[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36804-36805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15670]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0107; FRL-9929-08-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Identification, Listing and 
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1189.26, OMB Control No. 
2050-0053) 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 June 30, 2015. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 13372) on March 13, 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 July 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2015-0107, 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: Narendra Chaudhari, Materials Recovery 
and Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and 
Recovery, (5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-0454; 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: 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.
    The following are some examples of information required from 
petitioners under 40 CFR part 260. 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Regulated businesses/industries.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA 7004(a)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 26,041 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 484,789 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $78,895,502 (per year), includes $51,648,460 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 346,943 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the consolidation of ICRs 
2127.03, 2455.01, and 2421.04 into this ICR 1189.26. The base ICR had a 
decrease of 8,192 hours, which is due to estimates gathered from the 
regulated community. This increase is also due to combining the burden

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estimate for the Coal Combustion Residuals Final Rule from ICR 1189.25.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-15670 Filed 6-25-15; 8:45 am]
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