[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29944-29945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10646]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0756; FRL-10009-67-OLEM]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste 
Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit the information collection request (ICR), ``Requirements for 
Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the 
RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System'' (EPA ICR No. 801.25, OMB Control 
No. 2050-0039) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 
Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific 
aspects of the proposed information collection, as described below. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through January 31, 2021. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before July 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0756, 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.
    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 (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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as 
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal 
Register Notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: This ICR covers recordkeeping and reporting activities 
for the hazardous waste manifest paper and electronic system under the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Hazardous Waste 
Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (Pub. L. 112-195). 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 (treatment, storage, or 
disposal facilities). 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.
    The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act provided 
EPA authority to establish the national electronic hazardous waste 
manifest system to track hazardous waste shipments electronically. The 
Act also provided EPA authority to adopt regulations that (1) allow it 
to accept electronic manifests originated in the e-Manifest system as 
the legal equivalent to paper manifests; (2) require manifest users to 
submit paper copies of the manifest to the system for data processing; 
(3) collect manifests in the e-Manifest system for hazardous waste 
subject to federal or state law; and (4) set up user fees to offset the 
costs of developing and operating the e-Manifest system. Under this 
authority, EPA modified the manifest regulations to enable electronic 
manifesting on February 7, 2014, and January 3, 2018. EPA launched the 
e-Manifest system on June 30, 2018.
    Form Numbers: Form 8700-22 and 8700-22A.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 215,677.
    Frequency of response: Each shipment.
    Total estimated burden: 2,502,500 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $129,063,369 (per year), which includes 
$25,768,668 in annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The EPA is currently evaluating and updating 
its burden estimates as part of the ICR renewal process. The Agency 
will discuss its updated estimates, as well as changes from the last 
approval, in the next Federal Register Notice to be issued for this 
renewal.


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    Dated: May 13, 2020.
Donna Salyer,
Acting Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2020-10646 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 a.m.]
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