[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2910-2912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00870]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973; FRL-10528-01-OLEM]


Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System (``e-Manifest'') 
Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will convene the 
Hazardous Waste Electronic System (``e-Manifest'') Advisory Board for a 
three (3) day virtual public meeting. The purpose of the meeting is for 
EPA to seek the Board's consultation and recommendations regarding the 
e-Manifest system (Meeting Theme: ``Meeting the Needs of the User 
Community: e-Manifest Program Priorities and User Fees for FY 2024 and 
2025'').

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 28-March 2, 2023, from 
approximately 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST on each day.

ADDRESSES: This public meeting will be conducted virtually. 
Registration is required to attend and/or participate (as public 
commenter) in this public

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meeting. Please refer to the e-Manifest Advisory Board website at 
https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board for information on how to register 
either as a public audience attendee or as an oral public commenter.
    Comments. To make oral comments during the public meeting and be 
included on the meeting agenda, please register by noon on February 21, 
2023. Registration instructions will be posted on the e-Manifest 
Advisory Board website at https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board. Any written 
comments submitted for the e-Manifest Advisory Board meeting on or 
before February 21, 2023, should be submitted in the public docket 
under Docket number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973 at http://www.regulations.gov. Written comments submitted to the public docket on 
or before February 21, 2023, will be provided to the e-Manifest 
Advisory Board for their consideration before the meeting. Anyone who 
wishes to submit comments after February 21, 2023, must send their 
written public comments or their oral comment requests directly to the 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT. For additional instructions, see section I.B. under 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Special accommodations. For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, and to request accommodation of a 
disability, please contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting to give the EPA as 
much time as possible to process your request.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Jenkins, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, email: [email protected]; phone: 202-566-
0344.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting will be open to the public. The 
full agenda and meeting materials will be available in the docket for 
the meeting and at the e-Manifest Advisory Board website at https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board. This public meeting will be conducted 
virtually. Registration is required to attend and/or participate in 
this public meeting. Registration instructions will be posted on the e-
Manifest Advisory Board website at https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board. 
In the event the Agency needs to make subsequent changes to this 
meeting, the Agency will post future notices to its e-Manifest Board 
meeting website (https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board.). The Agency 
strongly encourages the public to refer to the e-Manifest website for 
the latest meeting information, as sudden changes may be necessary.

I. General Information

A. Does this action apply to me?

    This action is directed to the public in general. This action may 
be of particular interest to persons who are or may be subject to the 
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment (e-Manifest) Act.

B. How may I participate in this meeting?

    You may participate in this meeting by providing public comments 
via the instructions in this document. To ensure proper receipt of your 
public comments by the EPA, it is imperative that you submit your 
comments, identified by docket ID number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973, at 
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or 
withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public 
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, 
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written 
comment is considered the official comment and should include 
discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not 
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary 
submission (e.g., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For 
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, 
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance 
on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    1. Written comments. The Agency encourages written comments be 
submitted electronically via http://www.regulations.gov, into docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973 on or before February 21, 2023, to provide 
the e-Manifest Advisory Board the time necessary to consider and review 
the written comments. Written comments are accepted until the date of 
the meeting, but anyone submitting written comments after February 21, 
2023, should contact the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.
    2. Oral comments. The Agency encourages each individual or group 
wishing to make brief oral comments to the e-Manifest Advisory Board to 
please register as an oral commenter for the meeting at the e-Manifest 
Advisory Board website, https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board, by noon on 
February 21, 2023, in order to be included on the meeting agenda. 
Requests to present oral comments will be accepted until the date of 
the meeting. Registration is required to attend and/or participate as 
an oral public commenter in this public meeting. Please refer to the e-
Manifest Advisory Board website at https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board 
for information on how to register either as an oral public commenter 
or public audience attendee. Anyone submitting oral public comments 
request after February 21, 2023, should also contact the DFO listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. To the extent that time permits, 
the Chair of the e-Manifest Advisory Board may permit the presentation 
of oral comments at the meeting by interested persons who have not 
previously requested time. The request should identify the name of the 
individual making the presentation, the organization (if any) that the 
individual represents, and any requirements for audiovisual 
presentation support. Oral comments before the e-Manifest Advisory 
Board are limited to approximately five (5) minutes unless prior 
arrangements have been made. In addition, each speaker should provide a 
copy of his or her comments and presentation to the DFO so that they 
can be distributed to the e-Manifest Advisory Board at the meeting.

