[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64255-64256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30967]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6191-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; RCRA Expanded Public Participation
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: RCRA Expanded Public
Participation, OMB Control Number 2050-0149, expiration date: 11/30/98.
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 December 21, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone
at (202) 260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1688.03.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: RCRA Expanded Public Participation (OMB Control No. 2050-
0149; EPA ICR No. 1688.03.) This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: EPA has a statutory obligation, under section 7004, to
provide for, encourage, and assist public participation in the
development, revision, implementation, and enforcement of any
regulation, guideline, information, or program under the Act. The
regulations implementing these requirements are codified at 40 CFR
parts 124 and 270.
EPA promulgated requirements for providing additional opportunities
for the public to be involved in the RCRA permitting process under 40
CFR part 124, sections 124.31 through 124.33 and in part 270, sections
270.62 and 270.66. The part 124 requirements apply to all types of
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, unless
exempted under a specific section; the part 270 requirements apply only
to hazardous waste combustors planning trial burns. These requirements
are important components in: (1) Meeting its statutory mandate to
promote public participation in the development, revision, and
implementation of any regulation under RCRA; and (2) achieving EPA's
goal of enhancing public involvement. EPA believes that these
regulations encourage people to become involved in the permitting
process and increase understanding of hazardous waste facilities. 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
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published on 09/04/98 (63 FR 47277); no
comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual reporting burden associated with
activities related to both the pre-application meeting, estimated to
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average 89.1 hours, and to the information repository, estimated to
average 7.6 hours. The annual recordkeeping burden associated with
activities related to both the pre-application meeting, estimated to
average 0.5 hours (to retain documentation), and to the information
repository, estimated to average 26.5 hours. 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 and operators of facilities
that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 395.
Frequency of Response: 790.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7253 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $9,204.00.
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. 1688.03 and OMB Control No. 2050-0149 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 11, 1998.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-30967 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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