[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30074-30075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14853]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0913, FRL-8923-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility 
Standards (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1571.09, OMB Control Number 2050-
0120

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 July 24, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2008-0913, to (1) EPA, either online using http://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: Norma Abdul-Malik (Mail Code 5303P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-8753; 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 February 5, 2009 (74 FR 6152), 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-2008-0913, which is available for online viewing at 
http://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 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, confidential business information (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: General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1571.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0120.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2009. 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: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) develop standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, 
and disposal facilities (TSDFs) as may be necessary to protect human 
health and the environment. Subsections 3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and 
(6) specify that these standards include, but not be limited to, the 
following requirements:
     Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or 
listed under subtitle C that are treated, stored, or disposed of, and 
the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
     Operating methods, techniques, and practices for 
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste;
     Location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste 
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
     Contingency plans for effective action to minimize 
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any 
such hazardous waste; and
     Maintaining or operating such facilities and requiring 
such additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of 
operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may 
be necessary or desirable.
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in 40 
CFR parts 264 and 265. The collection of this information enables EPA 
to properly determine whether owners/operators or hazardous waste 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities meet the requirements of 
section 3004(a) of RCRA.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 324 hours per 
respondent, and the annual public recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 88 hours per 
respondent. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are business and other for-profit, as well as State, Local, 
and Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,403.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 578,381.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $38,057,653 including $37,384,641 
annualized labor costs and $673,012 annualized capital or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 73,931 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This reduction is due to an estimated decrease in 
the respondent universe of 128.

    Dated: June 18, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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