[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 213 (Thursday, November 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65856-65857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28167]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions

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: Land Disposal Restrictions, 
EPA ICR #1442.17, OMB Control Number 2050-0085, expires December 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 December 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1442.17 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0085, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

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 a copy of the ICR off the 
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1442.17. 
For technical questions about the ICR contact Peggy Vyas at 703-308-
5477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Land Disposal Restrictions, EPA ICR #1442.17, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0085, expires on December 31, 2000. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for 
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal as may be necessary to 
protect human health and the environment. Subsections 3004(d), (e), and 
(g) require EPA to promulgate regulations that prohibit the land 
disposal of hazardous waste unless it meets specified treatment 
standards described in subsection 3004(m).
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) title 40, part 268. EPA requires that 
facilities maintain the data outlined in this ICR so that the Agency 
can ensure that land disposed waste meets the treatment standards. EPA 
strongly believes that the recordkeeping requirements are necessary for 
the agency to fulfill its congressional mandate to protect human health 
and the environment.
    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 April 27, 
2000 (65 FR 24692). One comment was received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4.28 
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: Business and Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 167,303.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,182,612 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/ Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $72,851.
    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 addresses listed above.

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Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1442.17 and OMB Control No. 2050-0085 in 
any correspondence.

    Dated: October 24, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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