Emission Guidelines for
Existing Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR part
60, subpart FFFF) (Proposed Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/20/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
12/31/2021
12/31/2021
360
297
76,003
70,200
1,985,000
495,000
The Emission Guidelines for Existing
Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR Part 60,
Subpart FFFF) were proposed on December 9, 2004 (69 FR 71472),
promulgated on December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74892), and amended on
November 24, 2006 (71 FR 67806). Under the proposed rule, the
Emission Guidelines apply to any air quality program in either a
state or a United States protectorate with one or more existing
OSWI units or air curtain incinerators that commenced construction
either on or before December 9, 2004. The affected OSWI units
include two additional sub-categories: very small municipal waste
combustion (VSMWC) units that combust less than 35 tons per day
(TPD) of waste and institutional waste incineration (IWI) units.
This Subpart does not directly affect incineration unit owners and
operators; however, they must comply with the states plan that was
developed by the air quality program administrator to implement the
emission guidelines. This information is being collected to assure
compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF. The EPA is proposing
to revise 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart FFFF to include subcategories for
VSMWC or IWI units that have capacities equal to or less than 10
TPD that commenced construction, reconstruction, or modification
before August 30, 2020. For units that have capacities equal to or
less than 10 TPD, the EPA is proposing revised emission limits and
substitute compliance options in lieu of initial and annual stack
testing, add-on control devices, and CEMS. Units with a capacity to
combust greater than or equal to 10 TPD that commenced construction
either on or before December 9, 2004 would continue to meet the
current testing, monitoring, recordkeeping requirements.
Additionally, the EPA is proposing to remove startup, shutdown, and
malfunction reporting requirements for all units, because the
emission limits will apply at all times. The proposed rule also
includes requirements for electronic reporting of certain reports
and performance test results. This ICR only includes the
incremental burden associated with the proposed rule.
This ICR only includes the
incremental burden associated with the proposed rule. We have
revised the number of respondents based on the inventory conducted
as part of the proposed rulemaking; based on the data collected, we
estimate there are currently 155 facilities subject to these
guidelines. Although the estimated number of respondents increased
from the most recently-approved ICR, we anticipate an overall
decrease in burden if the proposed rule is finalized, due to the
removal of the requirement to perform initial and annual stack
testing for certain small OSWI units and the addition of substitute
means of compliance demonstration that do not require an add-on
control device or CEMS. The previous ICR assumed none of the
existing facilities would need to perform initial stack testing and
that all facilities would perform annual stack testing. The ICR is
revised to reflect the proposed requirement that all facilities
still need to demonstrate initial compliance with the rule, either
by performing initial stack testing for 63 facilities that are able
to conduct testing, or by using a substitute means of compliance
demonstration for the remaining 63 facilities. There is no new
proposed testing requirement and therefore no incremental burden
for 29 facilities with air curtain incinerators. The substitute
means of compliance demonstration method for continuous compliance
will require recordkeeping related to the waste profiles combusted,
but reduces the burden associated with testing costs. This ICR
assumes that all 126 facilities that are not operating an air
curtain incinerator will be able to meet the revised emission
limits without the use of an add-on control and will use a
substitute means of compliance demonstration rather than the use of
CEMS to demonstrate continuous compliance, which results in a
decrease in the burden associated with daily calibration and
monitoring and RATA and RAA audits. Therefore, this ICR only
reflects the burden associated with initial testing for a limited
number of facilities and the continuous compliance costs for
sources who use the substitute compliance option, as well as the
removal of recordkeeping requirements for startup, shutdown, and
malfunction.
$406,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Courtney Kerwin
202-566-1669
No
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 Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart FFFF) (Proposed Rule)