SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
FOR
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
NUMBER
1688.05
"
RCRA
EXPANDED
PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION"
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
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Title
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Information
Collection
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Short
Characterization
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NEED
FOR
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USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
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2(
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Need/
Authority
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the
Collection
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b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
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the
Data
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3.
NONDUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
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Nonduplication
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Public
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c)
Consultations
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Effects
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Less
Frequent
Collection
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General
Guidelines
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Confidentiality
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Sensitive
Questions
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4.
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
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4(
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Respondents/
NAICS
Codes
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4(
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Information
Requested
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5.
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
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AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY,
AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
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Agency
Activities
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b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
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c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
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d)
Collection
Schedule
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6.
ESTIMATING
THE
HOUR
AND
COST
BURDEN
OF
THE
COLLECTION
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a)
Estimating
Respondent
Hours
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6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
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6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Hour
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Cost
Burden
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6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
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6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Hour
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Cost
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f)
Reasons
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Change
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Burden
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
1:
Requirements
Regarding
Expanded
Public
Participation:
Estimated
Annual
Respondent
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
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Exhibit
2:
Requirements
Regarding
Expanded
Public
Participation:
Estimated
Annual
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
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Exhibit
3:
Total
Annual
Respondent
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
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Exhibit
4:
Total
Annual
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
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1
1.
IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
This
ICR
is
titled
"
RCRA
Expanded
Public
Participation,"
ICR
number
1688.05.

1(
b)
Short
Characterization
The
Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act
(
RCRA)
of
1976,
as
amended
by
the
Hazardous
and
Solid
Waste
Amendments
(
HSWA)
of
1984,
requires
EPA
to
establish
a
national
regulatory
program
to
ensure
that
hazardous
wastes
are
managed
in
a
manner
protective
of
human
health
and
the
environment.
EPA
has
a
statutory
obligation,
under
Section
7004(
b)
of
RCRA,
to
provide
for,
encourage,
and
assist
public
participation
in
the
development,
revision,
implementation,
and
enforcement
of
any
regulation,
guideline,
information,
or
program
under
the
Act.
The
regulations
implementing
these
requirements
are
codified
at
40
CFR
Parts
124
and
270.

EPA
promulgated
requirements
for
providing
additional
opportunities
for
the
public
to
be
involved
in
the
RCRA
permitting
process
at
40
CFR
124.31
through
124.33
and
at
40
CFR
270.62
and
270.66.
The
Part
124
requirements
apply
to
all
types
of
hazardous
waste
treatment,
storage,
and
disposal
facilities,
unless
exempted
under
a
specific
section;
the
Part
270
requirements
apply
only
to
hazardous
waste
combustors
planning
trial
burns.

In
summary,
the
expanded
public
participation
regulations
require:

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A
permit
applicant
to
provide
notice
of
and
hold
an
informal
meeting
with
the
public
before
submitting
a
Part
B
application,
and
to
submit
a
summary
of
the
meeting
to
the
agency
(
§
124.31);

°
The
Agency
to
issue
a
public
notice
when
it
receives
an
application
(
§
124.32);

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Certain
facilities
(
as
decided
by
the
Agency
Director
on
a
case­
by­
case
basis)
to
set
up
and
maintain
an
information
repository
(
§
124.33);
and
°
The
Agency
to
issue
a
public
notice
of
an
upcoming
trial
burn
at
a
permitted
hazardous
waste
combustion
facility
(
§
§
270.62(
b)(
6)
and
270.66(
d)(
3)),
or
at
a
hazardous
waste
combustion
facility
operating
under
interim
status
(
§
§
270.62(
d)
and
270.66(
g)).

EPA
believes
that
these
regulations
encourage
people
to
become
involved
in
the
permitting
process
and
increase
understanding
of
hazardous
waste
facilities.
1
For
example,
see
the
Strategy
on
Waste
Minimization
and
Hazardous
Waste
Combustion
(
1994).

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2.
NEED
FOR
AND
USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
for
the
Collection
Section
7004(
b)
of
RCRA
gives
EPA
broad
authority
to
provide
for,
encourage,
and
assist
public
participation
in
the
development,
revision,
implementation,
and
enforcement
of
any
regulation,
guideline,
information,
or
program
under
RCRA.
In
addition,
the
statute
specifies
certain
public
notices
(
i.
e.,
radio,
newspaper,
and
a
letter
to
relevant
agencies)
that
EPA
must
provide
before
issuing
any
RCRA
permit.
The
statute
also
establishes
a
process
by
which
the
public
can
dispute
a
permit
and
request
a
public
hearing
to
discuss
it.
EPA
carries
out
much
of
its
RCRA
public
involvement
at
40
CFR
Parts
124
and
270.

In
1995,
EPA
expanded
the
public
participation
requirements
under
the
RCRA
program
by
promulgating
the
RCRA
Expanded
Public
Participation
Rule
(
60
FR
63417;
December
11,
1995).
The
rule
responded
to
calls
by
the
Administration
and
stakeholders
(
e.
g.,
States
and
private
citizens)
to
provide
earlier
and
better
public
participation
in
EPA's
permitting
programs,
including
procedures
for
more
timely
information
sharing.
1
In
particular,
the
rule
requires
earlier
public
involvement
in
the
permitting
process
(
e.
g.,
pre­
application
meetings),
expanded
public
notice
for
significant
events
(
e.
g.,
notices
of
upcoming
trial
burns),
and
more
opportunities
for
the
exchange
of
permitting
information
(
e.
g.,
information
repository).

