[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6967-6968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3778]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5690-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Management System: Land
Disposal Restrictions ``No-Migration'' Variances
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Hazardous Waste Management
System: Land Disposal Restrictions ``No-Migration'' Variances, OMB
Control Number 2050-0062, expiring on April 30, 1997. 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 March 17, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1353.05.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Hazardous Waste Management System: Land Disposal
Restrictions ``No-Migration'' Variances (OMB Control Number 2050-0062,
EPA ICR No. 1353), expiring 4/30/97. This is a request for extension of
a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 created
substantial new requirements for those who manage hazardous waste. (See
42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, 6924, 6925, and 6935.) The amendments
prohibit land disposal of hazardous wastes beyond specified dates
unless, as provided in RCRA Sections 3004 (d), (e), and (g), the owner/
operator of a hazardous waste storage or disposal facility demonstrates
to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that
there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the land
disposal unit for as long as the waste remains hazardous.
To receive a variance from the hazardous waste land disposal
prohibitions under 40 CFR part 268.6, owner/operators of hazardous
waste storage or disposal facilities may petition the Environmental
Protection Agency to allow land disposal of a specific restricted waste
at a specific site. The Agency will review the petitions and determine
if they successfully demonstrate ``no migration.'' The applicant must
demonstrate that hazardous wastes can be managed safely in a particular
land disposal unit, so that ``no migration'' of any hazardous
constituent occurs from the unit for as long as the waste remains
hazardous. If EPA grants the variance, the waste is no longer
prohibited from land disposal in that particular unit. If the owner/
operator fails to make this demonstration, or chooses not to petition
for the variance, best demonstrated available technology (BDAT)
requirements of 40 CFR 268.40 et seq must be met before the hazardous
waste is placed in a land disposal unit. Responses to the collection of
information are voluntary.
The information collected is not of a personal nature nor is it
subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 or Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-108. EPA expects that owners and operators may wish to
maintain the confidentiality of certain information. Provisions for
confidentiality are found in Section 3007 (b) of RCRA and in 40 CFR
Part 2, which establishes EPA's general policy regarding public
disclosure of information. Provisions for confidentiality have also
been included in 40 CFR Part 260, the general rule of the RCRA
hazardous waste management system. 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 11/1/96 (61FR56539); 1 comment was received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9,506
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: 1.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,506 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $471,609.
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. 1353.05 and OMB Control Number 2050-0062 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503
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Dated: February 10, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3778 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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