[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30614-30615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11856]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-1127, FRL-8571-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, 
Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous 
Waste Manifest System (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0801.16; OMB Control No. 
2050-0039

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 June 27, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-1127, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
RCRA Docket (28221T), 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: Bryan Groce, Office of Solid Waste, 
(mail code 5302P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-8750; 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 February 5, 2008 (73 FR 6721), 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-2007-1127, 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 8:30 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: Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste 
Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System 
(Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0801.16, OMB Control No. 2050-0039.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 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: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as 
amended, establishes a national program to assure that hazardous waste 
management practices are conducted in a manner that is protective of 
human health and the environment. EPA's authority to require compliance 
with the manifest system stems primarily from RCRA section 3002(a)(5). 
This section mandates a hazardous waste manifest ``system'' to assure 
that all hazardous waste generated is designated for and arrives at the 
appropriate treatment, storage, and disposal facility. An essential 
part of this manifest system is the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest 
(Form 8700-22). The manifest is a tracking document that accompanies 
the waste from its generation site to its final disposition. The 
manifest lists the wastes that are being shipped and the final 
destination of the waste. The manifest system is a self-enforcing 
mechanism that requires generators, transporters, and owner/operators 
of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to participate in 
hazardous waste tracking. In addition, the manifest provides 
information to transporters and waste management facility workers on 
the hazardous nature of the waste, identifies wastes so that they can 
be managed appropriately in the event of an accident, spill, or leak, 
and ensures that shipments of hazardous waste are managed properly and 
delivered to their designated facilities.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.8 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Businesses and Farms that generate, 
transport or receive hazardous waste.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 190,628.
    Frequency of Response: Each shipment.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,743,122.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $109,934,365, which includes

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$106,862,075 annualized labor and $3,072,290 for capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 478,131 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to an increase in the 
projected number of responses from 1,762,276 previously to 2,074,900.

    Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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