98-16257. Agency Information Collection Activities-Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey of the Chlorinated Aliphatics Industry

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33370-33371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16257]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[SWH-FRL-6112-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities-Proposed Collection; 
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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Survey of Chlorinated Aliphatics 
Industry, ICR Number 1866.01. This ICR includes information about 
clarifications to updated information from the initial RCRA section 
3007 questionnaire and possible site visits anticipated for this 
information collection effort. 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 August 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their 
comments referencing docket number F-98-CAIP-FFFFF to: RCRA Docket 
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the Arlington, 
VA, address below. Comments also may be submitted electronically 
through the Internet to: [e-mail]. Comments in 
electronic format also should be identified by the docket number F-98-
CAIP-FFFFF. All electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII. All 
electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use 
of special characters and any form of encryption.
    Commenters should not submit electronically any confidential 
business information (CBI). An original and two copies of CBI must be 
submitted under separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document Control Officer, 
Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20460.
    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 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding federal 
holidays. To review docket materials, it is recommended that the public 
make an appointment by calling [phone]. The public may copy a 
maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory docket at no charge. 
Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The index and some supporting 
materials are available electronically.
    The ICR is available on the Internet. Follow these instructions to 
access the information electronically;

WWW: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/hazwaste. htm#id
FTP: ftp.epa.gov
Login: anonymous
Password: your internet address
Files are located in /pub/epaoswer

    The official record or 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 also will 
include all comments submitted directly in writing.
    EPA responses to comments, whether the comments are written or 
electronic, will be in a document in the Fedeal Register. EPA will not 
reply immediately 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: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at [phone] or TDD [phone] (Hearing 
impaired).In the Washington, DC metropolitan area, call [phone] 
or TDD [phone].
    For more detailed information on specific aspects of this 
rulemaking, contact Wanda Levine, Office of Solid Waste (5304W), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, [phone], or levine. [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those generating, transporting, storing or disposing of the wastes of 
interest from the chlorinated aliphatics industry.
    Title: Survey of Chlorinated Aliphatics Industry ICR, Number 
1866.01.
    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 1999, primarily for the purpose of 
developing hazardous waste listing determinations as part of a 
rulemaking effort under sections 3001 and 3004 of the Resources 
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.
    1 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.
    For the chlorinated aliphatics 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

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claimed as confidential business information (CBI). Respondents may 
make a business confidentially 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.
    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.
    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.
    Burden Statement: 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.
    The average annual burden imposed by the clarification to the 
survey updates is approximately 20.0 hours per respondent. The average 
number of responses for each respondent is 1. The estimated number of 
likely respondents is 25. The average annual burden imposed by site 
visits is approximately 16 hours per respondent. The average number of 
responses for each respondent is 1.
    The estimated number of likely respondents is 3.
    Data will be collected from the chlorinated aliphatics industry 
that generate wastes that may be listed as hazardous.

    Dated: June 2, 1998.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 98-16257 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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