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Trial Burn /RCRA & NSPS public particptn up for review
part of one FR notice and all of another. In both, EPA is looking for
suggestions, before submitting an ICR, on improving various NSPS reportiing
& permit participation reqirements for various combustion & emission
units, incl. municipal waste combustors. In the 2nd, expanded public
participation for RCRA Part B haz waste permits rule. As always, it wants
to both improve the quality of information made available and reduce the
reporting burden on sources. The rule currently specifically requires
earlier public notification of a Trial Burn. as always, go to
www.epa.gov/fedegstr (4 Sept.) for the complete first notice. Other
industries to be revised incl, petroleum refineries, calciners and basic
oxygen furnaces.
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[Federal Register: September 4, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 172)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6156-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 3, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2224A, 401 M Street S.W., Washington, D.C. 20406.
Information may also be acquired electronically through the EnviroSense
Bulletin Board, (703) 908-2090 or the EnviroSense WWW/Internet Address,
http://wastenot.inel.gov./envirosense/. All responses and comments will
be collected regularly for EnviroSense.
Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without charge by
calling Sandy Farmer of OPPE at (202) 260-2740.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Joyce Chandler, telephone/fax (202) 564-0000/
(202) 564-0038 or e-mail chandler.joyce@epamail.epa.gov
NSPS Subpart J Tom Ripp, telephone/fax (202) 564-7003/(202) 564-0038 or
e-mail ripp.tom@ epamail.epa.gov
NESHAP Subpart BB, Rafael Sanchez, telephone/fax (202) 564-7028/(202)
564-0038 or e-mail sanchez.rafael@epamail.epa.gov
NSPS Subpart N and Na, Maria Malave, telephone/fax (202) 564-7027/(202)
564-0038 or e-mail malave.maria@epamail.epa.gov
NSPS Subpart LL and UUU, Charles Williams, telephone/fax (202) 564-
7016/(202) 564-0038 or e-mail: williams.charles@epa.gov
Section 609, Sandy Jones, telephone/fax (202) 564-7038/(202) 564-0038
or e-mail jones.sandra@epamail.epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those that combust municipal waste.
Title: NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb, Municipal Waste Combustors, OMB
Control Number 2060-1506, expires 1/31/99.
Abstract: Emissions from municipal waste combustors cause or
contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to
endanger public health or welfare. The NSPSs for subpart Ea and subpart
Eb, therefore, were promulgated for this source category. The
pollutants of concern for Subpart Ea are municipal waste combustor
(MWC) metals, MWC organics, MWC acid gases, and nitrogen oxides. In
Subpart Eb the additional pollutants of concern are cadmium (Cd), lead
(Pb), and mercury (Hg). This ICR is for the combination of the existing
information collection requests in support of the Clean Air Act. The
NSPS Subpart Ea and Eb requires owners and operators with unit capacity
above 225 mg/day to notify the Agency of intent to construct and
initiate operation of a new, modified or reconstructed MWC. The
notification must contain supporting information regarding unit design
capacity, the calculations used to determine capacity, and estimated
start-up dates.
Owners and operators of the affected facilities described must
notify the Agency of the date of construction or reconstruction, the
anticipated and actual startup dates and notification of any physical
or operation change to an existing facility which may increase the
regulated pollutant emission rate.
Owners and operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of the startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the
operation of an affected facility. These notifications and records are
required, in general, for all sources subject to NSPS. In addition,
facilities subject to subpart Ea must install continuous monitoring
systems (CMS) to monitor specified operating parameters to ensure that
good combustion practices are implemented on a continuous basis. Owners
and operators must submit quarterly and annual compliance reports. The
notification and reports enable EPA or the delegated State regulatory
authority to determine that the best demonstrated technology is
installed and properly operated and maintained, and to schedule
inspections. In addition, the reporting and record keeping requirement
for facilities subject to subpart Eb include information on the
pollutants, Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions testing and MWC
siting requirements. As the means for determining compliance with the
standards for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions, owners and
operators are required to collect the necessary information, keep
records, and submit reports. Owners and operators are required to
conduct initial compliance tests and annual retests for Cd, Pb, Hg, and
fugitive ash emissions. As a means of determining continuous compliance
for Hg, owners and operators are required to keep records of the weekly
amount of carbon used for the activated carbon injection and to
calculate the estimated hourly carbon injection rate for hours of
operation. Owners and operators are required to submit and initial
compliance report for Cd, Pb, Hg, and fugitive ash emissions.
