[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71135-71136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32864]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6512-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; RCRA Section 3007 Questionnaire of the Paint 
Manufacturing Industry

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 Section 3007 
Questionnaire of the Paint Manufacturing Industry. 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 January 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, email at Farmer.S[email protected], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer 
to EPA ICR No.1925.01. For technical information about the 
questionnaire contact David Carver (703) 308-8603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: RCRA Section 3007 Questionnaire of the Paint Manufacturing 
Industry. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: The EPA is obligated to make a hazardous waste listing 
determination on five waste streams generated from the manufacture of 
paint. These wastestreams include (1) solvent cleaning wastes generated 
from tank and equipment cleaning operations, (2) water and/or caustic 
cleaning wastes generated from tank and equipment cleaning operations, 
(3) wastewater treatment sludge, (4) emission control dust or sludge, 
and (5) off-specification production wastes.
    This Information Collection Request (ICR) specifies information 
necessary for EPA to analyze how solid and hazardous waste is currently 
managed in the United States Paint Manufacturing Industry. It proposes 
the following information collection efforts:

--RCRA Section 3007 questionnaire for up to 250 facilities, including 
clarifications and updates.
--RCRA Section 3007 residual diagram letter for up to 100 facilities, 
and
--up to 15 facility site visits.

    Information received by the Agency will be used to make a hazardous 
waste listing determination. If EPA concludes that certain waste 
streams should be regulated as listed hazardous waste, then these data 
may potentially be applied to (1) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and 
Capacity Analysis, (2) a source reduction and/or recycling analysis, 
(3) a supporting risk assessment, and (4) an economic analysis.
    EPA intends to send this Section 3007 Questionnaire For Paint 
Manufacturing Residuals in FY2000 to approximately 250 U.S. paint 
facilities that manufacture products (i.e., paints, varnishes, 
lacquers, enamels, and shellacs) under the Standard Industrial 
Classification Code (SIC) 2851. This questionnaire would collect the 
following information:

--Corporate/facility data, name, location, EPA hazardous waste 
identification number (if applicable), and facility contact;
--Residual (as specified in first paragraph) generation and residual 
management practices; and,
--residual characterization information, residual constituents and test 
methods employed to test the residuals.

    If approved by OMB, facilities will be required to respond within 
30 days of receipt of this questionnaire. A facility is only required 
to respond to this questionnaire if it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and expiration date. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Ch. 15.
    In addition to the RCRA 3007 questionnaire, this proposed ICR 
includes EPA requests for clarifications, questions and updates to the 
questionnaire and for facility site visits. The clarifications and 
updates will only be necessary if EPA has follow-up questions regarding 
submitted requests, or if EPA requires more information to understand 
residual generation and management practices. The process descriptions 
will help the Agency better understand the paint manufacturing process. 
Up to 100 facilities will be required to submit process schematics and 
detailed descriptions. Finally, EPA proposes to visit up to 15 paint 
manufacturing facilities to evaluate paint manufacturing residual 
generation and management processes.
    Burden Statement: The average annual burden imposed by the survey 
and other information collection efforts is approximately 46 hours per 
respondent (30 hours for the 3007 Questionnaire, 6 hours for the 3007 
residual diagram letter, and 10 hours for site visits). 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 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 to 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. This ICR is based on the following 
information:
    Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers of paint within SIC 
2851.
    Estimated number of respondents: 365 (250 for 3007 Questionnaire, 
100 for 3007 residual process letters, and 15 for site visits).
    Frequency of response: The average number of responses for each 
respondent is 1.

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    Estimated total annual hour burden: 8,250 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. 1925.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 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: December 15, 1999.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 99-32864 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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