[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67615-67616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28215]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7405-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Requirements for EPA Worker 
Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency 
Response

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 Requirements for 
EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and 
Emergency Response, OMB Control No. 2050-0105, expiring October 31, 
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 December 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1420.06 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0105, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, 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. 1420.06. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Sella M. Burchette, OSWER/OERR/ERTC, 732-321-6726.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information Requirements for EPA Worker 
Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency 
Response, OMB Control No. 2050-0105, EPA ICR No. 1426.06, expiring 
October 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: This information collection request (ICR) addresses the 
information requirements for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) worker protection standards for hazardous waste operations and 
emergency response under section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). SARA section 126(a) requires the 
Secretary of Labor to promulgate health and safety standards pursuant 
to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH 
Act), for employees engaged in hazardous waste operations and emergency 
response. Section 126(b) lists eleven worker protection provisions that 
the Secretary of Labor was directed to include in the regulation (see 
attached copy of Section 126 of SARA, PL 99-499). These provisions 
include preparation of various written programs, plans, and records, 
monitoring of airborne hazards, training of employees, medical 
surveillance, and the dissemination of information to employees. 
Certain aspects of these provisions necessitate the collection of 
information by employers whose employees are engaged in hazardous

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waste operations and emergency response. These final standards do not 
specify any particular method of information collection. 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 21, 2002 (67 FR 
13139); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10.68 
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: State and local workers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,000.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 255,427.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    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. 1426.06 and OMB Control No. 2050-0105 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 30, 2002.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-28215 Filed 11-5-02; 8:45 am]
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