[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 8 (Monday, January 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1750-1752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-746]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5675-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Voluntary WasteWi$e
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Reporting Requirements Under EPA's
WasteWi$e Program (OMB Control No. 2050-0139; EPA ICR No. 1698). This
is a request for extension of a currently approved information
collection. 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 March 14, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their
comments referencing docket number F-96-WWIP-FFFFF to: RCRA Docket
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA, HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the Arlington, VA,
address listed below. Comments may also be submitted electronically by
sending electronic mail through the Internet to: docket@epamail.epa.gov. Comments in electronic format should also be
identified by the docket number F-96-WWIP-FFFFF. All electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
Public comments and supporting materials are available for viewing
in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway I,
First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The RIC is
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal
holidays. To review docket materials, it is recommended that the public
make an appointment by calling 703-603-9230. The public may copy a
maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory docket at no charge.
Additional copies cost $0.15/page.
The official record for this action will be kept in paper form.
Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments received electronically
into paper form and place them in the official record, which will also
include all comments submitted directly in writing. The official record
is the paper record maintained at the address in ADDRESSES at the
beginning of this document.
EPA responses to comments, whether the comments are written or
electronic, will be in a notice in the Federal Register or in a
response to comments document placed in the official record. EPA will
not immediately reply to commenters electronically other than to seek
clarification of electronic comments that may be garbled in
transmission or during conversion to paper form, as discussed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynda Wynn at 401 M St., SW, (5306W),
Washington DC 20460, or at 703-308-7273, FAX 703-308-8686,
wynn.lynda@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Voluntary WasteWi$e
Program (OMB No. 2050-0139. EPA ICR No. 1698). Expiring May 31, 1997.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those businesses, institutions, and government agencies that sign up to
participate in EPA's WasteWi$e program.
Abstract: EPA's voluntary WasteWi$e program encourages businesses
and other organizations to reduce solid waste through waste prevention,
recycling, and the purchase or manufacture of recycled products.
WasteWi$e participants include partners, which commit to implementing
waste reduction activities of their choice, and endorsers which promote
the WasteWi$e program and waste reduction to their members. Endorsers,
which are typically trade associations or other membership-based
associations, submit only a one-page form, the Endorser Registration
Form. This form identifies the organization, the principal contact, and
the activities to which the Endorser commits. Partners fill out three
forms as follows. The Partner Registration Form identifies the
organization and the facilities that will participate in WasteWi$e, and
requires the signature of a senior official that can commit the
organization to the program. Each partner develops its own waste
reduction goals and submits a one-page Goals Identification Form to EPA
each year. Partners also report annually on the progress made toward
achieving these goals in the Annual Reporting Form, estimating amounts
of waste prevented and recyclables collected, and describing buy-
recycled activities.
The EPA WasteWi$e program uses the submitted information to (1)
identify and recognize outstanding waste reduction achievements by
individual organizations, (2) compile aggregate results that indicate
overall accomplishments of WasteWi$e partners, (3) identify cost-
effective waste reduction strategies to share with other organizations,
and (4) identify topics on which to develop assistance and information
efforts.
The EPA would like to solicit comments 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.
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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to average 24 hours per response for the Endorser
Registration Form; 10 hours per response for the Partner Registration
Form; 40 hours per response for the first year's Goals Identification
Form; 20 hours per response for each subsequent year's Goals
Identification Form; and 55.5 hours per response for the Annual
Reporting Form. This results in an estimated one-time respondent burden
of 24 hours for Endorsers, and an annual Partner respondent burden of
105.5 hours in the first year and 75.5 hours each subsequent year. The
estimated number of respondents is 200 in year 1; 300 in year 2; and
400 in year 3. Estimated total annual burden on respondents is 28,500
hours in year 1; 29,850 hours in year 2; and 37,650 hours in year 3.
Burden estimates include 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
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any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 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.
Dated: December 27, 1996.
Michael Shapiro,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 97-746 Filed 1-10-97; 8:45 am]
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