[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. [[Page 71136]] 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] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P