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[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0078; FRL-8194-3]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Small Municipal Waste 
Combustors (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1900.03, OMB Control Number 2060-
0423

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 10, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA7-HQ-
OECA-2005-0078 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2201T , 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Fried, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, (Mail Code 2223A), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7016; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: fried.gregory@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0078, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, in person viewing at the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, 
and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center is (202) 566-1927.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA 

receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further

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information about the electronic docket, go to  http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: NSPS for Small Municipal Waste Combustors (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1900.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0423.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: These regulations apply to small municipal waste 
combustors (MWCs) commencing construction after August 30, 1999, and 
small MWC units that commenced reconstruction or modification after 
June 6, 2001, that combust greater than 35 tons per day (tpd) but less 
than 250 tpd of municipal solid waste. This information collection is 
required as a result of the implementation of the NSPS that are being 
developed under the authority of sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air 
Act (CAA). The regulations require initial notifications, performance 
tests, and periodic reports. 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. Owners 
and operators of small MWCs are required to measure, record, and report 
emission rates and operating parameters, follow good combustion 
practices (GCP), and submit a siting analysis. Owners or operators 
subject to these regulations are required to maintain records of 
measurements and reports for at least five years.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1,451 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Small Municipal Waste 
Combustors.Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, semiannually, annually, and on 
occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,509.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $168,000, includes $66,000 annualized 
capital costs and $102,000 in O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 10,692 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The decrease in burden hours from the most 
recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment. The decrease in burden 
cost is due to a decrease in the estimated number of additional sources 
that will become subject to the standard over the next three years, 
from one additional source per year to one additional source over the 
next three years. The change in the capital costs and operation and 
maintenance costs also decreased due to a decrease in the number of 
affected sources and a decrease in the estimated number of additional 
sources that will startup over the next three years.

    Dated: June 27, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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