[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58035-58036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29014]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6181-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Survey of the Chlorinated Aliphatics Industry
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 document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Survey of the Chlorinated
Aliphatics Industry. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it
includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 30, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740,
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, or by
e-mail at farmer.sandy@epamial.epa.gov, and refer to EPA ICR No.
1866.01.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Survey of the Chlorinated Aliphatics (EPA ICR No. 1866.01).
This is a new collection.
Abstract: Under the Industry Studies Program, EPA's Office of Solid
Waste is planning to conduct surveys of various industries during the
rest of this fiscal year through FY 2000, primarily for the purpose of
developing hazardous waste listing determinations as part of a
rulemaking effort under sections 3001 and 3004 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Information collected under
authority of this ICR specifically will be used to establish and expand
an information data base with regard to hazardous waste generation and
management by industry to support a goal of more effective regulation
under sections 3001 and 3004 of RCRA.
The information acquired through the Industry Studies Program has
contributed to the effective development and implementation of the
hazardous waste regulatory program. The ICR, once approved, will allow
continued and expanded data collection for the following program areas:
Listing
Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and Capacity
Source Reduction and Recycling
Risk Assessment
To support these hazardous waste program areas, EPA has been
conducting surveys and site visits for the chlorinated aliphatics
industry since 1992 under authority granted under RCRA section 3007 and
OMB #2050-0042. Responses to the surveys were received and site visits
conducted in early 1993 to collect data for development of hazardous
waste rulemakings as required by a consent decree signed December 9,
1994, which resulted from the EDF v. Reilly case.
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For the chlorinated aliphatics industry that is the subject of this
information collection, the main data to be collected will be
clarifications to updated survey information, and possibly site visits
if necessary.
The information collected will be used primarily to determine if
wastes from the chlorinated aliphatics industry should be listed as
hazardous. In addition, this information also will be used to support
other RCRA activities including developing engineering analyses;
conducting regulatory impact analyses, economic analyses, and risk
assessments; and developing land disposal restrictions treatment
standards and waste minimization programs.
EPA anticipates that some data provided by respondents will be
claimed as confidential business information (CBI). Respondents may
make a business confidentiality claim by marking the appropriate data
as CBI. Respondents may not withhold information from the Agency
because they believe it is confidential. Information so designated will
be disclosed by EPA only to the extent set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
Data will be collected from the chlorinated aliphatics industry
that generate wastes that may be listed as hazardous. 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. The Federal Register
notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published on 6/18/98 (63 FR 33370); no
comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20
hours per response. 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; 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: Owners or operators of chlorinated
aliphatics firms.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 548 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $6,526.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1866.01 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP Regulatory
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or
E-Mail Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov);
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 23, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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