[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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