[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71289-71290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6590]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[RCRA-2005-0007; FRL-8002-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Information Requirements for 
Boilers and Industrial Furnaces: General Hazardous Waste Facility 
Standards, Specific Unit Requirements, and Part B Permit Application 
and Modification Requirements (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1361.10, OMB 
Control Number 2050-0073

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 December 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 28, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0007, 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 Avenue, 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: Shiva Garg, Office of Solid Waste, 
Mail Code 5302W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8459; 
fax number: (703) 308-8433; 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 April 21, 2005 (70 FR 20748), 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-2005-0007, which is available for public viewing at the RCRA 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, 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, 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/edocket.
    Title: Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial 
Furnaces: General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards, Specific Unit 
Requirements, and Part B Permit Application and Modification 
Requirements (Renewal).
    Abstract: EPA regulates the burning of hazardous waste in boilers, 
incinerators,

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and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40 CFR parts 63, 264, 265, 266 and 
270. This ICR describes the paperwork requirements that apply to the 
owners and operators of BIFs. This includes the requirements under the 
comparable/syngas fuel specification at 40 CFR 261.38; the general 
facility requirements at 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, subparts B thru H; 
the requirements applicable to BIF units at 40 CFR part 266; and the 
RCRA Part B permit application and modification requirements at 40 CFR 
part 270. Examples of paperwork collected under these requirements 
include one-time notices, certifications, waste analysis data, 
inspection and monitoring records, plans reports, RCRA Part B permit 
applications and modifications. The responses to the collection of 
information are mandatory. EPA needs this information for the proper 
implementation, compliance tracking, and fulfillment of the 
congressionally delegated mandate under RCRA to protect public health 
and the environment. EPA, however, has taken steps to minimize the 
burden imposed on the facilities, and ensures the confidentiality of 
the provided information by complying with section 3007(b) of RCRA, 
Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB Circular 108. Based on information 
from the EPA Regions, we estimated at last renewal of this ICR that 91 
BIF facilities are subject to the RCRA hazardous waste program. Of 
these, we estimate that 32 BIFs are currently under interim status and 
the remaining 59 are in permitted status. This renewal takes into 
account the current universe of the BIF facilities, and the current 
regulations applicable to them based on the amendments made to date.
    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 2,626 
hours per facility. 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: Business or other for-profit 
entities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 91.
    Frequency of Response: Varies (from on-occasion to annually).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 238,997 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $33,665,000, includes $ 7,855,000 
annualized capital/ startup cost, $9,880,000 annual O&M costs and 
$15,930,000 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 68,952 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is the result of a program change 
of 50,188 hours due to the transitioning of burden into another ICR 
(1773.08, OMB Control Number 2050-0171) as a result of the 
newly promulgated MACT rule under the Clean Air Act, and an adjustment 
of 18,764 hours due to a change in the respondent universe.

    Dated: November 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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