The
rule
also
is
consistent
with
EPA's
current
policies
on
public
participation.
In
May
of
2003,
EPA
finalized
the
Public
Involvement
Policy.
The
policy
updates
an
earlier
policy
issued
in
1981.
Among
other
things,
the
policy
calls
for
a
strengthened
commitment
to
meaningful
public
involvement,
greater
attention
to
the
specific
concerns
and
interests
of
affected
people
and
entities,
and
use
of
a
wider
variety
of
public
involvement
techniques.
In
this
regard,
the
RCRA
Expanded
Public
Participation
Rule
can
serve
as
an
example
to
the
EPA
programs
of
how
to
achieve
many
of
the
goals
of
the
policy.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
The
required
activities
and
information
are
needed
to
help
assure
timely
and
effective
public
participation
in
the
permitting
process.
The
requirements
are
intended
to
provide
equal
access
to
information
to
all
stakeholders
in
the
permitting
process:
the
permitting
agency,
the
permit
applicant,
and
the
community
where
a
facility
is
located.
Some
facilities
may
be
required
to
develop
information
repositories
to
allow
for
expanded
public
participation
and
access
to
detailed
facility
information
as
part
of
the
permitting
process.
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3.
NONDUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3(
a)
Nonduplication
The
information
collections
covered
in
this
ICR
are
not
available
from
sources
other
than
the
respondents.
EPA's
Office
of
Solid
Waste
is
the
only
office
within
the
Agency
collecting
this
information,
and
no
other
Federal
agency
or
department
collects
this
information.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
of
1995,
EPA
issued
a
public
notice
in
the
Federal
Register
on
April
7,
2005.
EPA
announced
in
the
Federal
Register
(
70
FR
17686)
that
it
intended
to
renew
ICR
No.
1688.05.
The
comment
period
ended
on
June
6,
2005.
The
Agency
received
no
comments
that
it
took
into
account
prior
to
submitting
this
ICR
to
OMB
for
review.

3(
c)
Consultations
The
rule
covered
by
this
ICR
was
developed
using
proper
rulemaking
procedures.
EPA
made
every
effort
to
consult
with
the
general
public,
State
and
industry
officials,
and
appropriate
Federal
agencies.
In
2005,
EPA
Regional
offices
and
selected
facilities
provided
feedback
on
the
hour
and
cost
burden
estimates
included
in
the
ICR.
One
facility
in
particular
provided
feedback
on
the
hour
and
cost
burden
estimates:
Mr.
Bart
Wesley
and
Mr.
Lloyd
Tabary
of
DSM
Copolymer,
Addis,
LA.
In
this
ICR
(
ICR
number
1688.05),
EPA
has
retained
the
hour
estimates
provided
by
the
facility
contacts,
and
updated
their
cost
estimates
to
2005
levels.

3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
EPA
sought
to
reduce
the
reporting
frequency
to
the
minimum
that
is
necessary
to
ensure
compliance
with
the
rule.
It
would
not
be
possible
to
collect
this
information
less
frequently
and
still
assure
that
the
requirements
of
permit
and
public
involvement
regulations
are
met
by
owners
or
operators.
The
reporting
frequency
is
essential
to
assure
that
any
changes
in
the
trial
burn
plans
or
in
the
anticipated
permit
application
contents
are
made
known
to
EPA
and
to
the
public.

3(
e)
General
Guidelines
This
ICR
adheres
to
the
guidelines
stated
in
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
of
1995,
OMB's
implementing
regulations,
EPA's
Information
Collection
Review
Handbook,
and
other
applicable
OMB
guidance.
4
3(
f)
Confidentiality
Section
3007(
b)
of
RCRA
and
40
CFR
Part
2,
Subpart
B,
which
define
EPA's
general
policy
on
the
public
disclosure
of
information,
contain
provisions
for
confidentiality.
If
the
Agency
receives
any
confidential
information,
it
will
manage
that
information
according
to
the
protocols
established
by
the
Agency,
as
appropriate.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
No
questions
of
a
sensitive
nature
are
included
in
any
of
the
information
collection
requirements.

4.
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
4(
a)
Respondents/
NAICS
Codes
The
following
is
a
list
of
North
American
Industrial
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
codes
associated
with
the
facilities
most
likely
to
be
affected
by
the
expanded
public
participation
requirements
analyzed
under
this
ICR:

