Notice2022-28268
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal)
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Published
December 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Hospital/Medical/ Infectious Waste Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 1730.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0363) 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 February 28, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 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 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79886-79887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28268]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0082; FRL-10546-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste
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), NSPS for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (EPA ICR Number 1730.12, OMB Control
Number 2060-0363) 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 February 28, 2023. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on July 22, 2022 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 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 27,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2022-0082, to (1) EPA online using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
(our preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dfcb0fcf3f9b0efb0f9f2fef6f8e9ddf8edfcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="553478343b31782778313a363e3021153025347b323a23">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB's
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs using the interface at
<a href="https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
The 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: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
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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#7f1e131651120a110b1e0c160d3f1a0f1e51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84e5e8edaae9f1eaf0e5f7edf6c4e1f4e5aae3ebf2">[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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec) were
proposed on February 27, 1995, promulgated on September 15, 1997, and
amended on October 6, 2009, April 4, 2011, and May 12, 2013. The
original standards applied to either owners or operators of Hospital/
Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (HMIWI) for which construction
commenced after June 20, 1996, or for which modification commenced
after March 16, 1998, but no later than April 6, 2010. Sources subject
to the original standards are now covered under the revised Emission
Guidelines for HMIWI at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce. This information
request covers the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated
with the revised NSPS, which apply to new facilities only. New
facilities include those that commenced construction after December 1,
2008 or commenced modification after April 6, 2010. This information is
being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec.
In general, all NSPS standards 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, and are required of
all affected facilities subject to NSPS.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste
Incinerators (HMIWI).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart Ec).
Estimated number of respondents: 3 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannual, annual.
Total estimated burden: 1,780 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $370,000 (per year), includes $157,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease in burden
from the most recently approved ICR. The decrease in burden is due to
an adjustment due to more accurate estimates of existing and
anticipated new sources. This ICR adjusts the number of facilities
subject to 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec and reflects a decrease in the
number of respondents with HMIWI units from ten to three. This
adjustment is based on the EPA's updated inventory of affected sources
which reflects consolidation within the industry. This ICR also updates
the capital and operation and maintenance costs to 2021 dollars using
the 2021 annual Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-28268 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
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