[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59399-59400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26050]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2003-0010; FRL-7574-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions No-
Migration Variances, EPA ICR Number 1353.07, OMB Control Number 2050-
0062

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. This is a request for an 
existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 
September 30, 2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to 
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission 
is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 14, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2003-0010, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, OSWER Docket (5305T), 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: David Eberly, Office of Solid Waste, 
(5303W), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8645; fax number: 
(703) 308-8638; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On May 19, 2003, (68 FR 27057), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. RCRA-2003-0010, which is available for public viewing at the OSWER 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading 
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OSWER Docket 
is (202) 566-0740. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Land Disposal Restrictions No-Migration Variances.
    Abstract: To receive a variance from the hazardous waste land 
disposal prohibitions, owner/operators of hazardous waste storage or 
disposal facilities may petition the Environmental Protection Agency to 
allow land disposal of a specific restricted waste at a specific site. 
The EPA Regional Offices will review the petitions and determine if 
they successfully demonstrate ``no migration.'' The applicant must

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demonstrate that hazardous wastes can be managed safely in a particular 
land disposal unit, so that ``no migration'' of any hazardous 
constituents occurs from the unit for as long as the waste remains 
hazardous. If EPA grants the variance, the waste is no longer 
prohibited from land disposal in that particular unit. If the owner/
operator fails to make this demonstration, or chooses not to petition 
for the variance, best demonstrated available technology (BDAT) 
requirements of 40 CFR 268.40 must be met before the hazardous wastes 
are placed in a land disposal unit.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9,506 
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, 
Federal Government, and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,168 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $188,805 includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a change of 31 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens.

    Dated: September 29, 2003.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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