[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41471-41472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15617]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2003-0142; FRL-7785-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface 
Impoundments and Containers (40 CFR Part 264, Subpart CC and 40 CFR 
Part 265, Subpart CC) (Renewal), ICR Number 1593.06, OMB Number 2060-
0318

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 7/31/04. 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 August 9, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2003-0142, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Enforcement and Compliance Docket 
and Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, 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: Dan Chadwick, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; (202) 564-7054; fax 
number (202) 564-0050; 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 November 3, 2003 (68 FR 62289) 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 
Number OECA-2003-0142, which is available for public viewing at the 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
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 Enforcement and Compliance Docket and 
Information Center Docket is: (202) 566-1752. 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. When 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, confidential business 
information (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: Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and 
Containers (40 CFR Part 264, Subpart CC and 40 CFR Part 265, Subpart 
CC) (Renewal).
    Abstract: This ICR contains recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements that are mandatory for compliance with 40 CFR part 264, 
subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC. RCRA subpart CC requires 
controls for minimizing release of volatile organic air emissions from 
tanks, surface impoundments and containers holding hazardous waste. 
Records and reports are necessary in order for the EPA to determine 
that the standards are implemented and maintained to protect human 
health and the environment.
    Organic air emissions from hazardous waste Treatment, Storage and 
Disposal Facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic chemical compounds. 
Cancer and other adverse noncancerous human health

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effects can result from exposure to these emissions. Organic emissions 
from TSDFs react photochemically with other compounds in the atmosphere 
to form ground level ozone. Excessive ambient ozone concentrations are 
a major air quality problem in many cities throughout the United 
States. Nationwide organic emissions from TSDFs are estimated to be 
approximately one million megagrams per year. These organic emissions 
are estimated to result in 48 excess incidences of cancer per year 
nationwide and a 3 x 10-2 maximum individual risk (MIR). The 
experience of the EPA in implementing and enforcing New Source 
Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for 
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) promulgated under authority of the 
Clean Air Act has demonstrated that certain information must be 
collected to ensure compliance with air emission standards. Information 
collection is needed by the EPA to determine: (a) Whether a hazardous 
waste contains sufficiently low concentrations of volatile organics to 
allow the waste to be managed in a tank, surface impoundment, or 
container without the use of emission controls, and (b) for units 
requiring emission controls, whether the controls are being properly 
operated and maintained. The collected information will be used by the 
EPA enforcement personnel to ensure that the requirements of the 
recommended rules are being properly applied and that emission control 
devices are being properly operated and maintained on a continuous 
basis.
    In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the EPA to 
identify TSDF owners or operators that may not be operating in 
compliance with the standards. The reported information is used by the 
EPA to target TSDFs for inspection and identify what records or waste 
management units should be inspected at the TSDF. The information that 
TSDF owners or operators are required to maintain is recorded in 
sufficient detail to enable owners or operators to demonstrate their 
means of complying with the applicable standards. The data collected by 
the affected facility is retained at the facility for a minimum of 
three years.
    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, 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 114 
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: Hazardous waste treatment, storage 
and disposal facilities and large quantity generators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,209.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 711,477 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $57,432,910 which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $12,418,000 annual (O&M) costs, and 
$45,014,910 annual labor costs.
    Changes on Estimates: There is an increase of 38,837 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an adjustment of the 
burden based on including some recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
that have never been included in this ICR before. The estimated total 
capital and operations and maintenance costs have increased because 
operations and maintenance costs were not previously reported for this 
ICR.

    Dated: June 26, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-15617 Filed 7-8-04; 8:45 am]
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