NSPS for Other Solid Waste
Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart EEEE) (Proposed
Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
03/31/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
03/31/2022
242
242
80,771
80,771
2,720,000
2,720,000
The New Source Performance Standards
(NSPS) for Other Solid Waste Incineration (OSWI) Units (40 CFR Part
60, Subpart EEEE) were proposed on December 9, 2004 (69 FR 71472),
promulgated on December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74870), and revised on
November 24, 2006 (71 FR 67802). These regulations apply to very
small municipal waste combustion units (VSMWC) and institutional
waste incineration (IWI) units. A very small municipal waste
combustion unit is any municipal waste combustion unit that has the
capacity to combust less than 35 tons per day (TPD) of municipal
solid waste or refuse-derived fuel. An institutional waste
incineration unit is any combustion unit that combusts
institutional waste and is a distinct operating unit of the
institutional facility that generated the waste. Institutional
waste is solid waste that is combusted at any institutional
facility using controlled flame combustion in an enclosed, distinct
operating unit: whose design does not provide for energy recovery;
operated without energy recovery; or operated with only waste heat
recovery. Institutional waste also means solid waste combusted on
site in an air curtain incinerator that is a distinct operating
unit of any institutional facility. A new VSMWC or IWI unit is
subject to this subpart if it meets either of two criteria if it
has a capacity to combust greater than or equal to 10 TPD of waste:
1) commenced construction after December 9, 2004; or 2) commenced
reconstruction or modification on or after June 16, 2006. Under the
proposed rule, the EPA provides an additional subcategory of new
VSMWC or IWI units that have a capacity to combust less than 10 TPD
of waste that are constructed on or after August 30, 2020. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR
Part 60, Subpart EEEE. The EPA is proposing to revise 40 CFR Part
60, Subpart EEEE to include new requirements for subcategories of
VSMWC or IWI units that have capacities equal to or less than 10
TPD. For units that have capacities equal to or less than 10 TPD,
the EPA is proposing revised emission limits and substitute means
of compliance demonstration in lieu of initial and annual stack
testing, add- on control devices, and CEMS. Additionally, the EPA
is proposing to remove the reporting requirements related to
periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction, because the emission
limits will apply at all times. The EPA is also proposing
electronic reporting requirements for submittal of certain reports
and performance test results. This ICR only includes the
incremental burden associated with the proposed rule.
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.