[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 166 (Friday, August 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46909-46910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22321]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6429-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste Activity and 
RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A

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 Requests (ICRs) have been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Notification of 
Regulated Waste Activity, OMB Control Number 2050-0028, expiring on 
October 31, 1999; and RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and 
Modification, Part A, OMB Control Number 2050-0034, expiring on October 
31, 1999. These ICRs describe the nature of the information collection 
and their expected burden and cost; where appropriate, they include the 
actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download a copy 
of the ICRs off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR Nos. 261.13 and 262.09.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity, EPA ICR #261.13, 
OMB Control Number 2050-0028, expiring on October 31, 1999; and RCRA 
Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, Part A, EPA ICR 
#262.09, OMB Control Number 2050-0034, expiring on October 31, 1999. 
This is a request for extension of currently approved collections.
    Abstract: Section 3010 of subtitle C of RCRA, as amended, requires 
any person who generates or transports regulated waste or who owns or 
operates a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) of 
regulated waste to notify EPA of their activities, including the 
location and general description of activities and the regulated wastes 
handled. Section 3005 of subtitle C of RCRA requires TSDs to obtain a 
permit. To obtain the permit, the TSD must submit an application 
describing the facility's operation. There are two parts to the RCRA 
permit application--part A and part B. Part A defines the processes to 
be used for treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes; the 
design capacity of such processes; and the specific hazardous wastes to 
be handled at the facility. 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 these collections of information was 
published on May 14, 1999 (64 FR 26407); one comment was received.

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    Burden Statement: The estimated average burden for renewing the 
existing notification ICR is 4.25 hours per respondent for initial 
notifications and 2.10 hours per respondent for subsequent 
notifications. These estimates for the notification ICR include all 
aspects of the information collection including time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering data, and 
completing and reviewing the form.
    The estimated average burden for renewing the existing part A ICR 
is approximately 27 hours per respondent for submitting a new part A 
permit application and approximately14 hours for submitting a revised 
part A permit application. The burden estimates for the part A ICR 
includes time for reading the regulations, preparing and submitting 
initial and revised part A permit applications, preparing and 
submitting justifications for changes and preparing and submitting 
subpart H compliance demonstrations.
    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 hazardous 
waste facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: For notifications, 31,125; for 
part A applications, 59.
    Frequency of Response: Occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 100,137 hours for 
notifications; 945 hours for part A applications.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost: $130,725 for notifications; $424 
for part A applications.
    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 Nos. 261.13 (notifications) and 262.09 (part A) and 
OMB Control Nos. 2050-0028 and 2050-0034, respectively, in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, 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 23, 1999.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-22321 Filed 8-26-99; 8:45 am]
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