[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 41433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10412]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0690, FRL-11936-01-OLEM]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal), 
EPA ICR No. 1571.14, OMB Control No. 2050-0120

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), ``General Facility 
Standards (Renewal)'', EPA ICR No. 1571.14, OMB Control No. 2050-0120 
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-2018-0690, 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.

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 January 25, 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: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires the EPA to develop standards for 
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) as 
may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. 
Subsections 3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) specify that these 
standards include, but not be limited to, the following requirements:
     Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or 
listed under subtitle C that are treated, stored, or disposed of, and 
the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
     Operating methods, techniques, and practices for 
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste;
     Location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste 
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
     Contingency plans for effective action to minimize 
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any 
such hazardous waste; and
     Maintaining or operating such facilities and requiring 
such additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of 
operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may 
be necessary or desirable.
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in 40 
CFR parts 264 and 265. The collection of this information enables the 
EPA to properly determine whether owners/operators or hazardous waste 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities meet the requirements of 
section 3004(a) of RCRA.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business and other for-profit, as 
well as State, local, and Tribal governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA section 3004).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1191.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 558,042 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $37,504,209 (per year), which includes 
$337,223 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay 
substantially the same.

    Dated: May 3, 2024.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2024-10412 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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