[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3395-3396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1910]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[SWH-FRL-5411-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities Up for Renewal; 
Hazardous Waste Industry Studies Information Collection Request

AGENCY: U.S. 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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Hazardous Waste Industry Studies ICR 
Number 2050-0042. 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 April 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The public must send an original and two copies of their 
comments to EPA RCRA Docket Number F-96-ISIP-FFFFF, RCRA Information 
Center (5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC. To hand-
deliver comments, or to review docket materials, the address is U.S. 
EPA, Crystal Gateway, First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, VA. The docket is open from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through 
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The public must make an appointment 
to review docket materials by calling (703) 603-9230. The public may 
copy material from any regulatory docket at no cost for the first 100 
pages, and at $0.15 per page for additional copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning this 
notice, please contact Jim Kent, Office of Solid Waste (5304), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20460, 202-260-6946, FAX # 202-260-0225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those generating, transporting, storing or disposing the wastes of 
interest, or using the materials of interest in the following 
industries:
      Paint Production
      Inorganics
      Solvents (users of 21 specific solvents)
      Petroleum Refining
      Chlorinated Aliphatics
      Dyes and Pigments
      Pulp and Paper
    Title: Hazardous Waste Industry Studies ICR Number 2050-0042, 
expires July 31, 1996.
    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 Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Information collected under 
authority of this ICR 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 renewal, once approved, 
will allow continued and expanded data collection for the following 
program areas:
      Listing
      Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and Capacity
      Source Reduction and Recycling
      Risk Assessment
    To support these hazardous waste program areas, EPA has been 
conducting surveys and site visits for various industries over the past 
12 years under authority granted under RCRA Section 3007 and OMB #2050-
0042. Responses to these surveys are mandatory and required by EPA 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.
    These surveys will collect data on the following:
      Corporate/facility data--name, location, EPA hazardous 
waste identification number, and facility representative.
      Feedstock and product information--chemical and physical 
identification of feedstocks and raw materials.
     General process information--types of processes in place, 
and on-site wastewater treatment and disposition.
     Specific manufacturing processes, residuals--flow sheets, 
including types and points of introduction and generation of 
feedstocks, products, co-products, by-products, and residuals.
     General residuals management information--on-site and/or 
off-site management of residuals of concern.
     Residuals characterization--chemical/physical properties 
of the residuals, regulatory status (i.e., whether the waste already is 
a hazardous waste).
     Residuals management units/facility-wide exposure pathway 
risk assessment information--management units that manage residuals of 
concern, operating and design information on units, potential releases 
from units, environmental descriptors surrounding management units, 
environmental monitoring in place, and past releases.
     Residual source reduction/recycling information--voluntary 
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reduction and recycling plans, barriers to pollution prevention/waste 
minimization, cost savings.
    The information collected will be used primarily to determine if 
wastes from specific industries 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.
    Depending on the size and scope of the industry, the information 
collection will consist either of a census or a representative sample 
of all the facilities that are included in the specific industries.
    EPA anticipates that some data provided by respondents will be 
claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI). Respondents may 
make a business confidentiality 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 survey is approximately 
38.4 hours per respondent. The average number of responses for each 
respondent is 1.14. The estimated number of likely respondents is 
2,446.
    Data will be collected from several industries that generate wastes 
that may be listed as hazardous. The industries EPA plans to survey 
during the period of this ICR are:
     Paint Production
     Inorganics
     Solvents (users of 21 specific solvents)
     Petroleum Refining
     Chlorinated Aliphatics
     Dyes and Pigments
     Pulp and Paper

    Dated: January 25, 1996.
David Bussard,
Director, Hazardous Waste Identification Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1910 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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