[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2977-2979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1014]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0625; FRL-9510-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identification, Listing and 
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)

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

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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 21, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2011-0625, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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: Melissa Kaps, Materials Recovery and 
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery, (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-6787; fax 
number: (703) 308-0514; email 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 9, 2011 (76 FR 48856), 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-2011-0625, 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 numbers: EPA ICR No. 1189.24, OMB Control No. 2050-0053.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2012. 
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.
    Under 40 CFR 260.20(b), all rulemaking petitioners must submit 
basic information with their demonstrations, including name, address, 
and statement of interest in the proposed action. Under Sec.  260.21, 
all petitioners for equivalent testing or analytical methods must 
include specific information in their petitions and demonstrate to the 
satisfaction of the Administrator that the proposed method is equal to, 
or superior to, the corresponding method in terms of its sensitivity, 
accuracy, and reproducibility. Under Sec.  260.22, petitions to amend 
part 261 to exclude a waste produced at a particular facility (more 
simply, to delist a waste) must meet extensive informational 
requirements. When a petition is submitted, the Agency reviews 
materials, deliberates, publishes its tentative decision in the Federal 
Register, and requests public comment. EPA also may hold informal 
public hearings (if requested by an interested person or at the 
discretion of the Administrator) to hear oral comments on its tentative 
decision. After evaluating all comments, EPA publishes its final 
decision in the Federal Register.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this ICR 
is estimated to average 25 hours per response, and the annual 
recordkeeping burden for this ICR is estimated to average 2 hours per 
response. Combined, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 26 
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/industries subject to the 
regulations under 40 CFR Parts 260 and 261.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,603.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 68,923.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $12,504,987, includes $9,660,864 
annualized O&M costs and $2,844,124 annualized labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,864 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in

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the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This 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.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-1014 Filed 1-19-12; 8:45 am]
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