[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 242 (Monday, December 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75172-75173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7498]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0009; FRL-8009-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Used Oil Management Standards 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 
1286.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0124

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 January 18, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2005-0009, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (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: Michael Svizzero, Office of Solid 
Waste, Mail Code 5303W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-0046; 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 July 21, 2005 (70 FR 42060), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.

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    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0009, 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 
at http://www.regulations.gov. Use http://www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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 http://www.regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic 
docket go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Used Oil Management Standards Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements (Renewal).
    Abstract: The Used Oil Management Standards, which include 
information collection requests, were developed in accordance with 
section 3014 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as 
amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA), 
which directs EPA to ``promulgate regulations * * * as may be necessary 
to protect public health and the environment from the hazards 
associated with recycled oil'' and, at the same time, to not discourage 
used oil recycling. In 1985 and 1992, EPA established mandatory 
regulations that govern the management of used oil (see 40 CFR part 
279). To document and ensure proper handling of used oil, these 
regulations establish notification, testing, tracking and recordkeeping 
requirements for used oil transporters, processors, re-refiners, 
marketers, and burners. They also set standards for the prevention and 
cleanup of releases to the environment during storage and transit, and 
for the safe closure of storage units and processing and re-refining 
facilities to mitigate future releases and damages. EPA believes these 
requirements minimize potential hazards to human health and the 
environment from the potential mismanagement of used oil by used oil 
handlers, while providing for the safe recycling of used oil. 
Information from these information collection requirements is used to 
ensure compliance with the Used Oil Management Standards.
    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 range from 6 
minutes to 23 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 Business or other for profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,640.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 460,286.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $22,478,000, which includes $0 
annualized startup/capital costs, $10,011,000 annual O&M costs and 
$12,467,000 annual labor costs.
    There is no change in the burden estimates for this ICR.

    Dated: December 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
 [FR Doc. E5-7498 Filed 12-16-05; 8:45 am]
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