81 FR 14441 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 52 (March 17, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Hospital/Medical/ Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec) (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1730.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0363) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015, 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 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14441-14442]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06046]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2012-0502; FRL--9943-84-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``NSPS for Hospital/Medical/
Infectious Waste Incinerators (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ec) (Renewal)'' 
(EPA ICR No. 1730.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0363) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015, 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 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2012-0502, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), 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 online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA 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 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, 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hospital/medical/infectious waste 
incinerators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, 
subpart Ec).
    Estimated number of respondents: 8 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually and 
annually.
    Total estimated burden: 5,670 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $972,000 (per year), includes $402,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an overall increase in burden in 
this ICR from the most recently approved ICR. This is due to an 
increase in the estimated number of sources subject to the regulation, 
and is not caused by

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program changes. We estimate the industry will continue to grow at the 
rate of one new source per year. This results in increases in the 
respondent labor hours, number of responses, and capital/O&M costs.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-06046 Filed 3-16-16; 8:45 am]
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