22132
Sewage
Treatment
Facilities
32411
Petroleum
Refineries
32511
Petrochemical
Manufacturing
32512
Industrial
Gas
Manufacturing
32551
Paint
and
Coating
Manufacturing
33271
Machine
Shops
33422
Radio
and
Television
Broadcasting
and
Wireless
Communications
Equipment
Manufacturing
33633
Motor
Vehicle
Steering
and
Suspension
Components
(
except
Spring)
Manufacturing
33634
Motor
Vehicle
Brake
System
Manufacturing
33635
Motor
Vehicle
Transmission
and
Power
Train
Parts
Manufacturing
42271
Petroleum
Bulk
Stations
and
Terminals
44111
New
Car
Dealers
44711
Gasoline
Stations
with
Convenience
Store
44719
Other
Gasoline
Stations
48411
General
Freight
Trucking,
Local
48421
Used
Household
and
Office
Goods
Moving
48422
Specialized
Freight
(
except
Used
Goods)
Trucking,
Local
56292
Materials
Recovery
Facilities
221111
Hydroelectric
Power
Generation
221112
Fossil
Fuel
Electric
Power
Generation
221113
Nuclear
Electric
Power
Generation
5
221119
Other
Electric
Power
Generation
221121
Electric
Bulk
Power
Transmission
and
Control
221122
Electric
Power
Distribution
311942
Spice
and
Extract
Manufacturing
323110
Commercial
Lithographic
Printing
323114
Quick
Printing
325131
Inorganic
Dye
and
Pigment
Manufacturing
325188
All
Other
Basic
Inorganic
Chemical
Manufacturing
325193
Ethyl
Alcohol
Manufacturing
325199
All
Other
Basic
Organic
Chemical
Manufacturing
325211
Plastics
Material
and
Resin
Manufacturing
325998
All
Other
Miscellaneous
Chemical
Product
Manufacturing
331311
Alumina
Refining
332813
Electroplating,
Plating,
Polishing,
Anodizing,
and
Coloring
332999
Other
Miscellaneous
Fabricated
Metal
Product
Manufacturing
333319
Other
Commercial
and
Service
Industry
Machinery
Manufacturing
333999
All
Other
General
Purpose
Machinery
Manufacturing
334418
Printed
Circuit/
Electronics
Assembly
Manufacturing
334419
Other
Electronic
Component
Manufacturing
336211
Motor
Vehicle
Body
Manufacturing
336312
Gasoline
Engine
and
Engine
Parts
Manufacturing
336322
Other
Motor
Vehicle
Electrical
and
Electronic
Equipment
Manufacturing
336399
All
Other
Motor
Vehicle
Part
Manufacturing
454311
Heating
Oil
Dealers
454312
Liquefied
Petroleum
Gas
(
Bottled
Gas)
Dealers
562111
Solid
Waste
Collection
562112
Hazardous
Waste
Collection
562119
Other
Waste
Collection
562211
Hazardous
Waste
Treatment
and
Disposal
562212
Solid
Waste
Landfills
562213
Solid
Waste
Combustors
and
Incinerators
562219
Other
Nonhazardous
Waste
Treatment
and
Disposal
811111
General
Automotive
Repair
4(
b)
Information
Requested
Pre­
application
Public
Meeting
and
Notice
Under
40
CFR
124.31(
a)
and
(
b),
facilities
applying
for
an
initial
Part
B
permit
or
a
Part
B
permit
renewal,
where
the
renewal
application
is
proposing
a
change
that
would
qualify
as
a
Class
3
permit
modification
under
40
CFR
270.42,
are
required
to
hold
at
least
one
meeting
with
the
public
prior
to
submitting
the
Part
B
permit
application
to
the
permitting
agency.
The
applicant
must
submit
a
summary
of
the
meeting,
along
with
the
list
of
attendees
and
their
addresses,
and
6
copies
of
any
written
comments
or
materials
submitted
at
the
meeting,
to
the
permitting
agency
as
part
of
the
Part
B
application
(
§
124.31(
c)).
Under
40
CFR
124.31(
d),
applicants
must
provide
public
notice
(
i.
e.,
newspaper
advertisement,
visible
and
accessible
sign,
and
broadcast
media
announcement)
of
the
pre­
application
meeting
at
least
30
days
prior
to
the
meeting.
The
applicant
also
must
provide
a
copy
of
the
notice
to
the
permitting
agency
and
to
the
appropriate
units
of
State
and
local
government.
(
Note:
In
regard
to
40
CFR
124.31(
c),
this
ICR
addresses
the
respondent
activities
associated
with
collecting
the
required
information.
Submittal
of
this
information
to
the
permitting
agency
is
addressed
in
Supporting
Statement
for
EPA
Information
Collection
Request
Number
1573,
"
Part
B
Permit
Application,
Permit
Modifications,
And
Special
Permits."
)

(
i)
Data
Items:

°
A
public
notice
that
includes:

­­
The
date,
time,
and
location
of
the
meeting;

­­
A
brief
description
of
the
purpose
of
the
meeting;

­­
A
brief
description
of
the
facility
and
proposed
operations,
including
the
address
or
a
map
(
e.
g.,
a
sketched
or
copied
street
map)
of
the
facility
location;

­­
A
statement
encouraging
people
to
contact
the
facility
at
least
72
hours
before
the
meeting
if
they
need
special
access
to
participate
in
the
meeting;
and
­­
The
name,
address,
and
telephone
number
of
a
contact
person
for
the
applicant.

°
Information
to
be
submitted
to
the
permitting
agency
as
part
of
the
Part
B
permit
application:

­­
Copy
of
newspaper
notice
announcing
the
pre­
application
meeting;

­­
A
summary
of
a
pre­
application
meeting
with
the
public;

­­
A
list
of
attendees
and
their
addresses;
and
­­
Copies
of
any
written
comments
or
materials
distributed
at
the
meeting.

(
ii)
Respondent
Activities:

To
comply
with
the
requirements
in
Section
124.31,
applicants
must
perform
the
following
activities:
7
°
Read
the
regulations;

°
Prepare
notice
of
pre­
application
meeting;

°
Prepare
a
multilingual
notice
of
pre­
application
meeting,
if
appropriate;

°
Provide
for
publication/
posting/
broadcasting
of
notice;

°
Provide
copy
of
pre­
application
meeting
notice
to
the
permitting
agency
and
appropriate
units
of
State
and
local
government;

°
Retain
documentation
of
the
notice;

°
Prepare
for
and
conduct
the
meeting;

°
Prepare
a
meeting
summary;
and
°
Copy
the
list
of
attendees
with
their
addresses.

Information
Repository
Under
40
CFR
124.33,
the
Agency
Director
has
the
authority
to
require
certain
applicants/
facilities
to
establish
and
maintain
an
information
repository.
Applicants/
facilities
instructed
by
the
Agency
Director
to
establish
an
information
repository
must,
at
a
minimum,
provide
a
written
notice
about
the
information
repository
to
all
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list.
The
Agency
Director
will
determine
the
information
to
be
placed
in
the
information
repository.

