[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18071-18073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7778]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2003-0017; FRL-7640-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Specific Unit 
Requirements and Special Waste Processes and Types (Renewal), EPA ICR 
Number 1572.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0050

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2004. 
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 by submitted on or before May 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2003-0017, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) Docket, Mail Code 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: Norma Abdul-Malik, Office of Solid 
Waste, Mail Code 5303W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 
308-8753; fax number: (703) 308-8638; email 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 August 20, 2003 (68 FR 50131), 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-2003-0017, which is available for public viewing at the RCRA 
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 RCRA Docket is 
(202) 566-0270. 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 
with 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 www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements and Special Waste 
Processes and Types (Renewal).
    Abstract: This ICR covers the specific information collection and 
record keeping requirements set out in 40 CFR parts 261, 264, 265, and 
266 for various hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal units. 
The units and processes covered are: tank systems; surface 
impoundments; waste piles; land treatment; landfills; incinerators; 
thermal treatment; chemical, physical, and biological treatment; 
miscellaneous units; drip pads; process vents; equipment leaks; 
containment buildings; and specific hazardous waste recovery/recycling 
facilities. The information and record keeping is necessary to comply 
with the statutory requirements to develop standards for hazardous 
waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to protect human 
health and the environment. The information is used by regulatory 
agencies to ensure compliance with the standards.
    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 the 
following burden hours per response.

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                                           Reporting      Recordkeeping
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Subpart I: Containers.................                0            89-95
Subpart J: Tank Systems...............                3            74-77
Subpart K: Surface Impoundments.......              0-5            73-74
Subpart L: Waste Piles................               19               19
Subpart M: Land Treatment.............                0                0
Subpart N: Landfills..................              0-3            37-38
Subpart O: Incinerators...............              0-1                3
Subpart W: Drip Pads..................                0               34
Subpart X: Miscellaneous Units........                0                0
Subpart AA: Process Vents.............             0-10          403-435
Subpart BB: Equipment Leaks...........              1-6            45-46
Subpart DD: Containment Buildings.....              1-3            27-28
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    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,

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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: Owners and operators of hazardous 
waste management facilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,170.
    Frequency of Responses: once every three years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 669,476.
    Estimated Total of Annual Cost: $44,237,000, includes $0 annual 
capital/startup costs, $4,329,000 annual O&M costs and $39,908,000 
annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 382,407 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to more accurate data.

    Dated: March 29, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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