[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 13363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05645]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0731; FRL-9943-64-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Generator Standards Applicable to 
Laboratories Owned by Eligible Academic Entities (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Generator Standards Applicable 
to Laboratories Owned by Eligible Academic Entities (Renewal)'' (EPA 
ICR No. 2317.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0204) 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 March 31, 
2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register (80 FR 76467) on December 9, 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 April 13, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2015-0731, 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: Josh Smeraldi, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (mail code 5304P), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 703-308-0441; 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: The EPA has finalized an alternative set of generator 
requirements applicable to laboratories owned by eligible academic 
entities, as defined in the final rule. The rule, which establishes a 
Subpart K within 40 CFR part 262, provides a flexible and protective 
set of regulations that address the specific nature of hazardous waste 
generation and accumulation in laboratories owned by colleges and 
universities, and teaching hospitals and non-profit research institutes 
that are either owned by or formally affiliated with a college or 
university. In addition, the rule allows colleges and universities and 
these other eligible academic entities formally affiliated with a 
college or university the discretion to determine the most appropriate 
and effective method of compliance with these requirements by allowing 
them the choice of managing their hazardous wastes in accordance with 
the alternative regulations as set forth in Subpart K or remaining 
subject to the existing generator regulations.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private colleges and universities as 
well as State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (Sections 2002, 3001, 3002, 3004 of RCRA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 132.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 35,813 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,806,663 (per year), includes $138,687 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 8,094 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an increase in the number of 
respondents from 99 to 132.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-05645 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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