[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46803-46804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22657]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5606-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
review; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards; 
and Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste 
Processes and Types

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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: General Hazardous Waste 
Facility Standards, OBM No. 2050-0120; and Hazardous Waste Specific 
Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types, OMB No. 2050-
0050, both expiring on October 31, 1996. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 7, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1571.05 (General Hazardous Waste 
Facility Standards) and 1572.04 (Hazardous Waste Specific Unit 
Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (OMB Control No. 
2050-0120; EPA ICR No. 1571.05); and Hazardous Waste Specific Unit 
Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types (OMB Control No. 
2050-0050; EPA ICR No. 1572.04), both expiring 10/31/96. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Owner/operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage and 
disposal facilities must comply with the standards developed by EPA 
under Section 3004(a) (1), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended to protect 
human health and the environment. The standards specified in Section 
3004(a) include, but are not limited to, the following requirements:
    (1) Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or 
listed under this title which are treated, stored, or disposed of, * * 
* and the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed 
of;
    (3) Treatment, storage or disposal of all such waste received by 
the facility pursuant to such operating methods, techniques, and 
practices as may be satisfactory to the Administrator;
    (4) The location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste 
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
    (5) Contingency plans for effective action to minimize 
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any 
such hazardous waste; and
    (6) The maintenance or operation of such facilities and requiring 
such additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of 
operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may 
be necessary or desirable.
    The regulations implementing these requirements are published in 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Parts 261, 264, 265, 
and 266, Subpart F. The collection of this information enables EPA to 
properly determine whether owners/operators or hazardous waste 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities meet the requirements of 
Section 3004(a) of RCRA.
    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 Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 4/4/96 
(61FR15066); 1 comment was received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for the General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards collection of 
information is estimated to average 331 hours per response, and the 
annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for the Hazardous 
Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types 
is estimated to average for:

Subpart J--20 hours per response
Subpart K--155 hours per response
Subpart L--19 hours per response
Subpart M--2 hours per response
Subpart N--85 hours per response
Subpart O--233 hours per response
Subpart P--0 hours per response
Subpart Q--0 hours per response
Subpart X--8 hours per response
Subpart W--40 hours per response
Subpart AA--815 hours per response
Subpart BB--95 hours per response
Subpart DD--61 hours per response
Part 266--Specific Hazardous Waste Recovery/Recycling Facilities--4 
hours per response


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    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.

For the General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards

Respondents/Affected Entities: Hazardous waste treatment, storage and 
disposal facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5772
Frequency of Response: 1
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,927,553 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $79,246,198

For the Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste 
Processes and Types:

Respondents/Affected Entities: Hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6658
Frequency of Response: 1
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 368,543 hours
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $19,081,484

    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. (In any 
correspondence, please refer to EPA ICR No. 1571.05 and OMB Control No. 
2050-0120 when referring to the General Hazardous Waste Facility 
Standards; and EPA ICR No. 1572.04 and OMB No. 2050-0050 when referring 
to Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste 
Processes and Types.)

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE 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 29, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-22657 Filed 9-04-96; 8:45 am]
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