(
i)
Data
Items:

°
Written
notice
about
the
information
repository;
and
°
Information
in
the
repository,
e.
g.:

­­
A
summary
of
the
pre­
application
public
meeting;

­­
A
copy
of
the
Part
B
permit
application;
and
­­
Any
other
information
the
Agency
Director
determines
to
be
relevant
to
public
understanding
of
permitting
activities
at
the
facility.

(
ii)
Respondent
Activities:
8
To
comply
with
the
requirements
in
section
124.33,
applicants
must
conduct
the
following
activities:

°
Read
the
regulations;

°
Arrange
with
a
local
building
for
space
to
establish
the
information
repository;

°
Provide
notice
of
the
repository
to
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list;

°
Provide
a
multilingual
notice
of
the
repository
to
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list,
if
appropriate;

°
Establish
the
information
repository;
and
°
Maintain
the
information
repository.

5.
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
­­
AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY,
AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
5(
a)
Agency
Activities
Notice
at
Application
Submittal
40
CFR
124.32
requires
the
Agency
to
provide
public
notice,
as
set
forth
in
sections
124.10(
c)(
1)(
ix)
and
(
x),
at
the
application
submittal
stage.

Information
Repository
40
CFR
124.33
provides
discretionary
authority
for
the
Agency
to
require,
on
a
case­
bycase
basis,
the
owner
or
operator
of
a
facility
to
set
up
an
information
repository,
and
to
provide
a
notice
to
the
facility
mailing
list
about
the
repository.
Section
124.33(
d)
requires
the
Agency
Director
to
specify
the
contents
of
the
repository
and
establish
requirements
for
informing
the
public
about
the
establishment
of
the
repository
(
at
a
minimum,
the
Agency
Director
will
require
the
facility
to
provide
written
notice
to
the
facility
mailing
list).

Trial
Burn
Notice
40
CFR
270.62(
b)(
6),
270.62(
d),
270.66(
d)(
3),
and
270.66(
g)
require
the
Agency
to
provide
public
notice,
as
set
forth
in
sections
124.10(
c)(
1)(
ix)
and
(
x),
of
an
impending
trial
burn
at
a
permitted
hazardous
waste
combustion
facility,
or
at
a
hazardous
waste
combustion
facility
operating
under
interim
status.
9
5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
In
collecting
and
analyzing
the
information
required
by
the
expanded
public
participation
activities,
EPA
uses
equipment
such
as
personal
computers
and
applicable
data
base
software,
when
appropriate.
The
public
will
receive
information
through
newspaper
announcements
and
other
media,
and,
in
some
cases,
will
have
access
to
additional
data
through
an
information
repository
as
specified
by
the
Agency
under
40
CFR
124.33.

5(
c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
In
developing
the
regulations
for
expanding
public
involvement
in
the
RCRA
permitting
process,
EPA
was
sensitive
to
the
needs
and
concerns
of
small
businesses.
Therefore,
the
regulations
describe
the
minimum
efforts
necessary
to
fulfill
the
public
involvement
requirements.
EPA
avoided
including
narrow,
prescriptive
requirements
in
the
final
RCRA
Expanded
Public
Participation
Rule,
in
order
to
provide
as
much
flexibility
as
possible
 
for
the
facility,
the
community,
and
the
Agency
 
in
implementing
the
requirements.
Furthermore,
EPA
conducted
a
small
entity
impact
screening
analysis
for
the
proposed
rule
and
determined
that
there
were
no
small
entities
significantly
impacted
(
see
59
FR
28680;
June
2,
1994).
Because
there
were
no
substantive
changes
to
the
public
participation
requirements
since
the
proposal,
EPA
determined
that
the
requirements
do
not
significantly
impact
small
entities.

EPA's
intent
in
developing
the
requirements
was
to
provide
flexibility
for
a
facility,
in
cooperation
with
local
agencies
or
community
groups,
to
determine
the
most
effective
communication
mechanisms
for
a
particular
situation.
EPA
recognizes
that,
in
some
situations,
an
information
repository
could
become
resource­
intensive
for
a
facility
or
for
the
local
community.
EPA
addressed
this
concern
by
providing
discretion
to
the
Director
to
determine
whether
to
require
a
repository,
rather
than
requiring
it
for
all
facilities.

5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
Many
of
the
requirements
do
not
have
specific
schedules
governing
the
submittal
of
the
information.
Requirements
that
have
specific
time
frames
associated
with
them
are
described
below.

Pre­
application
Public
Meeting
and
Notice
40
CFR
124.31(
d)
requires
the
applicant
to
provide
public
notice
of
the
pre­
application
meeting
at
least
30
days
before
the
meeting
is
scheduled.

Notice
at
Application
Submittal
40
CFR
124.32(
b)(
2)
requires
the
Agency
Director
to
publish
the
notice
"
within
a
reasonable
period
of
time
after
the
application
is
received."
2
Adjustment
factor
based
on
Employment
Cost
Indexes
developed
by
the
U.
S.
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics
for
May
2004
and
March
2005.
Available
at:
http://
www.
bls.
gov/
ncs/
ect/.

10
Trial
Burn
Notice
40
CFR
270.62(
b)(
6)(
i),
270.62(
d),
270.66(
d)(
3)(
i),
and
270.66(
g)
require
the
Agency
Director
to
provide
notice
to
the
mailing
list
and
to
appropriate
units
of
State
and
local
government
"
within
a
reasonable
time
period
before
the
scheduled
trial
burn."

6.
ESTIMATING
THE
HOUR
AND
COST
BURDEN
OF
THE
COLLECTION
6(
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Hours
EPA
estimates
respondent
burden
hours
for
the
information
collection
requirements
associated
with
the
pre­
application
meeting
and
the
information
repository
requirements
in
Exhibit
1.
The
burden
estimates
for
each
activity
presented
in
Exhibit
1
include
the
burden
hours
(
total
and
by
labor
type)
per
facility,
as
well
as
the
overall
burden
hours
associated
with
the
given
activities.

