[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41434-41435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10410]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0756; FRL-11934-01-OLEM]


Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management 
Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (Renewal), 
EPA ICR No. 801.26, OMB Control No. 2050-0039

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 Number 0801.26, OMB 
Control Number 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 in 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2025. This notice 
allows for 60 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0756, at https://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.Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bryan Groce, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Program Implementation and Information 
Division, (5303T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-0339; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2025. 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.
    This notice allows 60 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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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 forms of information technology. 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, 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 Information Collection Request 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 (TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes that are being shipped 
and the 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.
    Pursuant to the Act, EPA modified the manifest regulations on 
February 7, 2014 (the e-Manifest ``One Year Rule''), to authorize use 
of electronic manifests (or e-Manifests) for tracking offsite shipments 
of hazardous waste from a generator's site to the site of the receipt 
and disposition of the hazardous waste. On January 3, 2018, EPA 
finalized the e-Manifest User Fee Final Rule which established the fee 
methodology that EPA uses to determine the user fees applicable to the 
electronic and paper manifests submitted to the national system. EPA 
launched the e-Manifest system on June 30, 2018. TSDFs and other 
receiving facilities must submit manifests, both paper and electronic, 
to EPA. In addition to fees for RCRA wastes, EPA is charging TSDFs and 
other facilities receiving state-only regulated wastes a fee for each 
manifest submitted to the system. Regulations regarding copy submission 
requirements for interstate shipments and the applicability of e-
Manifest system and fees to facilities receiving state-only

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regulated wastes are found in 40 CFR part 260 (Hazardous Waste 
Management System). Regulations regarding imposition of user fees on 
receiving facilities for their manifest submissions, with references to 
key fee methodology, fee dispute, and fee sanction requirements are 
found in parts 264 and 265.
    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: 106,136 (total).
    Frequency of response: Each shipment.
    Total estimated burden: 2,362,089 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $118,940,729 (per year), which includes 
$29,043,234 annualized capital and operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase nor decrease hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB.

    Dated: May 3, 2024.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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