Once a year, owners and operators are required to submit an annual
report that indicates the emission level established during the annual
test for Cd, Pb, Hg, fugitive ash emissions and the lowest calculated
hourly carbon feed rate. If the emission level recorded for any of
these pollutants shows emissions above the emission limit for the
pollutant, then the owner or operator is required to submit a
semiannual report for the calendar half during which the test was
conducted that includes the test report for that pollutant, including
the explanation for the exceedance. If the calculated carbon feed rate
recorded show a carbon injection rate lower than the carbon injection
rate established during the annual compliance test for Hg, then the
owner or operator is required to submit the recorded and calculated
carbon feed rate data in a semiannual report for the calendar half in
which the date was recorded and calculated. Owners or operators are not
required to submit test reports unless a pollutant or parameter is
recorded as exceeding the emission limit for the pollutant or
parameter.
Owners or operators of facilities subject to subpart Eb are
required to maintain records of initial performance tests and all
annual performance retests for compliance with Cd, Pb, and Hg limits.
Owners or operators are required to maintain records of periodic
testing for fugitive ash emissions. All records are required to be
maintained at the source for a period of five years.
Under the siting requirements of the subpart Eb regulation, owners
or operators are required to submit the results of the siting analysis
and material separation plans, hold public meeting on the analysis and
the plan, and submit a report summarizing public comments and
responses.
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All reports required under these regulations are to be submitted to
the respondent's State or local agency, whichever has been delegated
NSPS enforcement authority by EPA. The information will be used solely
to determine that all sources subject to the NSPS are achieving the
standards.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of
the proposed collection information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected;
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection information on those who
are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
90,219 hours. For Subpart Ea, it is estimated that the annual
compliance test will require 850 hours, while the quarterly audits will
require 125 hours and 36 hours respectively for in-situ and extractive.
For Subpart Eb the burden is estimated as 227 hours for the initial
performance test and test report (or the annual compliance test and
test report) for a large plant consisting of three affected units. The
estimate for writing the initial notification report is estimated as 2
hours, while the report writing for the annual compliance report is
estimated as 17 hours. The burden for the initial site selection
analysis and report is estimated as 270 hours, while the burden for the
public meeting and comment response is estimated as 140 hours. 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 instruction; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing/maintaining information, disclosing
and providing information. Additionally, it includes the time needed to
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. The estimated number of respondents is 34.
NSPS Subpart J, Petroleum Refineries
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; RCRA
Expanded Public Participation
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): RCRA Expanded Public Participation, EPA
ICR Number 1688.03, OMB Control Number 2050-0149, current expiration
date: 11/30/98. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 3, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their
comments referencing docket number F-98-RPIP-FFFFF to RCRA Docket
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington,
DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the Arlington,
VA, address listed below. Comments may also be submitted electronically
by sending electronic mail through the Internet to: rcra-
docket@epamail.epa.gov. Comments in electronic format should also be
identified by the docket number F-98-RPIP-FFFFF. All electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
Public comments and supporting materials are available for viewing
in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway 1,
1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, first floor, Arlington, VA. The RIC is
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal
holidays. To review docket materials, the public must make an
appointment by calling 703-603-9230. The public may copy a maximum of
100 pages from any regulatory docket at no charge. Additional copies
cost $.15/page.
