Notice2022-01592
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (Renewal)
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Published
January 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 2403.06, OMB Control Number 2060- 0661), 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 8, 2021 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01592]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0669; FRL-9498-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge
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), Emission Guidelines for Sewage
Sludge Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 2403.06, OMB Control Number 2060-
0661), 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
March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on February 8, 2021 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 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0669, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method)
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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6405080d4a09110a1005170d16240114054a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d6c616423607863796c7e647f4d687d6c236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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: <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Owners and operators of sewage sludge incineration units
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 MMMM and 40 CFR
part 62 subpart LLL. 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 the EPA to determine compliance with the standards.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of existing
sewage sludge incinerators.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart MMMM and 40 CFR part 62, subpart LLL).
Estimated number of respondents: 86 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: Respondent burden is 32,800 hours (per
year), while the State/local agency burden for administering the same
rule is 1,880 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: Respondent cost is $5,230,000 (per year);
this sum includes $1,350,000 annualized capital/startup and/or
operation & maintenance costs. State/local agency cost is $106,000 (per
year).
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens for respondents. This situation 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 this industry is very low or non-
existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden.
Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is
no significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the
capital/startup and/or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
This ICR also adjusts the number of respondents subject to the
requirements of Subpart MMMM which are implemented under State plans
and a Federal Plan to incorporate the burden associated with the
Federal Plan. The Federal Plan was finalized at 40 CFR part 62, subpart
LLL on April 29, 2016. As of June 3, 2021, the EPA data and the listing
of approved State plans in the eCFR indicates that 9 State and local
agencies enforce the State plans and the remainder of these SSI units
will be covered by the Federal Plan. The burden on State and local
agencies is included in respondent burden in this ICR, and is similar
to the Agency burden in the previous ICR.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01592 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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