[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44831-44832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16862]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7242-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Hazardous Remediation Waste Management 
Requirements (HWIR-Media)

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: ``Hazardous Remediation Waste 
Management Requirements (HWIR-Media),'' EPA ICR Number 1775.03; OMB 
Control Number 2050-0161; expiration date June 30, 2002. 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 August 5, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1775.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0161, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-001; 
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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, 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. 1775.03. 
For technical questions about the ICR contact Mike Fitzpatrick at EPA 
by phone at (703) 308-8411 or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: ``Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR-
Media),'' OMB Control No. 2050-0161; EPA ICR No. 1775.03, expiration 
date June 30, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: All information collection activities required by this 
rule are authorized by sections 3004 and 3005 of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act of 1970, as amended by the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended by the Hazardous and Solid 
Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA), 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6921, 6924, 6925, 
6926, and 6927. EPA believes the information collection for this rule 
is necessary to balance streamlined regulations of remediation wastes 
with the Agency's responsibility to protect human health and the 
environment. The respondents are primarily owners or operators of 
facilities that wish to voluntarily clean up contamination of their 
site. The information to be collected includes the name, location and 
other identifying information for the site, a chemical and physical 
analysis of the waste or contaminated media to be managed, along with a 
plan for the management of such materials sufficient to determine 
whether the management of these materials will be protective of human 
health and the environment and will be in compliance with standards 
established pursuant to RCRA.
    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 20, 
2002 (67 FR 12988); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about 
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;

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complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Facility Owners and Operators of 
Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Sites.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 176.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,959 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/ Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $334.
    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. 1775.03 and OMB Control No. 2050-0161 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 27, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16862 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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