6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
Labor
Costs
EPA
estimates
an
average
hourly
respondent
labor
cost
of
$
105.54
for
legal
staff,
$
81.60
for
managerial
staff,
$
64.19
for
technical
staff,
and
$
28.29
for
clerical
staff.
To
arrive
at
these
estimates,
EPA
referred
to
the
currently
approved
Supporting
Statement
for
EPA
Information
Collection
Request
Number
1573,
"
Part
B
Permit
Application,
Permit
Modifications,
And
Special
Permits."
EPA
then
applied
an
adjustment
factor
of
1.088
to
update
the
loaded
hourly
rates
to
2005
levels.
2
These
labor
costs
are
shown
in
Exhibit
1.

Capital/
Start­
Up
Costs
Capital
costs
usually
include
any
produced
physical
good
needed
to
provide
the
needed
information,
such
as
machinery,
computers,
and
other
equipment.
For
this
ICR,
capital
costs
include
the
purchase
of
file
cabinets
for
an
information
repository.

In
complying
with
the
requirements
covered
in
this
ICR,
facilities
may
be
required
to
maintain
an
information
repository.
The
information
repository
will
require
file
cabinet
space
to
retain
the
information
required.
EPA
took
the
following
steps
to
estimate
the
cost
of
the
file
cabinets:
3
Based
on
current
market
prices
(
November
2001).

4
Based
on
an
OMB­
approved
discount
rate
of
seven
percent
(
OMB
Circular
A­
94)
and
an
estimated
life
of
10
years
for
a
permit.

11

Estimate
the
number
of
file
cabinets
per
facility
required
for
the
information
repository.
Given
that
the
standard­
size,
five­
drawer,
lateral
file
cabinet
is
expected
to
hold
approximately
16,000
pages
of
material,
EPA
estimates
that
each
facility
would
need
to
purchase
only
one
file
cabinet
to
retain
copies
of
the
applications
and
other
required
documentation
within
the
time
period
of
this
ICR.
The
approximate
cost
of
purchasing
a
file
cabinet
is
estimated
at
$
550.3

Calculate
the
annualized
cost.
EPA
used
the
following
formula
to
calculate
the
annual
cost
to
facilities
for
acquiring
the
file
cabinets:

Annualized
Net
Present
Value
=
$
550
x
[
1/(

1/(
1+
k)
t)]

where
k
=
discount
rate
of
7
percent;
and
t
=
life
of
permit
(
10
years).
4
EPA
estimates
that
each
facility
will
pay
an
annual
cost
of
$
78
for
its
file
cabinet.
This
equates
to
a
total
annual
capital
cost
of
$
546
for
all
seven
facilities
(
i.
e.,
7
x
$
78
=
$
546).
This
capital
cost
is
shown
in
Exhibit
3.

Operation
and
Maintenance
Costs
Operation
and
maintenance
(
O&
M)
costs
are
those
costs
associated
with
a
paperwork
requirement
incurred
continually
over
the
life
of
the
ICR.
They
are
defined
by
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
of
1995
as
"
the
recurring
dollar
amount
of
costs
associated
with
O&
M
or
purchasing
services."
For
this
ICR,
O&
M
costs
include:

°
Newspaper
advertisement:
EPA
estimates
that
a
permit
applicant
will
incur
a
cost
of
$
36.84
for
a
four­
line
announcement
in
a
newspaper
of
general
circulation
in
the
county
or
equivalent
jurisdiction
that
hosts
the
proposed
location
of
the
facility.

°
Broadcast
media
announcement:
EPA
assumes
that
the
radio
broadcast
will
be
a
public
service.
Therefore,
the
applicant
will
incur
no
costs
for
the
radio
announcement.

°
Meeting
materials:
EPA
estimates
that
a
permit
applicant
will
incur
a
cost
of
$
30
for
100
copies
of
a
three­
piece
handout
(
i.
e.,
300
pages
@
$
0.10/
page)
and
$
2.38
for
tapes
to
record
the
meeting
(
i.
e.,
2
tapes
@
$
1.19/
tape).

°
Space
rental:
EPA
assumes
that
a
permit
applicant
will
conduct
the
pre­
application
5
RCRAInfo
is
EPA's
comprehensive
information
system
on
hazardous
waste
generation
and
management
facilities.
RCRAInfo
characterizes
facility
status,
regulated
activities,
and
compliance
histories
and
captures
detailed
data
on
the
generation
and
management
of
hazardous
waste.

6
EPA
referred
to
the
PEVENT
table
of
the
Permit,
Closure
and
Post­
Closure
Module
in
RCRAInfo
to
ascertain
the
permit
data.

7
In
ascertaining
the
number
of
new
permit
applications,
EPA
identified
records
with
a
permit
event
code
of
"
OP020"
(
i.
e.,
Part
B
Received).
In
ascertaining
the
number
of
permit
renewals,
EPA
identified
records
with
a
permit
event
code
of
"
OP270"
(
i.
e.,
Permit
Expires).

12
public
meeting
in
a
community
center.
Thus,
the
applicant
will
incur
no
space
rental
costs.

°
Mailing
costs:
EPA
estimates
that
a
permit
applicant
will
incur
a
cost
of
$
2.22
to
mail
the
pre­
application
notice
to
the
permitting
agency
and
the
appropriate
units
of
State
and
local
government
(
i.
e.,
6
government
agencies
@
$
0.37/
agency
($
0.34
for
stamp
and
$
0.03
for
envelope)).
EPA
also
estimates
a
cost
of
$
92.50
for
mailing
a
written
notice
about
the
information
repository
to
all
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list
(
i.
e.,
250
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list
@
$
0.37/
individual).

