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[FR Doc No: 94-14819]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5000-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 18, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or a copy of 
this ICR contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

    Title: Collection of Economic and Regulatory Support Data Under 
RCRA (ICR No. 1641.01). This ICR requests approval for a new 
collection.
    Abstract: EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) is requesting approval 
for a generic clearance to collect economic and regulatory impact data 
through surveys, interviews, or focus group meetings with industry or 
other parties in support of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) rulemaking actions.
    RCRA, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, 
requires EPA to establish a national regulatory program to ensure that 
hazardous waste is managed in a manner protective of human health and 
the environment. EPA is authorized under sections 2002 and 3007 of RCRA 
to collect information from industry and other parties when necessary 
to carry out its regulatory responsibilities.
    The information collected will be used to assess the costs and 
benefits of various potential regulatory and nonregulatory actions.
    The first collection to be administered under the generic 
clearance, the Hazardous Waste Identification Rule (HWIR) Expert 
Elicitations, is included in this ICR. Information will be collected 
through interviews (expert elicitations) with hazardous and industrial 
solid waste experts to support development of alternative approaches 
for hazardous waste identification. The Agency will conduct two sets of 
expert elicitations, one for each HWIR regulatory option: Contaminated 
Soil and Sediment Media; and Contaminated Debris.
    Burden Statement: The public reporting burden for this generic 
collection is estimated to average 3 hours per response and the burden 
for the HWIR Expert Elicitations collection ranges from 15 minutes to 
1.5 hours per respondent. These estimates include all aspects of the 
information collection including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Respondents: Hazardous waste generators, scientists, industry 
experts, and treatment, storage and disposal facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.4.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,780 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy 
Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and
Jonathan Gledhill, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Dated: June 13, 1994.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 94-14819 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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