[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42291-42292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17871]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2013-0311; FRL-9982-17-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge 
Incinerators (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),

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Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (EPA ICR No. 
2403.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0661), 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 August 31, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested, via the Federal Register on June 29, 2017, during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may 
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond 
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid 
OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 20, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2013-0311, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, 
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2970; fax number: 
(202) 564-0050; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 either 
online at www.regulations.gov, 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: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Emission Guidelines for Sewage Sludge Incinerators 
(SSI) for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart MMMM) 
apply to the administrators of air quality programs in a state or U.S. 
protectorate with one or more SSI units that commenced construction 
either on or before the date of proposal. States may choose to 
incorporate the model rule text directly in their state plan. If a 
State does not develop, adopt, and submit an approvable State plan, the 
EPA must develop a Federal plan to implement the emission guidelines. 
These regulations do not directly apply to SSI unit owners and 
operators. However, SSI unit owners and operators must comply with the 
state plan to implement the emission guidelines contained in this 
Subpart. These standards only affect existing units constructed on or 
before October 14, 2010; therefore, no new units will become subject to 
these same standards. This information is being collected to assure 
compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart MMMM.
    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 emission guidelines.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Sewage sludge incinerators 
constructed on or before October 14, 2010.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart MMMM).
    Estimated number of respondents: 86 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, semiannually and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 32,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,790,000 (per year), which includes 
$1,350,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the 
labor hours and costs as compared to the previously-approved ICR. The 
increase is not due to any program changes. The increase in labor 
burden and costs occurred for two reasons: (1) This ICR assumes all 
respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements 
each year; and (2) this ICR fixes an error in the previous ICR, which 
did not include recordkeeping burden for operating parameters. However, 
there is also an adjustment decrease in the total capital and O&M costs 
and number of responses as compared to the previous ICR. The decrease 
occurred for two reasons: (1) The total number of SSI units has 
decreased since the previous ICR; and (2) this ICR assumes that all 
facilities will meet the requirements for testing every three years 
rather than annual testing.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17871 Filed 8-20-18; 8:45 am]
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