These
O&
M
costs
are
shown
in
Exhibit
1.

6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
EPA
estimates
the
Agency
hour
and
cost
burden
associated
with
all
of
the
requirements
covered
in
this
ICR
in
Exhibit
2.

Describing
Agency
Activities
Notice
at
Application
Submittal.
To
estimate
the
number
of
facilities
for
which
the
Agency
will
have
to
provide
public
notice
at
application
submittal
in
each
year
covered
by
the
ICR,
EPA
referred
to
RCRAInfo.
5,
6
Based
on
RCRAInfo
data,
EPA
estimated
the
average
annual
number
of
Part
B
permit
applications
to
be
received
between
2005
and
2007
for
initial
permits
and
permit
renewals.
7
By
adding
these
two
estimates,
EPA
ascertained
the
number
of
application
submittals
for
which
the
Agency
will
have
to
provide
public
notice
during
the
threeyear
period
covered
in
the
ICR.
A
summary
of
EPA's
assumptions
is
presented
below:

°
Based
on
RCRAInfo
data,
EPA
estimates
that
26
initial
Part
B
permit
applications,
on
average,
will
be
received
annually
between
2005
and
2007.

°
RCRAInfo
indicates
that
53
Part
B
permits,
on
average,
will
expire
annually
between
2005
and
2007.
EPA
anticipates
that
ten
percent
of
these
permits
(
i.
e.,
5
8
Based
on
data
obtained
from
"
Exhibit
2:
Quantity
of
RCRA
Hazardous
Waste
Managed
and
Number
of
RCRA
TSD
Facilities,
by
State,
1999"
of
The
National
Biennial
RCRA
Hazardous
Waste
Report
(
Based
on
1999
Data)
(
June
2001).

9
EPA
referred
to
the
PEVENT
table
of
the
Permit,
Closure
and
Post­
Closure
Module
in
RCRAInfo
to
ascertain
the
permit
data.

10
In
ascertaining
the
number
of
trial
burns,
EPA
identified
records
with
the
following
permit
event
codes:
"
MO070"
(
i.
e.,
Operating
Permit
Modification,
Trial
Burn
Plan
Approved);
"
OP070"
(
i.
e.,
Operating
Permit,
Trial
Burn
Plan
Approved);
and
"
RD070"
(
i.
e.,
Research
and
Development,
Trial
Burn
Plan
Approved).

13
permits),
on
average,
will
not
be
renewed
annually.
Thus,
EPA
estimates
that
48
permits
(
i.
e.,
53
­
5
=
48),
on
average,
will
be
renewed
annually
between
2005
and
2007.

Based
on
the
above
assumptions,
EPA
estimates
that
the
Agency
will
have
to
provide
public
notice
at
application
submittal
for
74
facilities
per
year
(
i.
e.,
26
+
48
=
74).

Information
Repository.
The
Agency
Director
may
require
facilities
to
establish
information
repositories
at
any
point
during
the
permit
application
process,
or
during
the
life
of
the
permit.
EPA
anticipates
that
information
repositories
will
be
required
in
a
limited
number
of
situations.
Unlike
the
pre­
application
meeting
requirements,
facilities
submitting
post­
closure
permit
applications
or
modification
requests
(
e.
g.,
a
Class
3
modification
to
add
a
combustion
unit
or
to
begin
burning
dioxin)
could
also
potentially
be
required
to
establish
a
repository.

EPA
is
assuming
that
15
percent
of
the
estimated
31
annual
respondents
subject
to
the
pre­
application
meeting
requirements
(
i.
e.,
0.15
x
31
=
5
facilities)
will
be
required
to
set
up
a
repository
(
see
Section
6(
d)
for
a
description
of
the
respondent
universe
estimate
for
the
preapplication
requirements).
EPA
further
estimates
that
one
percent
of
the
total
universe
of
1,575
RCRA
treatment,
storage,
and
disposal
facilities
(
i.
e.,
0.01
x
1,575
=
16
facilities)
would
be
subject
to
the
repository
requirements
over
the
next
ten
years
(
i.
e.,
16
facilities/
10
years
=
2
facilities
per
year).
8
In
total,
EPA
estimates
that
seven
facilities
per
year
(
i.
e.,
5
+
2
=
7)
will
incur
the
costs
associated
with
the
information
repository.

Trial
Burn
Notice.
In
estimating
the
number
of
facilities
for
which
the
Agency
will
have
to
provide
public
notice
of
an
upcoming
trial
burn,
EPA
referred
to
RCRAInfo.
9
RCRAInfo
indicates
that
seven
trial
burn
plans,
on
average,
were
approved
annually
between
1998
and
2000.10
For
purposes
of
this
ICR,
EPA
assumes
that
the
same
number
will
be
approved
annually
between
2005
and
2007.
14
Estimating
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
Hours.
EPA
estimates
Agency
burden
hours
for
the
information
collection
requirements
associated
with
the
application
submittal
notice,
the
information
repository,
and
the
trial
burn
notice
requirements
in
Exhibit
2.
The
burden
estimates
for
each
activity
presented
in
Exhibit
2
include
the
burden
hours
(
total
and
by
labor
type)
per
respondent,
as
well
as
the
overall
burden
hours
associated
with
the
given
activities.

