[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 240 (Thursday, December 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75243-75244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21294]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0624; FRL-8255-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions No-
Migration Variances (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1353.08, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0062

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, 
2006. 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 16, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2006-0624, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by mail to: RCRA Docket, Mail Code 5305T, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Peggy Vyas, Office of Solid Waste 
(Mail Code 5302W), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-5477; fax 
number: 703-308-8686; 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 August 2, 2006 (71 FR 43735), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0624, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the RCRA Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 
8 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 566-0270.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at 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. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Land Disposal Restrictions No-Migration Variances (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1353.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0062.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on December 
31, 2006. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: To receive a variance from the hazardous waste land 
disposal prohibitions, owner/operators of hazardous waste storage or 
disposal facilities may petition the Environmental Protection Agency to

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allow land disposal of a specific restricted waste at a specific site. 
The EPA Regional Offices will review the petitions and determine if 
they successfully demonstrate ``no migration.'' The applicant must 
demonstrate that hazardous wastes can be managed safely in a particular 
land disposal unit, so that ``no migration'' of any hazardous 
constituents occurs from the unit for as long as the waste remains 
hazardous. If EPA grants the variance, the waste is no longer 
prohibited from land disposal in that particular unit. If the owner/
operator fails to make this demonstration, or chooses not to petition 
for the variance, best demonstrated available technology (BDAT) 
requirements of 40 CFR 268.40 must be met before the hazardous wastes 
are placed in a land disposal unit.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,168 
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: Business.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: One-time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,168.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $211,275, which includes $121 
annualized capital or O&M costs and $211,154 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

    Dated: December 7, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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