[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41700-41701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14280]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2005-0002; FRL-7940-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous 
Waste Management, EPA ICR Number 0969.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0041

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 July 31, 2005. 
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 19, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0002, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 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: Kathleen Rafferty, Office of Solid 
Waste, mail code 5303W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-0589; fax number: 703-308-8609; 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 March 30, 2005 (70 FR 16265), 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-2005-0002, 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 
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: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management.
    Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a 
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized 
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional 
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable EPA to 
properly determine whether the State's program meets the requirements 
of section 3006 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). A 
State with an approved program may voluntarily transfer program 
responsibilities to EPA by notifying EPA of the proposed

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transfer, as required by, 40 CFR 271.23. Further, EPA may withdraw a 
State's authorized program under Sec.  271.23.
    State program revision may be necessary when the controlling 
Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is modified or 
supplemented. In the event that the State is revising its program by 
adopting new Federal requirements, the State shall prepare and submit 
modified revisions of the program description, Attorney General's 
statement, Memorandum of Agreement, or such other documents as EPA 
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform EPA of any proposed 
modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority in 
accordance with section 271.21. If a State is proposing to transfer all 
or any part of any program from the approved State agency to any other 
agency, it must notify EPA in accordance with section 271.21 and submit 
revised organizational charts as required under Sec.  271.6, in 
accordance with section 271.21. These paperwork requirements are 
mandatory under section 3006(a). EPA will use the information submitted 
by the State in order to determine whether the State's program meets 
the statutory and regulatory requirements for authorization.
    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 400 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are the Federal Government, and State, Local, or Tribal 
Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,968 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14280 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]
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