Terms of the
previous clearance remain in effect. OMB is withholding approval at
this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency
should provide a summary of any comments related to the information
collection and their response, including any changes made to the
ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the
correct burden estimates. This action has no effect on any current
approvals.
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This supporting statement addresses
information collection activities imposed by the Sewage Sludge
Incineration (SSI) Unit Emission Guidelines Subpart MMMM. The
guidelines do not apply directly to SSI unit owners and operators.
The guidelines can be thought of as model regulations that States
use in developing State plans to implement the emission guidelines.
If a State does not develop, adopt, and submit an approvable State
plan, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must develop a
Federal plan to implement the emission guidelines. Whether a SSI
unit is ultimately regulated under a State plan or Federal plan,
the full respondent burden for the first 3 years after promulgation
of the emission guidelines is included in this information
collection request (ICR). The use of the term "Designated
Administrator" throughout this document refers to the person or
office designated by each State plan to administer the
implementation of the plan, or to the U.S. EPA Administrator in the
event that a State's plan is not approvable and a Federal plan must
be developed. The term "Administrator" alone refers to the U.S. EPA
Administrator. This ICR includes the burden for activities that
will be conducted in the first three years following promulgation
of the proposed emission guidelines. These activities include
reading the rule, submitting a control plan, initial stack testing,
establishing operating parameters, and monitoring, recordkeeping,
and reporting requirements. We realize, however, that some
facilities may not incur these costs within the first three years,
and may incur them during the fourth or fifth year instead.
Therefore, this ICR presents a conservatively high burden estimate
for the initial three years following promulgation of the proposed
emission guidelines. This ICR presents the burden to respondents
(owners or operators of SSI units) and the Designated Administrator
(State or Federal Government) that will be imposed by State plans
developed to implement the emission guidelines. Respondents are
owners or operators of existing SSI units. The requirements
described below are the minimum requirements established by the
emission guidelines. Although States may choose to impose more
stringent requirements, it is assumed for this burden estimate that
the State plans mirror the emission guidelines. Sewage Sludge
Incinerators are categorized into fluidized bed or multiple hearth
units. For fluidized bed SSI units, 55 units at 40 facilities would
be affected by the proposed standards; for multiple hearth SSI
units, 163 units at 73 facilities would be affected. Upon
promulgation of the proposed standards, however, we anticipate that
affected SSI units owned by small entities will be shut down, and
that these facilities will use alternative, less expensive means of
disposal instead. The remaining units that would be subject to the
regulation over the next three years will therefore comprise 46
fluidized bed units at 32 facilities and 151 multiple hearth units
at 63 facilities. One of these facilities has both a multiple
hearth and a fluidized bed unit, so 94 facilities in all are
expected to be subject to the regulation. The cost of this
Information Collection Request (ICR), based on these 197 units at
94 facilities, will be $42.7 million.
US Code:
42
USC 7429 Name of Law: Solid Waste Combustion
US Code: 42
USC 7411 Name of Law: Standards of performance for new
stationary sources
The new burden summarized in
this ICR results from information collection activities imposed by
the Sewage Sludge Incineration (SSI) Unit Emission Guidelines
Subpart MMMM.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Solid Sludge Incineration (SSI) Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMMM)