[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2388-2389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-961]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6523-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Part B Permit Application, Permit 
Modifications, and Special Permits

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: Part B Permit Application, 
Permit Modifications, and Special Permits, OMB No. 2050-0009, expires 
on March 31, 2000. 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 February 14, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1573.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact David Eberly at (703) 308-8645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and Special 
Permits, OMB Control No. 2050-0009, EPA ICR No. 1573.06, expiring on 
March 31, 2000. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Section 3005 of Subtitle C of RCRA requires treatment, 
storage or disposal (TSD) facilities 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. Part B requires detailed site specific information such as 
geologic, hydrologic, and engineering data. In the event that permit 
modifications are proposed by the applicant or EPA, modifications must 
conform to the requirements under sections 3004 and 3005.
    This ICR provides a comprehensive discussion of the requirements 
for owner/operators of TSDFs submitting applications for a part B 
permit or permit modification. The information collections contained in 
this ICR are divided into three sections: demonstrations and exemptions 
from requirements (40 CFR part 264), contents of the part B application 
(40 CFR part 270), and permit modifications and special permits (40 CFR 
part 270).
    EPA needs the information for demonstrations and exemptions from 
requirements to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of petitions for 
exemptions submitted by owner/operators. These requirements insure that 
only facilities fully protective of human health and the environment 
are granted exemptions, and contribute to EPA's goal of preventing 
contamination of the environment from hazardous waste treatment, 
storage, and disposal practices.
    EPA needs the information for contents of the part B Application to 
evaluate the accuracy and completeness of the claims made in the 
petitions for exemptions submitted by owner/operators. These 
requirements contribute to EPA's goal of ensuring that hazardous waste 
management facilities are closed in a manner fully protective of human 
health and the environment.
    EPA needs the information for Permit Application to comprehensively 
evaluate the potential risk posed by facilities seeking permits. This 
information aids EPA in meeting its goal of ascertaining and minimizing 
risks to human health and the environment from hazardous waste 
management facilities.
    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 this collection of information was published on July 23, 
1999 (64 FR 39986); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 307 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/operators of facilities that 
treat, store or disposes of regulated wastes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 579.
    Frequency of Response: occasional.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 177,543 hours.

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    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $48,341,000.
    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 1CR No. 1573.06 and OMB Control No. 2050-0009 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 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: January 5, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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