[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71135-71136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32864]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6512-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; RCRA Section 3007 Questionnaire of the Paint
Manufacturing 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: RCRA Section 3007
Questionnaire of the Paint Manufacturing 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 January 19, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy
Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, email at Farmer.Sandy@epa.gov, or
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer
to EPA ICR No.1925.01. For technical information about the
questionnaire contact David Carver (703) 308-8603.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: RCRA Section 3007 Questionnaire of the Paint Manufacturing
Industry. This is a new collection.
Abstract: The EPA is obligated to make a hazardous waste listing
determination on five waste streams generated from the manufacture of
paint. These wastestreams include (1) solvent cleaning wastes generated
from tank and equipment cleaning operations, (2) water and/or caustic
cleaning wastes generated from tank and equipment cleaning operations,
(3) wastewater treatment sludge, (4) emission control dust or sludge,
and (5) off-specification production wastes.
This Information Collection Request (ICR) specifies information
necessary for EPA to analyze how solid and hazardous waste is currently
managed in the United States Paint Manufacturing Industry. It proposes
the following information collection efforts:
--RCRA Section 3007 questionnaire for up to 250 facilities, including
clarifications and updates.
--RCRA Section 3007 residual diagram letter for up to 100 facilities,
and
--up to 15 facility site visits.
Information received by the Agency will be used to make a hazardous
waste listing determination. If EPA concludes that certain waste
streams should be regulated as listed hazardous waste, then these data
may potentially be applied to (1) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and
Capacity Analysis, (2) a source reduction and/or recycling analysis,
(3) a supporting risk assessment, and (4) an economic analysis.
EPA intends to send this Section 3007 Questionnaire For Paint
Manufacturing Residuals in FY2000 to approximately 250 U.S. paint
facilities that manufacture products (i.e., paints, varnishes,
lacquers, enamels, and shellacs) under the Standard Industrial
Classification Code (SIC) 2851. This questionnaire would collect the
following information:
--Corporate/facility data, name, location, EPA hazardous waste
identification number (if applicable), and facility contact;
--Residual (as specified in first paragraph) generation and residual
management practices; and,
--residual characterization information, residual constituents and test
methods employed to test the residuals.
If approved by OMB, facilities will be required to respond within
30 days of receipt of this questionnaire. A facility is only required
to respond to this questionnaire if it displays a currently valid OMB
control number and expiration date. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Ch. 15.
In addition to the RCRA 3007 questionnaire, this proposed ICR
includes EPA requests for clarifications, questions and updates to the
questionnaire and for facility site visits. The clarifications and
updates will only be necessary if EPA has follow-up questions regarding
submitted requests, or if EPA requires more information to understand
residual generation and management practices. The process descriptions
will help the Agency better understand the paint manufacturing process.
Up to 100 facilities will be required to submit process schematics and
detailed descriptions. Finally, EPA proposes to visit up to 15 paint
manufacturing facilities to evaluate paint manufacturing residual
generation and management processes.
Burden Statement: The average annual burden imposed by the survey
and other information collection efforts is approximately 46 hours per
respondent (30 hours for the 3007 Questionnaire, 6 hours for the 3007
residual diagram letter, and 10 hours for site visits). 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 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 to 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. This ICR is based on the following
information:
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of paint within SIC
2851.
Estimated number of respondents: 365 (250 for 3007 Questionnaire,
100 for 3007 residual process letters, and 15 for site visits).
Frequency of response: The average number of responses for each
respondent is 1.
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Estimated total annual hour burden: 8,250 hours.
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. 1925.01 in any correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 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: December 15, 1999.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32864 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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