new ICR: "for compliance w/ MWC NSPS"

[ttweed@wildrockies.org (Tony Tweedale)]

Worth tracking to see what EPA is up to.  Seems to be focusing on the
reporting rqrmnts.
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[Federal Register: November 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 229)]
[Notices]
[Page 65777-65778]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr30no98-74]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6193-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for
Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs)

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: NSPS for MWCs subpart Ea and
subpart Eb, OMB 2060-0210, expires January 31, 1999. 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 December 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone
at (202) 260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1506.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (MWCs) Subpart Ea and
Subpart Eb (OMB Control No.2060-0210; EPA ICR No.1506.08) expiring 1/
31/99. This is a request for extension of a currently approved
collection.
    Abstract: The NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors of which (1)
construction commenced after December 20, 1989 and on or before
September 20, 1994, or (2) modification or reconstruction commenced
after December 20, 1989 and on or before June 19, 1996, subpart Ea was
proposed on December 20, 1989 and promulgated on February 11, 1991. The
NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors which (1) construction commenced
after September 20, 1994, or (2) modification or reconstruction
commenced after June 19, 1996, subpart Eb was proposed on September 20,
1994 and promulgated on December 19, 1995. Both of these standards
apply to the municipal waste combustors with unit capacities greater
than 225 megagrams per day (Mg/yr)]. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ea and
subpart Eb.

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    Need for and Use of the Collection Owners or operators of the
affected facilities described must make one-time-only notifications and
reports, must keep records as required of all facilities subject to
NSPS requirements. Owners or operators 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. Monitoring
requirements specific to NSPS subpart Ea and subpart Eb provide
information on the operation of the emissions control devices and
compliance with the MWC organics, MWC metals, MWC acid gases, good
combustion practices (GCP), and nitrogen oxides. Owners and operators
must submit semiannual and annual compliance reports. In addition,
facilities subject to subpart Eb are required to keep records of the
weekly amount of carbon used for carbon injection and to calculate the
estimated hourly carbon injection rate for hours of operation as a
means of determining continuous compliance for mercury. Quarterly
reports of excess emissions are required under subpart Ea, while semi-
annual reports of excess emissions are required under subpart Eb. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance; and are required, in general, of all sources subject to
NSPS.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of subpart Ea shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
2 years. For MWCs subject to subpart Eb all records are required to be
maintained at the source for a period of 5 years. All reports are sent
to the delegated State or Local authority. In the event that there is
no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA
Regional Office.
    The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or
delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard. 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. Performance test reports are needed as these are
the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply with the
emission standards, and serve as a record of the operating conditions
under which compliance was achieved. The information generated by
monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements described in this
ICR issued by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the NSPS
continue to operate the control equipment and achieve continuous
compliance with the regulation. The collection of this information is
mandatory. 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
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on 9/4/98 (63
FR 47279); No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 316
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. The total annualized cost burden includes the capital cost
for continuous emission monitors (CEMs) of $240,000 and the annualized
operation and maintenance costs of $323,010, which includes costs for
calibrating the CEMs.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of municipal
waste combustors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Response: one-time, quarterly, semi-annual and annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 67,004 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $563,010.
    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. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1506.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0210 in any
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy. 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: November 20, 1998.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-31676 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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