[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4205-4206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1182]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0418, FRL 8520-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identification, Listing and 
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1189.20, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0053

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 February 25, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2007-0418, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Docket (2822T), 
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),

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Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chichang Chen, Office of Solid Waste 
(5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0441; fax number: 
(703) 308-0514; 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 September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51439), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments on this 
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-2007-0418, which is available for online viewing at 
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 8:30 
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.
    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: Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal).
    ICR Number: EPA ICR Number 1189.20, OMB Control Number 2050-0053.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008. 
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: Under the authority of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, Congress directed the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a comprehensive 
program for the safe management of hazardous waste. In addition, 
Congress wrote that ``[a]ny person may petition the Administrator for 
the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any regulation'' under RCRA 
(section 7004(a)).
    40 CFR Parts 260 and 261 contain provisions that allow regulated 
entities to apply for petitions, variances, exclusions, and exemptions 
from various RCRA requirements. In this ICR, EPA presents a 
comprehensive description of these paperwork requirements and estimates 
the total annual burden and cost to respondents and the government.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this ICR 
is estimated to average 27 hours per response, and the annual 
recordkeeping burden for this ICR is estimated to average 2 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 
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.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate, 
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Business/industries subject to the 
regulations under 40 CFR Parts 260 and 261.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,535.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 73,752 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $11,917,572 (includes 
$9,239,315 annualized O&M costs and $2,678,259 annualized labor costs).
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,177 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The burden decrease is an adjustment to the 
existing estimates based on data gathered through consultations with 
EPA Regional and State offices and the regulated community, not due to 
program changes.

    Dated: January 17, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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