[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35923-35924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14182]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6710-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, EPA's WasteWise Program

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: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements Under EPA's WasteWise Program; OMB Control No. 2050-0139; 
expiring July 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 July 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 
260-2740, by E-Mail at [email protected] or download a copy 
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1698.04. For technical questions about the ICR contact Barbara 
A. Nichols on 703-308-8659.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's 
WasteWise Program, OMB Control No. 2050-0139; EPA ICR No. 1698.04, 
expiration date July 31, 2000. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: EPA's voluntary WasteWise program encourages businesses 
and other organizations to reduce solid waste through waste prevention, 
recycling, and the purchase or manufacture of recycled-content 
products. WasteWise participants include Partners, which commit to 
implementing waste reduction activities of choice, and Endorsers, which 
choose to promote the WasteWise program and waste reduction to their 
members. Endorsers, which are typically trade associations or other 
membership-based organizations, are asked to submit only a one-page 
form, the Endorser Registration Form. This form identifies the 
organization, principal contact, and the activities to which the 
Endorser commits. Partners are asked to fill out

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three forms as follows. The Partner Registration Form identifies the 
organization and the facilities that will participate in WasteWise. 
Each Partner develops its own waste reduction goals and submits a one-
page Goals Identification Form to EPA every three years. Partners also 
report annually on the progress made toward achieving these goals in 
the Annual Reporting Form.
    The EPA WasteWise program uses the voluntarily submitted 
information to: (1) Identify and recognize outstanding waste reduction 
achievements by individual organizations, (2) compile aggregate results 
that indicate overall accomplishments of WasteWise Partners, (3) 
identify cost-effective waste reduction strategies to share with other 
organizations, and (4) identify topics on which to develop assistance 
and information efforts.
    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 March 2, 
2000 (65 FR 11304). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 37 
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: WasteWise Program Volunteers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1270.
    Frequency of Response: On Occasion, annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 64,260.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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. 1698.04 and OMB Control No. 2050-0139 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: May 30, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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