Labor
Costs.
EPA
estimates
an
average
hourly
labor
cost
(
labor
plus
overhead)
of
$
68.70
for
legal
staff,
$
64.26
for
managerial
staff,
$
56.02
for
technical
staff,
and
$
18.91
for
clerical
staff.
To
derive
these
estimates,
EPA
used
the
General
Schedule
(
GS)
Salary
Table
2005.
For
purposes
of
this
ICR,
EPA
assigned
staff
the
following
government
service
levels:

Legal
Staff
GS­
15,
Step
1
Managerial
Staff
GS­
14,
Step
4
Technical
Staff
GS­
12,
Step
5
Clerical
Staff
GS­
5,
Step
1
To
derive
hourly
estimates,
EPA
divided
annual
compensation
estimates
by
2,080,
which
is
the
number
of
hours
in
the
Federal
work­
year.
EPA
then
multiplied
hourly
rates
by
the
standard
government
overhead
factor
of
1.6.

Capital/
Start­
Up
Costs.
The
Agency
is
not
expected
to
incur
capital
costs
in
conducting
the
activities
covered
in
this
ICR.

Operation
and
Maintenance
Costs.
For
this
ICR,
O&
M
costs
to
the
Agency
include
the
costs
associated
with
a
public
notice
announcing
that
a
Part
B
permit
application
has
been
received
or
that
a
trial
burn
will
take
place.
For
the
announcement
of
receipt
of
a
RCRA
permit
application,
EPA
estimates
the
total
cost
of
each
public
notice
to
be
$
129.34.
This
cost
includes
the
cost
of
a
newspaper
announcement.
It
also
includes
mailing
costs
for
providing
a
written
notice
to
all
individuals
on
the
facility
mailing
list.
EPA
assumes
that
the
radio
announcement
will
be
a
public
service.
Thus,
the
Agency
will
incur
no
cost
for
a
radio
announcement.
For
the
announcement
of
a
trial
burn,
EPA
estimates
the
total
O&
M
cost
of
each
notice
to
be
$
92.50.
These
O&
M
costs
are
shown
in
Exhibit
2.

6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
Pre­
application
Public
Meeting
and
Notice
The
pre­
application
meeting
requirements
apply
to
all
facilities
applying
for
an
initial
RCRA
permit,
and
to
already
permitted
facilities
proposing
a
significant
change
in
facility
operations
(
i.
e.,
changes
equivalent
to
a
Class
3
modification)
at
renewal.
These
requirements
do
not
apply
to
other
renewal
applications
(
i.
e.,
those
that
do
not
include
significant
changes),
postclosure
applications,
or
routine
permit
modification
requests.
15
To
estimate
the
number
of
initial
RCRA
permits,
EPA
referred
to
RCRAInfo.
Based
on
RCRAInfo
data,
EPA
estimates
that
26
initial
Part
B
permit
applications,
on
average,
will
be
received
annually
between
2005
and
2007.

To
estimate
the
number
of
permit
renewals
involving
a
significant
change
in
facility
operations,
EPA
again
relied
on
RCRAInfo.
RCRAInfo
indicates
that
53
RCRA
permits,
on
average,
will
expire
annually
between
2005
and
2007.
Based
on
its
best
judgment,
EPA
anticipates
that
ten
percent
of
these
permits
(
i.
e.,
5
permits),
on
average,
will
not
be
renewed
each
year.
Thus,
EPA
estimates
that
48
permits
(
i.
e.,
53
­
5
=
48),
on
average,
will
be
renewed
annually
between
2005
and
2007.
EPA
assumes
that,
of
these
48
permits,
only
ten
percent
(
i.
e.,
48
x
0.10
=
5
permits)
will
involve
significant
changes
to
facility
operations
and
thus
be
subject
to
the
pre­
application
meeting
requirements.

Based
on
the
above
assumptions,
EPA
estimates
that
31
facilities
(
i.
e.,
26
+
5
=
31),
on
average,
will
be
subject
to
the
pre­
application
requirements
each
year.

Information
Repository
EPA
estimates
that,
each
year,
seven
facilities
will
incur
the
costs
associated
with
the
information
repository.
(
See
Section
6(
c)
for
a
description
of
the
universe
estimate
for
the
information
repository
requirements.)

6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
Respondent
Tally
Exhibit
3
shows
the
aggregate
annual
hour
and
cost
burden
to
respondents.
As
shown
in
the
exhibit,
EPA
estimates
the
annual
respondent
burden
to
be
3,005
hours
and
$
176,311.
The
bottom
line
burden
to
respondents
over
three
years
is
9,015
hours
and
$
528,933.

