The State and Federal Emissions
Guidelines for hospital medical/infectious waste incinerators, 40
CFR part 60, subpart Ce, and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH. Owners or
operators of the affected facilities must submit initial
notification, performance tests, and periodic reports and results.
Owners or operators are also required to 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, at a minimum, are
required semiannually.
There is an overall decrease in
the respondent and Agency burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens due to a decrease in the respondent
universe since the previous ICR. Based on the 2013 Agency analysis,
21 HMIWI units (16 privately owned, 1 federally owned, and 4 state
owned) have been shut down over the past several years. The revised
estimate results in a decreased in respondent labor hours, number
of responses, and capital/O&M costs. However, there is a slight
adjustment increase in respondent hours for States due to a change
in assumption. In this ICR, we assume all respondents will take
some time to re-familiarize themselves with the regulatory
requirements.
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.