[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3508-3509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1477]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6223-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; State Program Adequacy Determination--
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLFs) and Non-municipal, Non-
hazardous Waste Disposal Units That Receive Conditionally Exempt Small 
Quantity Generator (CESQG) Hazardous Waste

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 continuing 
Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: State Program 
Adequacy Determination--Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLFs) and 
Non-municipal, Non-hazardous Waste Disposal Units that Receive 
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Hazardous Waste, 
OMB Control Number 2050-0152, expiring 4/30/99. 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 February 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download from the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No. 1608.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: State Program Adequacy Determination--Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (MSWLFs) and Non-municipal, Non-hazardous Waste Disposal 
Units that Receive Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator 
(CESQG) Hazardous Waste, OMB Control Number 2050-0152, EPA ICR Number 
1608.02. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Section 4010(c) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires that EPA revise the landfill criteria 
promulgated under paragraph (1) of section 4004(a) and section 
1008(a)(3). Section 4005(c) of RCRA, as amended by the Hazardous Solid 
Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 1984, requires states to develop and 
implement permit programs to ensure that MSWLFs and non-municipal, non-
hazardous waste disposal units that receive household hazardous waste 
or CESQG hazardous waste are in compliance with the revised criteria 
for the design and operation of non-municipal, non-hazardous waste 
disposal units under 40 CFR part 257, subpart B and MSWLFs under 40 CFR 
part 258. (40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 CFR part 258 are 
henceforth referred to as the ``revised federal criteria.'') Section 
4005(c) of RCRA further mandates the EPA Administrator to determine the 
adequacy of state permit programs to ensure owner and/or operator 
compliance with the revised federal criteria. A state program that is 
deemed adequate to ensure compliance may afford flexibility to owners 
or operators in the approaches they use to meet federal requirements, 
significantly reducing the burden associated with compliance.
    In response to the statutory requirement in section 4005(c), EPA 
developed 40 CFR part 239, commonly referred to as the State 
Implementation Rule (SIR). The SIR describes the state application and 
EPA review procedures and defines the elements of an adequate state 
permit program.
    The purpose of the ICR is to allow EPA to continue its evaluation 
of state permit program applications to determine whether they satisfy 
the statutory test reflected in the requirements of 40 CFR part 239. In 
all cases, the information will be analyzed to determine the adequacy 
of the state's permit program for ensuring compliance with the federal 
revised criteria. The analysis will also assist EPA in complying with 
the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, by measuring 
progress toward goals and objectives detailed in the EPA Strategic 
Plan.
    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 11/2/98 (63 
FR 58721); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 261 
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 enable them 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: States that seek approval of permit 
programs for MSWLFs and for non-municipal, non-hazardous waste disposal 
units that receive CESQG waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
    Frequency of Response: One-time only.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,510 hours.
    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. 1608.02 and the OMB Control No. 2050-0152 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460 (or 
E-Mail Farmer.S[email protected]);

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        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: January 19, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-1477 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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