[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64049-64050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24529]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2004-0006; FRL-7833-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Generator 
Standards (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0820.09, OMB Control Number 2050-
0035

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 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 October 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 expected burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 3, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2004-0006, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
e-mail 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: Anna Tschursin, Office of Solid Waste, 
Mail Code 5304W, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 
308-8805; fax number: (703) 308-0514; 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 July 7, 2004 (69 FR 40901), EPA sought comments on this ICR 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments on this ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number RCRA-2004-0006, 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 obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, 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, 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/epadocket.
    Title: Hazardous Waste Generator Standards (Renewal).
    Abstract: Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 
as amended, Congress directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
to implement a comprehensive program for the safe management of 
hazardous waste. The core of the national waste management program is 
the regulation of hazardous waste from generation to transport to 
treatment and eventual

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disposal, or from ``cradle to grave.'' Section 3001(d) of RCRA requires 
EPA to develop standards for small quantity generators. Section 3002 of 
RCRA among other things states that EPA shall establish requirements 
for hazardous waste generators regarding recordkeeping practices. 
Section 3002 also requires EPA to establish standards on appropriate 
use of containers by generators.
    Finally, Section 3017 of RCRA specifies requirements for 
individuals exporting hazardous waste from the United States, including 
a notification of the intent to export, and an annual report 
summarizing the types, quantities, frequency, and ultimate destination 
of all exported hazardous waste.
    This ICR addresses the following categories of informational 
requirements in part 262: Pre-transport requirements for both large 
(LQG) and small (SQG) quantity generators; air emission standards 
requirements for LQGs (referenced in 40 CFR part 265, subparts I and 
J); recordkeeping and reporting requirements for LQGs and SQGs; and 
export requirements for LQGs and SQGs (i.e., notification of intent to 
export and annual reporting).
    This collection of information is necessary to help generators and 
EPA: (1) Identify and understand the waste streams being generated and 
the hazards associated with them; (2) determine whether employees have 
acquired the necessary expertise to perform their jobs; and (3) 
determine whether LQGs have developed adequate procedures to respond to 
unplanned sudden or non-sudden releases of hazardous waste or hazardous 
constituents to air, soil, or surface water. This information is also 
needed to help EPA determine whether tank systems are operated in a 
manner that is fully protective of human health and the environment and 
to ensure that releases to the environment are managed quickly and 
efficiently.
    Additionally, this information contributes to EPA's goal of 
preventing contamination of the environment from hazardous waste 
accumulation practices, including contamination from equipment leaks 
and process vents. Export information is needed to ensure that: (1) 
Foreign governments consent to U.S. exported wastes; (2) exported waste 
is actually managed at facilities listed in the original notifications; 
and (3) documents are available for compliance audits and enforcement 
actions. In general, these requirements contribute to EPA's goal of 
preventing contamination of the environment.
    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 average public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for LQGs under this collection of information is estimated to be 
13.18 hours (averaged across all LQG respondents). The average public 
reporting and recordkeeping burden for SQGs under this collection of 
information is estimated to be 1.22 hours (averaged across all SQG 
respondents). 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 generators; 
Hazardous Waste transporters who co-mingle waste with different 
Department of Transportation descriptions; and Importers/Exporters of 
hazardous waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 124,382.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally and biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 455,387.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $28,532,136, includes $22,770 in 
annualized capital costs, $33,524 in O&M costs, and $28,475,842 in 
Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 29,749 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is a result due primarily to a 
decrease in the universe of facilities affected by the hazardous waste 
generator rules.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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