[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3414-3415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00818]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0502; FRL-9526-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal)
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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 15,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0502, to: (1) EPA online, using 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
28221T, 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: Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; email address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for
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review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47631), 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 both 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-2012-0502, which is available for either public
viewing online at either http://www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 is
(202) 566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to either 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, Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI), or
other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1730.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0363.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2013.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: The affected entities are subject to the General
Provisions of the NSPS at 40 CFR part 60, subpart A and any changes, or
additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec.
Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make an initial
notification report, performance tests, periodic reports, and 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. Reports are also
required semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 115
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: Owners and operators of hospital,
medical or infectious waste incinerators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and
annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,912.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $664,375, which includes $378,826 in
labor costs, $90,924 in capital/startup costs, and $194,625 in
operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens; however, this increase is not due to any program
changes. The change in the burden and cost estimates occurred because
the revised standard has been in effect for more than three years and
the requirements are different during initial compliance for new
facilities, as compared to on-going compliance for existing facilities.
The previous ICR reflected those burdens and costs associated with the
initial activities for subject facilities. This includes purchasing
monitoring equipment, conducting performance tests and establishing
recordkeeping systems. This ICR reflects the on-going burden and costs
for existing facilities. Activities for existing source include
continuously monitoring of pollutants and the submission of semiannual
reports. In addition, there are a number of new facilities that are in
the initial compliance phase described above. The overall result is an
increase in burden hours, labor costs, and O&M costs. Furthermore, a
portion of the labor cost increase is a result of increased labor
rates. This ICR uses updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics to calculate burden costs.
Additionally, there is an adjustment decrease in capital costs in
this ICR compared to the previous ICR. This is not due to any program
changes. The previous ICR assumed all capital costs associated with
monitoring were incurred during a single year; whereas this ICR
calculates the average capital costs for new sources of each year that
is covered under the ICR.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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