Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; NSPS Subpart E: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal Incinerators

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; NSPS Subpart E: New Source Performance

Standards (NSPS) for Municipal Incinerators

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this document announces that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Municipal Incinerators, OMB Control Number 2060-0040, expiration date

March 31, 1998. The ICR describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 27, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy

Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at

Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1058.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Subpart E: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for

Incinerators (OMB Control No. 2060-0040; EPA ICR No. 1058.06) expiring

3/31/98. This is a request for extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The Agency is required under section 111 of the Clean Air

Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for new

stationary sources of air pollutants that reflect: * * * Application of

the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which

(taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions

reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and

energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately

demonstrated.

Section 114(a) states that: * * * The Administrator may require any

owner or operator subject to any requirement of this Act to (A)

establish and maintain such records, (B) make such reports, (C)

install, use and maintain such monitoring equipment or methods (in

accordance with such methods at such locations, at such intervals, and

in such manner as the Administrator may prescribe), and (D) provide

such other information, as he may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgement, particulate matter emissions from

municipal incinerators causes or contributes to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.

Consequently, the NSPS for municipal incinerators were developed for

this source category (municipal incinerators charging more than 45

megagrams per day).

The control of emissions of particulate matter from municipal

incinerators requires not only the installation of properly designed

equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment.

Certain records and reports are necessary to enable the Administrator

to: (1) Identify existing, new, and reconstructed sources subject to

the standards; (2) determine a source's initial capability to comply

with the emission standard; and (3) ensure that the standards are being

achieved. These records and reports are required under subpart E and

the General Provisions of 40 CFR part 60.

Owners or operators of affected facilities must provide

notification of: (1) The date of construction or reconstruction; (2)

the anticipated date of startup; (3) the actual date of startup; (4)

any physical or operational change to an existing facility which may

increase the regulated pollutant emission rate; (5) the date of the

initial performance test; and (6) results of the initial performance

test, including information necessary to determine the conditions of

the performance test, and performance test measurements and results. A

report on the results of the initial performance test is also required.

Owners or operators of affected facilities must record: (1) The initial

performance test; (2) 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; (3) the

daily charging rates and hours of operation; (4) periods when the

monitoring system is inoperative; and (5) malfunctions of the air

pollution control equipment. Any owner or operator subject to the

provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements,

and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such

measurements, maintenance reports, and records.

State or local agencies can be delegated authority by EPA to

enforce the provisions of this part and be granted authority to receive

and/or request these reports. If there is no such delegated authority,

the reports are sent directly to the EPA Regional Office. The reviewing

authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control

devices are properly installed and operated and the standard is being

met. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to, a collection of information unless a currently valid OMB

control number is displayed. The OMB control numbers for EPA's

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register Notice, required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on August 20,

1997 (62 FR 44271). No comments were received prior to closure of the

comment period. Comments regarding the capital/start-up and operating

and maintenance costs associated with the recordkeeping and reporting

requirements were received after closure of the comment period.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 89

hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or

disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This

includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,

install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;

adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to

a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review

the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the

information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Operators of Municipal Incinerators.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 96.

Frequency of Response: Daily, Monthly, and Semi-annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8544 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $240,000.

Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the

accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods

for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of

automated collection techniques to the following addresses.

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Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1058.6 and OMB Control No. 2060-0040 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 19, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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