[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70242-70243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32649]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6509-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
Corrective Action Information Request

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): RCRA Corrective Action Information 
Request (EPA ICR No. 1939.01). Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of 
the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 14, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an original and two copies of their 
comments referencing docket number F-1999-RCIP-FFFFF to: RCRA Docket 
Information Center, Office of Solid Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments should be made to the Arlington, 
VA, address below. Comments may also be submitted electronically 
through the Internet to: [email protected]. Comments in electronic 
format should also be identified by the docket number F-1999-RCIP-
FFFFF. All electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file 
avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
    Commenters should not submit electronically any confidential 
business information (CBI). An original and two copies of CBI must be 
submitted under separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document Control Officer, 
Office of Solid Waste (5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, 
DC 20460.
    Public comments and supporting materials are available for viewing 
in the RCRA Information Center (RIC), located at Crystal Gateway I, 
First Floor, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The RIC is 
open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal 
holidays. To review docket materials, it is recommended that the public 
make an appointment by calling 703 603-9230. The public may copy a 
maximum of 100 pages from any regulatory docket at no charge. 
Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The index and some supporting 
materials are available electronically.
    The ICR is available on the Internet at <http://www.epa.gov/
epaoswer/hazwaste/ca/icr>. The official record for this action will be 
kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will transfer all comments 
received electronically into paper form and place them in the official 
record, which will also include all comments submitted directly in 
writing.
    EPA responses to comments, whether the comments are written or 
electronic, will be in a notice in the ``Federal Register.'' EPA will 
not immediately reply to commenters electronically other

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than to seek clarification of electronic comments that may be garbled 
in transmission or during conversion to paper form, as discussed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or TDD 800 553-7672 (hearing impaired). In 
the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call 703 412-9810 or TDD 703 
412-3323. For more detailed information on specific aspects of this ICR 
or for a draft copy of the ICR, contact Heather Harris, Office of Solid 
Waste 5303W, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, DC 20460, 703-308-6101, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those state project managers that are currently overseeing facilities 
that are on the Corrective Action GPRA Baseline.
    Title: RCRA Corrective Action Information Request (EPA ICR No. 
1939.01)
    Abstract: This information collection is in response to an April 
15, 1999 request from Congress concerning the RCRA Corrective Action 
program. Included in this inquiry were certain questions which only the 
state offices have the information to answer. EPA intends to obtain 
this information from the states by means of a questionnaire. The 
questionnaire includes facility specific questions on all RCRA Cleanup 
Baseline facilities, enforcement orders, state authority, and federal 
funding. Responses to this request will be mandatory and all 
information will be used to respond to Congress and to provide an 
accurate picture of the current state of the program.
    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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: 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. Nine state employees were asked to complete the 
questionnaire for the purpose of determining the burden involved. The 
results are as follows: (a) The projected cost and hour burden 
associated with completing the entire questionnaire averaged 16.5 hours 
and $450 (this time and cost burden takes into account all activities 
associated with completing the questionnaire), (b) the estimated number 
of likely respondents needed to complete the questionnaire is 4.

    Dated: December 2, 1999.
Elizabeth Cotsworth,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 99-32649 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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