[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50497-50499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20506]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2012-0187; FRL-9522-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility
Standards (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
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announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 20,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2012-0187, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: RCRA
Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by mail to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-308-8753; fax number: 703-308-8617; email
address: abdul-malik.norma@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On April 5, 2012 (77 FR 20623), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment, which has
been addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No
EPA-HQ-RCRA-2012-0187, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the RCRA Docket is
(202) 566-0270.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1571.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0120.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that the EPA develop standards for
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) as
may be necessary to protect human health and the environment.
Subsections 3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) specify that these
standards include, but not be limited to, the following requirements:
Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or
listed under subtitle C that are treated, stored, or disposed of, and
the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
Operating methods, techniques, and practices for
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste;
Location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
Contingency plans for effective action to minimize
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any
such hazardous waste; and
Maintaining or operating such facilities and requiring
such additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of
operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may
be necessary or desirable.
The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in 40
CFR parts 264 and 265. The collection of this information enables EPA
to properly determine whether owners/operators or hazardous waste
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities meet the requirements of
Section 3004(a) of RCRA.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 359
hours per response. The annual public reporting burden is estimated to
average 293 hours per respondent, and the annual public recordkeeping
burden is estimated to average 66 hours per respondent. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements which have
subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a
collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the
collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Businesses and other for-profits, as
well as State, Local, and Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,872.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 672,417 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $40,676,696 which includes $40,143,171
annualized labor costs and $533,525 annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 94,036 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The reason for this increase is
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the inclusion of State Agency hours in this renewal.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-20506 Filed 8-20-12; 8:45 am]
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