[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 203 (Friday, October 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61284-61285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21096]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[SFUND-2005-0007, FRL-7987-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; EPA 
ICR Number 1426.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0105

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 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 12/31/2005. 
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 December 20, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number SFUND-
2005-0007, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-
mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, 5202T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sella M. Burchette, U.S. EPA 
Environmental Response Team, MS 101, Building 18, Edison, NJ 08837, 
732-321-6726, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number SFUND-2005-0007, which is available for 
public viewing at the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response 
Superfund 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 Office 
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Superfund Docket is (202) 566-
0276. 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 www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those State and local employees engaged in hazardous waste operations 
and emergency response in the 27 States that do not have Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved State plans.
    Title: EPA Worker Protection Standard for Hazardous Waste Operation 
and Emergency Response, OMB Control  2050-0105, EPA ICR 
 1426.07, Expiration 12/31/05. This is a request for renewal 
of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and 
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires EPA to set worker 
protection standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous 
waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not 
have Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State 
plans. The EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA 
standards, extends to three categories of employees: those engaged in 
clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, including corrective 
actions at Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated 
under the Resource Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA); employees 
working at routine hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities, 
and employees involved in emergency response operations without regard 
to location. This ICR renews existing mandatory record keeping 
collection of ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential 
employee exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, maintaining 
records of employee training, refresher training, medical exams and 
reviewing emergency response plans. 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. 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;
    (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: The annual recordkeeping burden for this 
collection will remain unchanged from previous estimates and is 
estimated to average 10.46 hours per site or event. The estimated 
number of respondents is approximated at 100 RCRA TSD facilities or 
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites: 23,900 State and local police 
departments, fire departments or hazardous materials teams. The 
estimated total burden hours on respondents: 255,427. The frequency of 
collection: continuous maintenance of records. Burden means to total 
time, effort, and 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.
    Remit comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above.

    Dated: October 17, 2005.
Charles H. Sutfin,
Deputy Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology 
Innovation.
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