[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45315-45316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16161]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0693, FRL-10008-01-OLEM]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials 
That Are Solid Waste (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2382.06, OMB Control No. 
2050-0205

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), Identification of Non-
Hazardous Secondary Materials that are Solid Waste (Renewal) (EPA ICR 
No. 2382.06, OMB Control No. 2050-0205) 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 March 31, 2023. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 26, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0693, 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.
    Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the 
docket. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. 
Do not submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov 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 (i.e. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Miller, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-566-0562; [email protected]@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Materials can also be viewed at the Reading Room 
located at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket Center's hours 
of operations are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday (except Federal 
Holidays). The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the 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 automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 
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, the 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 ICR is a description of the information collection 
requirements for combustion units that use non-hazardous secondary 
materials (NHSM) that are solid wastes and combines and harmonizes 
prior regulatory

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amendments into one ICR. This ICR also includes the burden associated 
with the 2016 amendments to the Final Rule (81 FR 6688, February 8, 
2016), which added three materials to the list of categorical non-waste 
fuels: (1) construction and demolition (C&D) wood processed from 
construction and demolition debris according to best management 
practices; (2) paper recycling residuals (PRRs) generated from the 
recycling of recovered paper, paperboard and corrugated containers and 
combusted by paper recycling mills whose boilers are designed to burn 
solid fuel; and (3) creosote-treated railroad ties that are processed 
and combusted in units designed to burn both biomass and fuel oil as 
part of normal operations and not solely as part of start-up or shut-
down operations. Finally, this ICR includes the burden associated with 
the 2018 amendments to the Final Rule (83 FR 5317, February 7, 2018), 
which added three types of other treated railroad ties (OTRTs) to the 
list of categorical non-waste fuels: (1) Creosote-borate treated 
railroad ties, and mixtures of creosote, borate and copper naphthenate 
treated railroad ties that are processed and combusted in units 
designed to burn both biomass and fuel oil; (2) Copper naphthenate 
treated railroad ties that are processed and then combusted in units 
designed to burn biomass, biomass and fuel oil or biomass and coal; and 
(3) Copper naphthenate-borate treated railroad ties that are processed 
and then combusted in units designed to burn biomass, biomass and fuel 
oil or biomass and coal.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are Business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain benefit 
(Sections 1004 and 2002 of RCRA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,656.
    Frequency of response: One-time.
    Total estimated burden: 868 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $72,295 (per year), includes $1,539 in 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to be lower than 
the last renewal.

    Dated: July 22, 2022.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2022-16161 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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