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). This ICR includes the burden for
activities that will be conducted in the first three years
following promulgation of the 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, 60 units at 42 facilities would be affected by the proposed
standards; for multiple hearth SSI units, 144 units at 69
facilities would be affected. One of these facilities has both a
multiple hearth and a fluidized bed unit, so 110 facilities in all
are expected to be subject to the regulation. The cost of this
Information Collection Request (ICR), based on these 204 units at
110 facilities, will be $28.9 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
There is an adjustment decrease
of in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. The decrease occurred because the
standard has been in effect for more than three years and the
requirements are different during initial compliance as compared to
on-going compliance. The previous ICR reflected those burdens and
costs associated with the initial activities for subject
facilities. This includes purchasing monitoring equipment,
conducting performance test(s) and establishing recordkeeping
systems. This ICR, by in large, reflects the on-going burden and
costs which include continuously monitoring of pollutants and the
submission of annual reports. However, note there is an adjustment
increase in the total respondent costs due to an increase in labor
rates. In addition, there is a slight increase in the Agency cost
due to a correction in travel expense. This ICR corrects the number
of hours required for observing each stack test from 30 to 48 hours
to be consistent with Table 2, Burden Item 3A.
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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