[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 78 (Friday, April 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21416-21417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10036]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6583-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: RCRA Corrective Action 
Information Request (EPA ICR No. 1939.01). 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 May 22, 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. 1939.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Heather Harris at (703) 308-6101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective 
Action Information Request (EPA ICR No. 1939.01). This is a new 
collection.
    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

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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 
12/16/99; 2 comments were received and discussed in the ICR.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 7 
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: State environment offices where RCRA 
Corrective Action is authorized (33).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1100.
    Frequency of Response: One time only.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1068 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    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. 1939.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave, 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: April 17, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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