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0310; FRL-9955-64-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information

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collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Sewage Sludge Treatment Plants (40 
CFR part 60, subpart O) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No 1063.13, OMB Control 
No. 2060-0035), 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 January 31, 2017. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (81 FR 26546) on May 3, 
2016, 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 February 22, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0310, 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, 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: Owners and operators of affected facilities 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 
specific requirements at 40 CFR part 60, subpart O. 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 these standards.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Sewage sludge treatment plants.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60 
Subpart O).
    Estimated number of respondents: 86 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally and semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 9,690 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,050,000 (per year), which includes 
$3,050,000 for both annualized capital/startup and operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the 
total estimated burden and O&M costs as currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program 
changes. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because 
the number of respondents has decreased as compared to the most-
recently approved ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-01274 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am]
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