[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64255-64256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30967]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; RCRA Expanded Public Participation

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: RCRA Expanded Public 
Participation, OMB Control Number 2050-0149, expiration date: 11/30/98. 
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 December 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1688.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: RCRA Expanded Public Participation (OMB Control No. 2050-
0149; EPA ICR No. 1688.03.) This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: EPA has a statutory obligation, under section 7004, to 
provide for, encourage, and assist public participation in the 
development, revision, implementation, and enforcement of any 
regulation, guideline, information, or program under the Act. The 
regulations implementing these requirements are codified at 40 CFR 
parts 124 and 270.
    EPA promulgated requirements for providing additional opportunities 
for the public to be involved in the RCRA permitting process under 40 
CFR part 124, sections 124.31 through 124.33 and in part 270, sections 
270.62 and 270.66. The part 124 requirements apply to all types of 
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, unless 
exempted under a specific section; the part 270 requirements apply only 
to hazardous waste combustors planning trial burns. These requirements 
are important components in: (1) Meeting its statutory mandate to 
promote public participation in the development, revision, and 
implementation of any regulation under RCRA; and (2) achieving EPA's 
goal of enhancing public involvement. EPA believes that these 
regulations encourage people to become involved in the permitting 
process and increase understanding of hazardous waste facilities. 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 
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this 
collection of information was published on 09/04/98 (63 FR 47277); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual reporting burden associated with 
activities related to both the pre-application meeting, estimated to

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average 89.1 hours, and to the information repository, estimated to 
average 7.6 hours. The annual recordkeeping burden associated with 
activities related to both the pre-application meeting, estimated to 
average 0.5 hours (to retain documentation), and to the information 
repository, estimated to average 26.5 hours. 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 and operators of facilities 
that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 395.
    Frequency of Response: 790.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7253 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $9,204.00.
    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. 1688.03 and OMB Control No. 2050-0149 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 11, 1998.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-30967 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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