[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64366-64367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26575]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7394-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for RCRA 
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Incinerators, Boilers and 
Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste

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: Information Collection 
Request for RCRA Reporting and Recordkeeping requirements for 
Incinerators, Boilers and Industrial Furnaces Burning Hazardous Waste, 
OMB Control No. 2050-0073, expiring October 31, 2002. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and

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its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual 
data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 18, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1361.09 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0073, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1361.09. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact: Margaret R. Bailey, 703/308-4043, fax 
number 703/308-8433, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial 
Furnaces: General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards, Specific Unit 
Requirements, and Part B Permit Application and Modification 
Requirements, OMB Control No. 2050-0073, EPA ICR No.1361.09, expiring 
October 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: EPA regulates the burning of hazardous waste in boilers, 
incinerators, and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40 CFR parts 63, 
264, 265, and 266. This ICR describes most of the RCRA paperwork 
requirements that apply to owners and operators of BIFs. This includes 
the requirements under the comparable/syngas fuel specification at 40 
CFR 261.38; the general facility requirements at 40 CFR parts 264 and 
265, subparts B through H; the requirements applicable to BIF units at 
40 CFR part 266; and the RCRA part B permit application and 
modification requirements at 40 CFR part 270. Examples of the paperwork 
collected under these requirements include one-time notices, 
certifications, waste analysis data, inspection and monitoring records, 
plans, reports, RCRA part B permit applications and modifications. EPA 
needs this information for the proper implementation, compliance 
tracking, and enforcement of the RCRA regulations. Based on information 
from the EPA Regions, the ICR estimates that 91 BIF facilities are 
currently subject to the RCRA hazardous waste program. Of these, 47 are 
under interim status and 44 are permitted. This renewal reflects new 
burden to the RCRA incinerator requirements promulgated on September 
30, 1999 (64 FR 52828), and subsequent amendments, but also reflects a 
substantial reduction in the paperwork burden imposed on these 
facilities. This burden reduction is caused by a decrease in the BIF 
universe of 25 boilers which are assumed to receive the comparable 
fuels exclusions, and a rollback of burden added to another ICR (2050-
0171). Thus, this renewal accounts for the addition of new requirements 
as well as the burden reductions to the BIF universe affected by the 
rulemaking, and its subsequent amendments. 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 June 26, 2002 (67 FR 43106), no comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 156 
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 or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 91.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 307,949 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $26,353,000.
    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. 1361.09 and OMB Control No. 2050-0073 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 7, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-26575 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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