[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77978-77979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32132]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7425-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards

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: General Hazardous Waste 
Facility Standards, OMB Control No. 2050-0120, expires on December 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 January 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1571.07 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0120, 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. 1571.07. For technical questions about the ICR contact David 
Eberly at (703) 308-8645, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: General Hazardous Waste Facility 
Standards , OMB Control No. 2050-0120, EPA ICR No. 1571.07, expiring on 
December 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) develop standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, 
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disposal facilities (TSDFs) as may be necessary to protect human health 
and the environment. Subsections 3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
specify that these standards include, but not be limited to, the 
following requirements:
    [sbull] Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or 
listed under subtitle C that are treated, stored, or disposed of, and 
the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
    [sbull] Operating methods, techniques, and practices for treatment, 
storage, or disposal of hazardous waste;
    [sbull] Location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste 
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
    [sbull] Contingency plans for effective action to minimize 
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any 
such hazardous waste; and
    [sbull] Maintaining or operating such facilities and requiring such 
additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of operation, 
training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may be 
necessary or desirable.
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, parts 264 and 265. The 
collection of this information enables EPA to properly determine 
whether owners/operators or hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities meet the requirements of section 3004(a) of 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 August 13, 2002 (67 FR 
52718); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 319 
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: 1,675.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 719,059.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $760,000.
    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 above. Please refer to 
EPA ICR No. 1571.07 and OMB Control No. 2050-0120 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: December 4, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32132 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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