[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4249-4250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2084]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5955-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Combustors; Revised Standards;
Final Rule--Part 1
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 new Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Hazardous Waste Combustors;
Revised Standards; Final Rule--Part 1, EPA No. 1840.01. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 27, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download off the
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1840.01.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Hazardous Waste Combustors; Revised Standards; Final Rule--
Part 1, EPA No. 1840.01. This is a new collection.
Abstract: On April 19, 1996, EPA proposed revised standards for
hazardous waste combustors (HWCs) (61 FR 17358), defined as
incinerators, cement kilns, and light-weight aggregate kilns that burn
hazardous waste. These rules were proposed under joint authority of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery (RCRA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA),
as amended. The proposal fulfills the Agency's commitments to meet CAA
requirements and also to upgrade the emission standards for hazardous
waste burning facilities, as outlined in the 1994 Hazardous Waste
Combustion Strategy.
In the rulemaking entitled ``Hazardous Waste Combustors; Revised
Standards; Final Rule--Part 1,'' EPA finalizes some of the requirements
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contained in the earlier proposal. This ICR covers reporting and
recordkeeping provisions of the new requirements. The changes to the
RCRA regulations: (1) outline provisions for excluding generators of
comparable/syngas fuel from the definition of solid waste under 40 CFR
part 261; and (2) provide new RCRA permit modification provisions to
make it easier for facilities to make changes to existing permits when
adding air pollution equipment or making other changes in equipment or
operation needed to comply with the upcoming air emission standards.
In addition to the RCRA changes, under the CAA the rule establishes
40 CFR part 63, subpart EEE, which applies to HWCs. As a first step in
establishing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
(NESHAPs) for HWCs (these standards were proposed on April 19, 1996 at
61 FR 17358), part 63, subpart EEE provides public notification and
regulatory notification of intent to comply (NIC) provisions. These
provisions require HWCs to submit materials to EPA outlining their plan
to comply with the forthcoming NESHAP standards, which will be
promulgated at a later date. These provisions also allow for extensions
to the compliance period to promote the installation of cost effective
pollution prevention technologies to replace or supplement emission
control technologies for meeting the emission standards.
EPA is collecting the information for this rule to ensure adequate
environmental protection. The information being collected is primarily
for facilities to demonstrate to EPA that they meet the necessary
criteria for regulatory exemptions. The information is necessary for
EPA to ensure that the specified facilities are appropriately
regulated, but that duplicate regulation is not taking place. EPA also
requires the HWC notification procedures to ensure stakeholder
involvement and to ensure that facilities are preparing to comply with
the forthcoming NESHAPs for HWCs. Responses to this information
collection are mandatory according to the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
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
proposed rule was published on April 19, 1996 (61 FR 17358); and no
comments were received on the information requirements.
Burden Statement: For those generators applying for the comparable/
syngas fuel exemption, the average annual respondent reporting burden
is estimated to be 0.5 hours per facility and the average annual
recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 24.9 hours per facility. For
burners of comparable/syngas fuels, there is no reporting burden and
the annual recordkeeping burden is 3.3 hours per facility. For HWCs
complying with the notification of intent to comply regulations, the
average annual reporting burden (to EPA) is 60.4 hours per facility and
the average annual recordkeeping burden is 9.0 hours per facility.
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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Hazardous waste combustors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 315.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 12,905 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $1,660,000.
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. 1840.01 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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: January 22, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2084 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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