[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16446-16447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8335]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6319-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste 
Management

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Action (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: Final Authorization for 
Hazardous Waste Management, OMB Control No. 2050-0041, expiration date 
March 31, 1999. 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 May 5, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No.969.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs 
(OMB Control No. 2050-0041, EPA ICR No. 969.05) expiring 3/31/99. This 
is a

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request for an extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a 
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized 
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional 
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable EPA to 
properly determine whether the State's program meets the requirements 
of section 3006 of RCRA.
    Either EPA or the approved State may initiate a revision to The 
authorized program. State program revision may be necessary when the 
controlling Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is 
modified or supplemented. The State shall inform EPA of any proposed 
modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority, its 
forms, procedures, or priorities, in accordance with section 271.21. If 
a State is proposing to transfer all or any part of any program from 
the approved State agency to any other agency, it must notify EPA in 
accordance with section 271.21 and submit revised organizational charts 
as required under section 271.6, in accordance with section 271.21. 
Further, whenever EPA has reason to believe that circumstances have 
changed with respect to a State program, EPA may request, and the State 
shall provide, a supplemental Attorney General's statement, program 
description, or such other documents or information as are necessary. 
These paperwork requirements are mandatory under section 3006(a). 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 November 12, 1998 (63 FR 
30275). Two comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1187 
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.
    Affected Entities: Authorized states and territories.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 21,357 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    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 address. Please refer 
to EPA ICR No.969.05 and OMB Control No. 2050-0041 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: March 30, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-8335 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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