Notice2025-13921
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or Before August 30, 1999 (Renewal)
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Published
July 24, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed on or before August 30, 1999 (EPA ICR Number 1901.09, 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 July 31, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 140 (Thursday, July 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34866-34867]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13921]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0664; FRL-12902-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NSPS for 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), NSPS for Emission Guidelines and
Compliance Times for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units Constructed
on or before August 30, 1999 (EPA ICR Number 1901.09, 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 July 31, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via
the Federal Register on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before August 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2020-0664, to EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5a3b773b343e7728773e3539313f2e1a3f2a3b743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="62034f030c064f104f060d01090716220712034c050d14">[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
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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, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standard, D243-05,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfbeb3b6f1b2aab1abbeacb6ad9fbaafbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fb9a9792d5968e958f9a889289bb9e8b9ad59c948d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through July 31, 2025. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on August 6, 2024 during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 63933). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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
<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 during 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 recordkeeping
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 Information
Collection Request (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.
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, and are required of
all affected facilities subject to these Emission Guidelines.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Small MWC units constructed on or
before August 30, 1999.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60,
subpart BBBB).
Estimated number of respondents: 14 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially, annually, and semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 55,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $5,321,000 (per year), which includes
$411,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 30,900 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to more accurate estimates of
existing sources. The EPA has determined that several sources have
closed since the previously-approved ICR renewal. Because there is a
decrease in the number of respondents, there is also a decrease in the
capital/O&M costs from the most recently approved ICR. The capital/O&M
costs were increased from 2009 $ to 2023 $ using the CEPCI CE Index;
however, the result is a net decrease in the capital/O&M costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-13921 Filed 7-23-25; 8:45 am]
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