C. Purpose of the e-Manifest Advisory Board

    The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board is 
established in accordance with the provisions of the Hazardous Waste 
Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, 42 U.S.C. 6939g, and the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. app.2. The e-Manifest Advisory 
Board is in the public interest and supports the EPA in performing its 
duties and responsibilities. The Board shall meet annually to discuss, 
evaluate the effectiveness of, and provide

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recommendations about the system to the EPA Administrator.
    The sole duty of the Advisory Board is to provide advice and 
recommendations to the EPA Administrator. As required by the e-Manifest 
Act, the e-Manifest Advisory Board is composed of nine (9) members. One 
(1) member is the EPA Administrator (or a designee), who serves as 
Chairperson of the Advisory Board. The rest of the committee is 
composed of:
     At least two (2) members who have expertise in information 
technology;
     At least three (3) members who have experience in using or 
represent users of the manifest system to track the transportation of 
hazardous waste under the e-Manifest Act;
     At least three (3) members who are state representatives 
responsible for processing manifests.
    All members of the e-Manifest Advisory Board, except for the EPA 
Administrator, are appointed as Expert members or Representative 
members.

D. Public Meeting

    EPA launched the e-Manifest system on June 30, 2018. e-Manifest 
provides those persons required to use a Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act (RCRA) manifest under either federal or state law the 
option of using electronic manifests to track shipments of hazardous 
waste and to meet certain RCRA requirements. By enabling the transition 
from a paper-intensive process to an electronic system, EPA estimates 
e-Manifest will ultimately save state and industry users more than $50 
million annually, once electronic manifests are widely adopted.
    Under the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (e-
Manifest Act) of 2012, EPA must collect user fees to offset the costs 
of developing and operating the e-Manifest system. In January 2018, EPA 
published regulations establishing the methodology which the Agency 
uses to set and collect user fees for the e-Manifest system. Under the 
final rule, EPA charges a fee to receiving facilities for each manifest 
submitted to EPA's e-Manifest system. User fees are tailored to the 
method used to submit manifests to EPA, e.g., different fees apply for 
electronic manifests than for paper manifests uploaded to the system. 
In addition, EPA is required to publish revised user fee schedules at 
two-year intervals.
    EPA will convene its next public meeting of the e-Manifest System 
Advisory Board February 28-March 2, 2023. The purpose of this meeting 
is for the Board to advise the Agency on its proposed program 
priorities and user fees for the FY2024/FY2025 cycle.

E. e-Manifest Advisory Board Documents and Meeting Minutes

    The meeting background paper, related supporting materials, charge/
questions to the Advisory Board, the Advisory Board membership roster 
(i.e., members attending this meeting), and the meeting agenda will be 
available by approximately early-February 2023. In addition, the Agency 
may provide additional background documents as the materials become 
available. You may obtain electronic copies of these documents, and 
certain other related documents that might be available at http://www.regulations.gov via the docket ID number EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973 and 
at the e-Manifest Advisory Board website at: https://www.epa.gov/e-manifest/hazardous-waste-electronic-manifest-system-e-manifest-advisory-board.
    The e-Manifest Advisory Board will prepare meeting minutes 
summarizing its recommendations to the Agency approximately ninety (90) 
days after the meeting. The meeting minutes will be posted on the e-
Manifest Advisory Board website, or they may be obtained from the 
public docket at http://www.regulations.gov via the docket ID number 
EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0973.

    Dated: January 11, 2023.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2023-00870 Filed 1-17-23; 8:45 am]
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