[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70827-70828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2005-0008, FRL-8001-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and 
Modification, Part A (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0262.11, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0034

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 November 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 December 23, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0008, 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, 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: Toshia King, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code 5303W, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460; telephone number: 703-308-7033; fax number: 703-308-8617; 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 May 2, 2005 (70 FR 22657), 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-2005-0008, 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) 566-1744. 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: RCRA Hazardous Waste Permit Application and Modification, 
Part A (Renewal)
    Abstract: Section 3010 of Subtitle C of RCRA, as amended, requires 
any person who generates or transports regulated waste or who owns or 
operates a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal (TSDF) of 
regulated waste to notify EPA of their activities, including the 
location and general description of activities and the regulated wastes 
managed. Section 3005 of Subtitle C of RCRA requires TSDFs to obtain a 
permit. To obtain the permit, the TSDF must submit an application 
describing the facility's operation. There are two parts to the RCRA 
permit application--Part A and Part B. Part A defines the processes to 
be used for treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes: The 
design capacity of such processes: and the specific hazardous wastes to 
be handled at the facility. Part B requires detailed site specific 
information such as geologic, hydrologic, and engineering data.
    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 record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 25 
hours per response for new applications, 13 for revised applications. 
Burden means the

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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: Any person or organization who 
generates or transports regulated waste or owns or operates a facility 
for the treatment, storage, or disposal of regulated waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 23.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 402.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $29,056, which includes $0 annualized 
capital costs, $172 annualized O&M costs, and $28,884 Respondent Labor 
Costs per year.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 174 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to the number of revised 
Part A Applications decreasing from 28 per year for the years 1999, 
2000, and 2001 to 15 per year for the years 2002, 2003, and 2004.

    Dated: November 15, 2005.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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