[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42061-42062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14404]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2005-0011, FRL-7942-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal 
Facilities and Practices, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements--EPA 
ICR Number 1745.05, OMB Control Number 2050-0154

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 
2005. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 19, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0011, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 5303T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Dufficy, Municipal and 
Industrial Solid Waste Division of the Office of Solid Waste (Mailcode 
5306W), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-9037; fax 
number: (703) 308-8686; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number RCRA-2005-0011, which is available for 
public viewing at the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 
(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) 566-0270. 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 within 
60 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.
    Affected entities: EPA assumes that industrial waste units that 
previously co-disposed non-hazardous wastes and conditionally exempt 
small quantity generator (CESQG) hazardous waste on-site have ceased 
that practice and that commercial off-site industrial waste units are 
operating with stringent environmental controls in place. Therefore, 
entities that potentially will be affected by this action are limited 
to those that dispose of CESQG hazardous wastes in construction and 
demolition (C&D) waste landfills.
    Title: Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal 
Facilities and Practices, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements--40 
CFR part 257, subpart B, EPA ICR Number 1745.05, OMB Control Number 
2050-0154.
    Abstract: In order to effectively implement and enforce final 
changes to 40 CFR part 257--subpart B on a State level, owners/
operators of construction and demolition waste landfills that receive 
CESQG hazardous wastes will have to comply with the final reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements. 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 number for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 
CFR chapter 15. This continuing ICR documents the recordkeeping and 
reporting burdens associated with the location and ground-water 
monitoring provisions contained in 40 CFR part 257--subpart B.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;

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    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: 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. Burden for this collection of information is estimated to 
average 74 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: Construction and demolition waste 
landfill owners/operators and State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 183.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 13,581 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $938.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1745.05 and OMB Control No. 2050-0154 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 5, 2005.
Matt Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 05-14404 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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