Copies of the original ICR may be requested from the docket address
and phone number listed above or may be found on the Internet.
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Follow these instructions to access the information electronically.
WWW: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/permit/pubpart/index.htm
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: your Internet address
Files are located in /pub/epaoswer.
The official record for this action will be kept in paper form.
Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments received electronically
into paper form and place them in the official record, which will also
include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record
is the paper record maintained in the RCRA Information Center (the RIC
address is listed above in the section).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the
RCRA Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672 (hearing
impaired). In the Washington metropolitan area, call 703/412-9610 or
TDD 703-412-3323. For technical information, contact Toshia King at
703-308-7033.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
owners and operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste to comply with standards, under Section 3004 of RCRA,
that are necessary to protect human health and the environment.
Title: RCRA Expanded Public Participation, EPA ICR Number 1688.03,
OMB Control Number 2050-0149, expiration date: 11/30/98.
Abstract: Congress gave EPA broad authority to provide for public
participation in the RCRA permitting process. EPA promulgated
requirements for providing additional opportunities for the public to
be involved in the RCRA permitting process at 40 CFR Part 124
Secs. 124.31 through 124.33 and in Part 270 Secs. 270.62 and 270.66.
The Part 124 requirements apply to all types of hazardous waste
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, unless exempted under a
specific section; the Part 270 requirements apply only to hazardous
waste combustors planning trial burns.
The public participation regulations at parts 124 and 270 were
promulgated by EPA under the authority of Subtitle C in RCRA to provide
earlier and better public participation in the hazardous waste facility
permitting process. In summary the regulations require a permit
applicant to provide notice of and hold an informal meeting with the
public before submitting a Part B application, and to submit a summary
of the meeting to the agency (Sec. 124.31). This meeting is the
earliest formal step in the RCRA permitting process. The agency is
required to issue a public notice when it receives an application
(Sec. 124.32). The notice informs the recipient that the facility has
submitted a permit application for agency review. Certain facilities
(as decided by the agency director on a case-by-case basis) are
required to set up and maintain an information repository(Sec. 124.33).
Lastly, the agency is required to issue a public notice of an upcoming
trial burn at a permitted hazardous waste combustion facility
(Secs. 270.62(b)(6) and 270.66(d)(3)), or at a hazardous waste
combustion facility operating under interim status (270.62(d) and
270.66(g)).
This information collection targets the reporting frequency and
requirements of the permit and assures public involvement regulations
are met by owners or operators. The reporting frequency is essential to
assure that any changes in the trial burn plans or in the anticipated
permit application contents are made known to EPA and to the public. In
addition, in the RCRA Expanded Public Participation rule, EPA
promulgated regulations to build upon the Part 124 requirements, in
support of the Agency's goal to enhance public involvement in RCRA
permit-ting procedures. These requirements are important components in
: (1) meeting its statutory mandate to promote public participation in
the development, revision, and implementation of any regulation under
RCRA; and (2) achieving EPA's goal of enhancing public involvement.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: EPA estimated repondent burden hours for the
information collection requirements associated with the pre-application
meeting and the information repository requirements. The estimated
number of likely respondents subject to public participation activities
required under this collection of information is 78. The Agency
estimates that 76 facilities are expected to apply for permits or renew
their permits each year, and an additional two facilities are included
in this universe because they are the percent of the existing RCRA
TSDFs expected to be required to initiate information repositories. The
total annual burden to respondents, as estimated for all public
participation reporting and recordkeeping activities under this
collection of information is 7,253 hours. The total estimated average
annual burden cost to respondents required to perform public
participation activities under this information collection request is
$320,590 ($311,384 in labor cost, $3,786 in total capital cost, and
$5,420 in O&M cost). The estimates for O& M cost include preparation of
multilingual notices and the purchase of a file cabinet to retain
copies and other required documentation. 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.
Dated: August 18, 1998.
Barnes Johnson,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-23814 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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