[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49014-49015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23914]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7064-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for 
Universal Waste Handlers and Destination Facilities

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 for Universal Waste Handlers and Destination Facilities, 
ICR Number 1597.04, OMB Control Number 2050-0145, expiration date 
September 30, 2001. This 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 October 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1597.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0145, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
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. 1597.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Tab Tesnau by phone at (703) 605-0636 
or by E-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Universal Waste 
Handlers and Destination Facilities (OMB Control Number 2050-0145; ICR 
Number 1597.04) expiring September 30, 2001. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The universal waste regulations at 40 CFR part 273 were 
promulgated by EPA under the authority of Subtitle C in Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This information collection 
targets the collection of information for the following reporting or 
recordkeeping requirements: notification, labeling and marking, storage 
time limitations, off-site shipments, tracking of universal waste 
shipments, and petitions to include other waste categories at the 
federal level. It is necessary for EPA to collect universal waste 
information to ensure that universal waste is collected and managed in 
a manner that is protective of human health and the environment. EPA 
requires, among other things, Large Quantity Handlers of Universal 
Waste (LQHUW) to notify the Agency of their universal waste management 
activities so that EPA can obtain general information on these 
handlers, and to facilitate enforcement of the regulations at part 273. 
In addition, EPA requires universal waste handlers to record the date 
on which they begin storing universal waste on-site to ensure that such 
accumulation is performed responsibly. EPA also requires certain 
universal waste handlers to track receipt of universal waste shipments 
as well as shipments sent off-site to ensure that universal waste is 
properly treated, recycled, and disposed. Finally, the submission of 
petitions in support of regulating other wastes or waste categories 
under part 273 helps EPA (1) to compile information on these wastes, 
and (2) to determine whether regulation as a universal waste is 
appropriate. 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 27, 
2001 (66 FR 16672); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information in hours per response is 
estimated to average 1 hour for Small Quantity Handlers of Universal 
Waste (SQHUW), 3 hours for Large Quantity Handlers of Universal Waste 
(LQHUW), and 201 hours for destination facilities. 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

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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: SQHUWs, LQHUWs, and Destination 
Facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 129,839.
    Frequency of Response: As needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 218,168 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $3,317.
    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. 1597.04 and OMB Control No. 2050-0145 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 13, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-23914 Filed 9-24-01; 8:45 am]
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