[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60144-60145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25323]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0007, FRL-9935-26-OSWER; EPA ICR Number 1426.11, OMB
Control Number 2050-0105]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response (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 announces that Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a request to renew an
existing approved Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire on
December 31, 2015. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0007 by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: [email protected].
Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change and may be made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sella M. Burchette, U.S. Environmental
Response Team, MS 101, Building 205, Edison, NJ 08837, telephone
number: 732-321-6726; fax number: 732-321-6724; email address:
[email protected].
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, WJC 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires EPA to set worker
protection standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous
waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not
have Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State
plans. The EPA coverage, as cited in 40 CFR 311, required to be
identical to the OSHA standards, extends to three categories of
employees: Those engaged in clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites, including corrective actions at Treatment, Storage and Disposal
(TSD) facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and recovery
Act (RCRA); employees working on routine hazardous waste operations at
RCRA TSD facilities; and employees involved in emergency response
operations without regard to location. This ICR renews existing
mandatory record keeping collection of ongoing activities including
monitoring of any potential employee exposure at uncontrolled hazardous
waste sites, maintaining
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records of employee training, refresher training, medical exams and
reviewing emergency response plans.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those State and local employees engaged in hazardous
waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not
have Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) approved State
plans.
Respondent's Obligation To Respond: 40 CFR part 311 has no
reporting requirements. There are record keeping requirements by
inference in Section (e) and by statue in Section (f)[8] of OSHA's 29
CFR 1910.120.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of Response: Annually recordkeeping. No response required
to Agency.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 255,427 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $3,528,888, which is entirely for
labor. There are no capital investment or maintenance and operational
costs.
Changes in Estimates: These burden estimates reflect what is
currently approved by OMB, without change. EPA will provide revised
burden estimates when the second comment period for this ICR is opened.
However, as the universe and regulations have not changed, EPA does not
anticipate any substantive changes to the burden figures.
Dated: September 24, 2015.
James E. Woolford,
Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
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