[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65653-65654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30983]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5399-5]


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 actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1426.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: EPA Worker Protection Standard for Hazardous Waste 
Operations and Emergency Response, OMB Control # 2050-0105, EPA ICR # 
1426.04, expiration 1-31-96. This is a request for extension, without 
change, of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) require EPA to set worker protection 
standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous waste 
operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not have 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State plans. The 
EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA standards, extends 
to three categories of employees: those in clean-ups at uncontrolled 
hazardous waste sites, including corrective actions at Treatment, 
Storage and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); employees working at routine 
hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities; and employees 
involved in emergency response operations without regard to location. 
This ICR renews the existing mandatory recordkeeping collection of 
ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential employee 
exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites maintaining records of 
employee training, refresher training, medical exams, and reviewing 
emergency response plans. 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 displayed 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 

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collection of information was published on 11/06/95 (60 FR 176).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection is estimated to average 10.64 hours per 
response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, 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; and complete and review the collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State and local employees engaged in 
hazardous waste operations and emergency response in states without an 
OSHA approved State plan.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000.
    Frequency of Response: On-going records maintenance.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 255,427 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: None.
    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. 1426.04 and OMB Control No. 2050-0105 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2136), 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 20503

    Dated: December 13, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-30983 Filed 12-19-95; 8:45 am]
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