[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21517-21518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06555]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0534, FRL-11861-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget; Comment Request; Identification,
Listing, and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Identification, Listing and
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1189.32, OMB Control
Number 2050-0053 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through March 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via
the Federal Register on July 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0534, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-566-0453; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on July 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 48845). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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,
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Congress directed the 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. When a petition is submitted, the Agency reviews
materials, deliberates, publishes its tentative decision in the Federal
Register, and requests public comment. The 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, the EPA publishes its final
decision in the Federal Register.
With this renewal, this ICR will no longer include the burden
associated with the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from
electric utilities as solid waste under Subtitle D of RCRA, found at 40
CFR part 257, subpart D. That burden is covered by OMB Control Number
2050-0223.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are the private sector, as well as State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit (RCRA Sections 1008, 4004, 4005(a)).
Estimated number of respondents: 2,603.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 62,778 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $11,679,180, which includes $8,860,784 in
annualized capital and O&M costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is total decrease of 240,430 hours
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. There is a decrease of 175,319 hours as the
hours associated with the information collection requirements for the
disposal of CCR from this ICR were transferred to 2050-0223 in order to
better align the collection requirements as they relate to RCRA and the
disposal of CCR; specifically, as they relate to 40 CFR part 257. In
addition, there was a decrease of $7,538,452 in capital/O&M costs to
2050-0223 as part of this realignment.
The remaining decrease of approximately 65,111 hours and $1,775,173
is an adjustment to the existing estimates based on data gathered
through consultations with EPA Regional and State Offices and the
regulated community, not due to program changes.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-06555 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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