[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 196 (Thursday, October 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57932-57933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20055]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0231; FRL-8480-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; 2007 Hazardous Waste Report, EPA 
ICR Number 0976.13, OMB Control Number 2050-0024

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 13, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-0231, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to rcra-

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[email protected], or by mail to: RCRA Docket (2822T), 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, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Mail Code: 5302P, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460; telephone number: 703-308-5477; 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 17, 2007 (72 FR 19194), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the 
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2007-0231, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (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 the RCRA Docket is 
(202) 566-0270.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
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 www.regulations.gov 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. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: 2007 Hazardous Waste Report.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0976.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0024.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007. 
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: This ICR renews an ongoing information collection from 
hazardous waste generators and hazardous waste treatment, storage, or 
disposal facilities. This collection is done on a two-year cycle as 
required by Sections 3002 and 3004 of RCRA. The information is 
collected via a mechanism known as the Hazardous Waste Report for the 
required reporting year [EPA Form 8700-13 A/B] (also known as the 
Biennial Report). Both RCRA Sections 3002 and 3004 require EPA to 
establish standards for recordkeeping and reporting of hazardous waste 
generation and management. Section 3002 applies to hazardous waste 
generators and Section 3004 applies to hazardous waste treatment, 
storage, and disposal facilities. The implementing regulations are 
found at 40 CFR 262.40(b) and (d); 262.41(a)(1)-(5), (a)(8), and (b); 
264.75(a)-(e) and (j); 265.75(a)-(e) and (j); and 270.30(l)(9). This is 
mandatory reporting by the respondents.
    Burden Statement: The reporting burden is estimated to average 16.4 
hours per respondent, and includes time for reviewing instructions, 
gathering data, completing and reviewing the forms, and submitting the 
report. The record keeping requirement is estimated to average 2.3 
hours per response and includes the time for filing and storing the 
Biennial Report submission for three years.
    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 
which have subsequently changed; 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: Private Entities and State, Local, 
or Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,671, including 12,619 survey 
respondents and 52 state and territorial agencies.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 685,196.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $20,137,491, including $66,642 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 519,944 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase in burden has occurred for two 
reasons. First, there is an increase in the number of respondents, from 
9,106 in 2005 to 12,619 projected for 2007. Second, and most 
importantly, EPA is counting the State Agency burden in the overall 
burden for this ICR for the first time with this renewal. Historically, 
EPA calculated State Agency burden with the Federal Agency burden, so 
the State Agency burden was not reflected in the bottom line burden for 
the ICR.

    Dated: October 2, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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