[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46909-46910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22321]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6429-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and
RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A
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 Requests (ICRs) have been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Notification of
Regulated Waste Activity, OMB Control Number 2050-0028, expiring on
October 31, 1999; and RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and
Modification, Part A, OMB Control Number 2050-0034, expiring on October
31, 1999. These ICRs describe the nature of the information collection
and their expected burden and cost; where appropriate, they include the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or download a copy
of the ICRs off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR Nos. 261.13 and 262.09.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, EPA ICR #261.13,
OMB Control Number 2050-0028, expiring on October 31, 1999; and RCRA
Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A, EPA ICR
#262.09, OMB Control Number 2050-0034, expiring on October 31, 1999.
This is a request for extension of currently approved collections.
Abstract: Section 3010 of subtitle C of RCRA, as amended, requires
any person who generates or transports regulated waste or who owns or
operates a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) of
regulated waste to notify EPA of their activities, including the
location and general description of activities and the regulated wastes
handled. Section 3005 of subtitle C of RCRA requires TSDs to obtain a
permit. To obtain the permit, the TSD must submit an application
describing the facility's operation. There are two parts to the RCRA
permit application--part A and part B. Part A defines the processes to
be used for treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes; the
design capacity of such processes; and the specific hazardous wastes to
be handled at the facility. 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 these collections of information was
published on May 14, 1999 (64 FR 26407); one comment was received.
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Burden Statement: The estimated average burden for renewing the
existing notification ICR is 4.25 hours per respondent for initial
notifications and 2.10 hours per respondent for subsequent
notifications. These estimates for the notification ICR include all
aspects of the information collection including time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering data, and
completing and reviewing the form.
The estimated average burden for renewing the existing part A ICR
is approximately 27 hours per respondent for submitting a new part A
permit application and approximately14 hours for submitting a revised
part A permit application. The burden estimates for the part A ICR
includes time for reading the regulations, preparing and submitting
initial and revised part A permit applications, preparing and
submitting justifications for changes and preparing and submitting
subpart H compliance demonstrations.
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 hazardous
waste facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: For notifications, 31,125; for
part A applications, 59.
Frequency of Response: Occasional.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 100,137 hours for
notifications; 945 hours for part A applications.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost: $130,725 for notifications; $424
for part A applications.
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 Nos. 261.13 (notifications) and 262.09 (part A) and
OMB Control Nos. 2050-0028 and 2050-0034, respectively, in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, 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.
Dated: August 23, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22321 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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