[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30454-30455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12791]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2014-0925; FRL-9927-83-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, Transporters, 
and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest 
System (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Requirements for Generators, 
Transporters, and Waste

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Management Facilities under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0801.20, OMB Control No. 2050-0039) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through May 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register (80 FR 8306) on February 17, 2015 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 29, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2014-0925, 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 Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Groce, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Program Implementation and Information 
Division, (5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8750; fax 
number: (703) 308-0514; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this 
ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in 
person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 
202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, 
visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers recordkeeping and reporting activities 
for the hazardous waste manifest paper system, under the Resource 
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA's authority to require use of 
a manifest system stems primarily from RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA 
Sections 3003(a)(3) and 3004). Regulations are found in 40 CFR part 262 
(registrant organizations and generators), part 263 (transporters), and 
parts 264 and 265 (TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes that are being 
shipped and the treatment, storage, or disposal facility (TSDF) to 
which the wastes are bound. Generators, transporters, and TSDFs 
handling hazardous waste are required to complete the data requirements 
for manifests and other reports primarily to: (1) Track each shipment 
of hazardous waste from the generator to a designated facility; (2) 
provide information requirements sufficient to allow the use of a 
manifest in lieu of a Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping paper 
or bill of lading, thereby reducing the duplication of paperwork to the 
regulated community; (3) provide information to transporters and waste 
management facility workers on the hazardous nature of the waste; (4) 
inform emergency response teams of the waste's hazard in the event of 
an accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure that shipments of hazardous 
waste are managed properly and delivered to their designated 
facilities.
    On February 7, 2014, EPA published the electronic manifest (e-
Manifest) Final Rule. The final rule established new manifest 
requirements that authorized the use of electronic manifests (or e-
Manifests) as a means to track off-site shipments of hazardous waste 
from a generator's site to the site of the receipt and disposition of 
the hazardous waste. EPA is taking action now to establish the national 
e-Manifest system, but unknown variables (e.g., funding contingencies 
for e-Manifest system development) could delay the actual deployment of 
the system. Therefore, until EPA announces that the e-Manifest system 
is available for use in a subsequent Federal Register document, all 
respondents under the information collection requirements covered in 
this ICR (i.e., hazardous waste generators, transporters, and 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs)) must continue to 
comply with the current paper-based manifest system and use the 
existing paper manifests forms for the off-site transportation of 
hazardous waste shipments. The EPA anticipates that the initial system 
will become available for use no later than spring 2018.
    Form Numbers: Form 8700-22 and 8700-22A.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit 
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 83,500.
    Frequency of response: Once per shipment.
    Total estimated burden: 2,555,959 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $85,553,718 (per year), includes $2,658,577 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 917,618 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease resulted primarily from a decrease in 
the annual number of generators preparing manifests.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-12791 Filed 5-27-15; 8:45 am]
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