[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2597-2598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-590]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5137-1]


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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 1995.

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: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements (EPA No. 
0959.09). This ICR is a renewal of an approved collection (OMB No. 
2050-0033).
    Abstract: Pursuant to Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, 40 CFR Part 264 and 40 CFR Part 265 
establish ground-water monitoring regulations for permitted and interim 
status facilities, respectively. These regulations establish programs 
for protecting ground-water from releases of hazardous wastes by land 
disposal facilities (LDFs). Ultimately, the EPA will use the 
information provided by LDFs to make decisions regarding the type and 
status of monitoring programs, and what corrective actions, if any, 
must be taken by the LDFs to protect ground-water.
    Owners or operators of permitted LDFs must perform detection 
monitoring. In addition to monitoring, activities associated with 
detection monitoring include: (1) notifying EPA of statistically 
significant concentrations of hazardous leachate when detected; and (2) 
gathering and maintaining records on all data pertaining to ground-
water collected during monitoring. If it has been determined by EPA 
that the concentrations of hazardous waste leachate pose sufficient 
risk to ground-water, then the LDF must conduct compliance monitoring 
of ground-water in addition to detection monitoring.
    The information collection activities associated with compliance 
monitoring include: (1) Gathering and maintaining records on all 
ground-water data and analyses collected during monitoring; (2) 
notifying EPA of ground-water contamination, the presence of new 
constituents in the ground water, and instances where unacceptable 
concentrations of contaminants have been found. In the event that a 
leak is detected at an unacceptable concentration, the LDF must provide 
EPA with engineering feasibility plans and reports on corrective 
action, or provide EPA with all data necessary to establish an 
alternate concentration limit (ACL).
    Owners or operators of interim status LDFs, must establish water-
quality assessment programs. The information collection activities 
associated with the program include: (1) preparing a sampling and 
analysis plan for monitoring ground-water contamination; (2) notifying 
EPA of changes to indicator parameter concentrations; (3) submitting a 
ground-water quality assessment report; (4) gathering and maintaining 
records on analyses and evaluations conducted under the program; and 
(5) submitting annual quality assessment reports to the Regional 
Administrator.
    Owners or operators of interim status LDFs seeking exemption or the 
use of alternative systems of ground water monitoring, must first 
demonstrate to EPA, in writing, that they pose little or no risk of 
contaminating ground-water. If low risk is demonstrated, owners or 
operators of these facilities must continue to: (1) Gather and maintain 
records of ground-water data; (2) report on the parameters of drinking 
water suitability during the first year; (3) report annually on 
parameters [[Page 2598]] indicative of water quality, sample variances 
from background concentrations, and ground-water surface information 
pertaining to groundwater analysis.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 302 hours per response for 
permitted land disposal facilities and 344 hours per response for land 
disposal facilities in interim status. These estimates include time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing information sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the collection of information. The annual recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours for permitted 
land disposal facilities and 52 hours for land disposal facilities in 
interim status.
    Respondents: Land Disposal Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 418 permitted and 1,323 interim 
status facilities.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually, or when ground-water 
contamination is detected.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 181,179 hours.
    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 (PM-223Y), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460 and
Jonathan Gledhill, Office of Management and Budget, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: December 29, 1994.
David Schwarz,
Acting Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 95-590 Filed 1-9-95; 8:45 am]
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