[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 209 (Thursday, October 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58035-58036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6181-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Survey of the Chlorinated Aliphatics Industry

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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Survey of the Chlorinated 
Aliphatics Industry. 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 November 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, 
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, or by 
e-mail at [email protected], and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1866.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Survey of the Chlorinated Aliphatics (EPA ICR No. 1866.01). 
This is a new collection.
    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 2000, 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 specifically 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, 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 the chlorinated aliphatics 
industry since 1992 under authority granted under RCRA section 3007 and 
OMB #2050-0042. Responses to the surveys were received and site visits 
conducted in early 1993 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.

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    For the chlorinated aliphatics industry that is the subject of this 
information collection, the main data to be collected will be 
clarifications to updated survey information, and possibly site visits 
if necessary.
    The information collected will be used primarily to determine if 
wastes from the chlorinated aliphatics industry 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.
    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.
    Data will be collected from the chlorinated aliphatics industry 
that generate wastes that may be listed as hazardous. 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 6/18/98 (63 FR 33370); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 
hours per response. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of chlorinated 
aliphatics firms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 548 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $6,526.
    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. 1866.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or 
E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected]);
    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: October 23, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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