[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 68120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27788]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0280; FRL-9524-2]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; 2013 Hazardous Waste Report, Notification of
Regulated Waste Activity, and Part A Hazardous Waste Permit Application
and Modification (Revision)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``2013 Hazardous Waste Report,
Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, and Part A Hazardous Waste
Permit Application and Modification (Revision)''. (EPA ICR No. 0976.16,
OMB Control No. 2050-0024) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed amendment of the ICR,
which is currently approved through December 31, 2014. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register (77 FR 31005) on May
24, 2012 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR
is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 17,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2011-0280, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk
Officer for EPA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703-308-5477; fax number: 703-308-8433; email address:
vyas.peggy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The Hazardous Waste Report Instructions and Forms booklet
is updated every two years, to comply with the statutory mandate that
EPA conduct a survey of hazardous waste generation at least every two
years. The report, known as the ``Biennial Report,'' has been conducted
since 1989, every odd-numbered year, known as the data collection year.
The even-numbered years are known as the reporting years. The ICR has
been renewed every data collection year, and the forms have been made
available to respondents at the beginning of the reporting year.
However, EPA is amending the current ICR this year so that the booklet
for the next cycle, the 2013 cycle, will be available at the beginning
of the data collection year. This change is in response to many
requests by States.
The proposed changes to the 2013 booklet include: (1) Some
management method codes will be consolidated in order to ease
reporting, (2) the waste minimization codes will be revised in order to
assist filers with reporting their waste minimization activities, and
(3) editorial changes will be made to the description of some source
codes in order to improve clarity for filers.
This amendment will not affect the Notification booklet or the Part
A Permit Application booklet, which are both part of this ICR.
Form Numbers: 8700-13 A/B.
Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit as well
as State, Local, or Tribal governments.
Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (RCRA sections 3002
and 3004).
Estimated number of respondents: 56,672.
Frequency of response: Biennially.
Total estimated burden: 432,903 hours per year. Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $18,404,963 (per year), includes $18,153,496
annualized labor and $251,467 annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 7,341 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to changes in the waste
minimization data reported in Form GM (i.e., use of a revised set of
waste minimization codes for which the requirement to submit comments
is optional).
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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