[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12775-12776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4866]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6948-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface 
Impoundments and Containers, RCRA Subpart CC

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: Title: Air Emission Standards 
for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and Containers, RCRA subpart CC; OMB 
number 2060-0318; expiration date February 28, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1593.05 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0318, 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 E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1593.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Everett Bishop at 202-564-7032 or by E-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    Title: Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and 
Containers, RCRA subpart CC; OMB number 2060-0318; EPA ICR Number 
1593.05; expiring on February 28, 2001. This is a request for extension 
of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 264, 
subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC. RCRA subpart CC requires 
controls for minimizing release of volatile organic air emissions from 
tanks, surface impoundments and containers holding hazardous waste. 
Records and reports are necessary in order for the EPA to determine 
that the standards are implemented and maintained to protect human 
health and the environment.
    Organic air emissions from hazardous waste Treatment, Storage and 
Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic chemical compounds. 
Cancer and other adverse noncancerous human health effects can result 
from exposure to these emissions. Organic emissions from TSDFs react 
photochemically with other compounds in the atmosphere to form ground 
level ozone. Excessive ambient ozone concentrations are a major air 
quality problem in many cities throughout the United States. Nationwide 
organic emissions from TSDFs are estimated to be approximately one 
million megagrams per year. These organic emissions are estimated to 
result in 48 excess incidences of cancer per year nationwide and a 3 
x  10-2 maximum individual risk (MIR). The experience of the 
EPA in implementing and enforcing New Source Performance Standards 
(NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(NESHAP) promulgated under authority of the Clean Air Act has 
demonstrated that certain information must be collected to ensure 
compliance with air emission standards. Information collection is 
needed by the EPA to determine: (a) Whether a hazardous waste contains 
sufficiently low concentrations of volatile organics to allow the waste 
to be managed in a tank, surface impoundment, or container without the 
use of emission controls, and (b) for units requiring emission 
controls, whether the controls are being properly operated and 
maintained. The collected information will be used by the EPA 
enforcement personnel to ensure that the requirements of the 
recommended rules are being properly applied and that emission control 
devices are being properly operated and maintained on a continuous 
basis.
    In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA to 
identify TSDF owners or operators that may not be operating in 
compliance with the standards. The reported information is used by the 
EPA to target TSDFs for inspection and identify what records or waste 
management units should be inspected at the TSDF. The information that 
TSDF owners or operators are required to maintain is recorded in 
sufficient detail to enable owners or operators to demonstrate their 
means of complying with the applicable standards. The data collected by 
the affected facility is retained at the facility for a minimum of 
three years.
    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 August 17, 
2000; no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 106 
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: Hazardous waste treatment, storage 
and disposal facilities and large quantity generators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,318.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 672,640.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $1,460,333.
    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. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1593.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0318 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: February 13, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-4866 Filed 2-27-01; 8:45 am]
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