Notice2022-11387
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal)
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May 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (EPA ICR Number 1901.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0424), 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 May 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 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32160-32161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11387]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0664; FRL-9893-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for
Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August
30, 1999 (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 and
Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed
on or Before August 30, 1999 (EPA ICR Number 1901.08, OMB Control
Number 2060-0424), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
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review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently-approved
through May 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 June 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0664, to: (1) EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8bcb7bbb3bdacf6b7bdbbb998bda8b9f6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="22464d414947560c4d474143624752430c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>, 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#e584898ccb88908b9184968c97a5809584cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6908050047041c071d081a001b290c1908470e061f">[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="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small
Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30,
1999 were originally promulgated in December 1995, but were vacated by
the Federal Court in March 1997. Subsequently, the Emission Guidelines
were re-proposed on August 30, 1999; and promulgated on December 6,
2000. The Emission Guidelines regulate organics (dioxin/furans), metals
(cadmium, lead, mercury), particulate matter, and acid gases (hydrogen
chloride, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides) for small Municipal
Waste Combustion (MWC) units. Small MWC units are MWC units with
capacities to combust greater than 35 tons per day (tpd) and less than
250 tons per day (tpd) of municipal solid waste. The Emission
Guidelines contain monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping
requirements that are to be included in state plans. If a State/Local
Agency does not develop, adopt, and submit an approvable State plan,
then facilities in that state are subject to the Federal Plan (Federal
Plan Requirements for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units
Constructed On or Before August 30, 1999 (40 CFR part 62, subpart
JJJ)), adopted on January 31, 2003. The Federal Plan implements the
emission guidelines in jurisdictions that have not developed an
approved State Plan. These regulations do not directly apply to small
MWC unit owners and operators. However, MWC unit owners and operators
must comply with either the State or Federal plans to implement the
emission guidelines contained in this Subpart. This ICR identifies the
burden to both respondents (owners or operators of small MWC units) and
the Designated Administrator (either state/local agencies or the
Federal government) to implement the emission guidelines imposed by the
State plans. This information is being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBBB.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of existing
small MWC units.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR 60, subpart
BBBB).
Estimated number of respondents: 22 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually, annually.
Total estimated burden: Respondent burden is 86,500 hours (per
year). State/local agency burden for administering the rule is 770
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: Respondent cost is $6,130,000 (per year).
This includes $422,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation &
maintenance costs. State/local agency cost is $39,000 per year.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the
most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory
of Approved Burdens due to an adjustment in the number of respondents
subject to the requirements of Subpart BBBB, which have decreased. This
ICR also adjusts the burden to reflect those requirements of Subpart
BBBB that are implemented under State plans or a Federal Plan, to
incorporate the burden associated with the Federal Plan. The Federal
Plan was finalized at 40 CFR part 62, subpart JJJ on January 31, 2003
(68 FR 5158). As of August 20, 2021, EPA data and the listing of
approved State plans in the e-CFR indicates that 7 State and local
agencies enforce the State plans or have requested and received
delegation of enforcement of the Federal Plan. The remainder of the
small MWC units will be covered by the Federal Plan, where EPA is the
implementing agency. 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. 2022-11387 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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