Agency
Tally
Exhibit
4
shows
the
aggregate
annual
hour
and
cost
burden
to
the
Agency.
As
shown
in
the
exhibit,
EPA
estimates
the
annual
Agency
burden
to
be
625
hours,
at
a
cost
of
$
37,589.
The
bottom
line
burden
to
the
Agency
over
three
years
is
1,875
hours,
at
a
cost
of
$
112,767.
16
Exhibit
1
Requirements
Regarding
Expanded
Public
Participation
Estimated
Annual
Respondent
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
Legal
Managerial
Technical
Clerical
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
$
105.54/
hr
$
81.60/
hr
$
64.19/
hr
$
28.29/
hr
Read
the
regulations
0.00
0.10
0.50
0.00
0.60
$
40.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
19
$
1,240
Prepare
notice
of
pre­
application
meeting
0.00
0.25
1.00
0.25
1.50
$
92.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
47
$
2,852
Prepare
multilingual
notice
of
pre­
application
meeting
0.00
0.00
3.50
1.00
4.50
$
253.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
140
$
7,843
Provide
for
publication/
posting/
broadcasting
of
the
notice
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.50
1.50
$
78.00
$
0.00
$
36.84
31
47
$
3,560
Provide
copy
of
pre­
application
meeting
notice
to
the
permitting
agency
and
appropriate
units
of
State
and
local
government
0.00
0.25
1.00
0.25
1.50
$
92.00
$
0.00
$
2.22
31
47
$
2,921
Retain
documentation
of
the
notice
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.50
0.50
$
14.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
16
$
434
Prepare
for
and
conduct
the
meeting
0.00
0.00
64.50
5.50
70.00
$
4,296.00
$
0.00
$
32.38
31
2,170
$
134,180
Prepare
meeting
summary
0.00
0.00
1.00
7.00
8.00
$
262.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
248
$
8,122
Copy
list
of
attendees
with
their
addresses
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
$
28.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
31
31
$
868
Subtotal
0.00
0.60
72.50
16.00
89.10
$
5,155.00
$
0.00
$
71.44
31
2,765
$
162,020
Read
the
regulations
0.00
0.10
0.50
0.00
0.60
$
40.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
4
$
280
Arrange
with
a
local
building
for
space
to
establish
the
information
repository
0.00
0.00
10.00
0.00
10.00
$
642.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
70
$
4,494
Provide
notice
of
repository
to
individuals
on
facility
mailing
list
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.50
2.50
$
107.00
$
0.00
$
46.25
7
18
$
1,073
Provide
multilingual
notice
of
repository
to
individuals
on
facility
mailing
list
0.00
0.00
3.50
1.00
4.50
$
253.00
$
0.00
$
46.25
7
32
$
2,095
Establish
the
information
repository
0.00
0.00
0.10
4.40
4.50
$
131.00
$
78.00
$
0.00
7
32
$
1,463
Maintain
the
information
repository
0.00
0.00
10.00
2.00
12.00
$
698.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
84
$
4,886
Subtotal
0.00
0.10
25.10
8.90
34.10
$
1,871.00
$
78.00
$
92.50
7
240
$
14,291
TOTAL
0.00
varies
varies
varies
varies
varies
varies
varies
varies
3,005
$
176,311
Hours
and
Costs
per
Respondent
Total
Hours
and
Costs
Pre­
Application
Public
Meeting
and
Notice
(
124.31)
Number
of
Respondents/

Activity
Total
Hours/

Year
Total
Cost/
Year
Respondent
Hours
Labor
Cost
Capital/
Startup
Costs
O&
M
Costs
Information
Repository
(
124.33)
17
Exhibit
2
Requirements
Regarding
Expanded
Public
Participation
Estimated
Annual
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
Legal
Managerial
Technical
Clerical
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
$
68.70/
hr
$
64.26/
hr
$
56.02/
hr
$
18.91/
hr
Provide
public
notice
at
application
submittal
0.00
0.00
1.50
1.50
3.00
$
112.00
$
0.00
$
83.09
74
222
$
14,437
Provide
multilingual
notice
0.00
0.00
3.50
1.00
4.50
$
215.00
$
0.00
$
46.25
74
333
$
19,333
Subtotal
0.00
0.00
5.00
2.50
7.50
$
327.00
$
0.00
$
129.34
74
555
$
33,770
Specify
contents
of
repository
0.00
0.50
1.00
0.15
1.65
$
91.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
12
$
637
Establish
requirements
for
informing
the
public
0.00
0.50
0.00
0.15
0.65
$
35.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
5
$
245
Subtotal
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.30
2.30
$
126.00
$
0.00
$
0.00
7
17
$
882
Provide
public
notice
prior
to
trial
burns
0.00
0.00
1.50
1.50
3.00
$
112.00
$
0.00
$
46.25
7
21
$
1,108
Provide
multilingual
notice
0.00
0.00
3.50
1.00
4.50
$
215.00
$
0.00
$
46.25
7
32
$
1,829
Subtotal
0.00
0.00
5.00
2.50
7.50
$
327.00
$
0.00
$
92.50
7
53
$
2,937
TOTAL
0.00
varies
varies
varies
varies
varies
$
0.00
varies
varies
625
$
37,589
Total
Hours
and
Costs
Hours
and
Costs
Per
Respondent
Notice
at
Application
Submittal
(
124.32)

Information
Repository
(
124.33(
b)
and
(
d))

Trial
Burn
Notice
(
270.62(
b)(
6)
and
(
d);
270.66(
d)(
3)
and
(
g))
Respondent
Hours
Labor
Cost
Capital
Startup
Costs
O&
M
Costs
Number
of
Respondents/

Activity
Total
Hours/

Year
Total
Cost/
Year
18
Exhibit
4
Total
Annual
Agency
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
Total
Hours
Total
Labor
Costs
Total
Capital
Cost
Total
O&
M
Costs
Total
Costs
Notice
at
Application
Submittal
555
$
24,198
$
0
$
9,572
$
33,770
Information
Repository
17
$
882
$
0
$
0
$
882
Trial
Burn
Notice
53
$
2,289
$
0
$
648
$
2,937
TOTAL
625
$
27,369
$
0
$
10,220
$
37,589
Exhibit
3
Total
Annual
Respondent
Hour
and
Cost
Burden
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITY
Total
Hours
Total
Labor
Costs
Total
Capital
Cost
Total
O&
M
Costs
Total
Costs
Pre­
Application
Public
Meeting
and
Notice
2,765
$
159,805
$
0
$
2,215
$
162,020
Information
Repository
240
$
13,097
$
546
$
648
$
14,291
TOTAL
3,005
$
172,902
$
546
$
2,863
$
176,311
19
6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
This
ICR
assumes
no
change
in
the
annual
hourly
burden
for
respondents
and
agency.
The
change
in
cost
burden
estimates
are
based
on
current
labor
rates.
Labor
rates
of
course
increase
over
time.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
The
estimated
reporting
or
recordkeeping
burdens
include
the
time
to
read
the
regulations
and
prepare
the
required
information
for
activities
analyzed
in
this
ICR.
EPA
developed
weighted
average
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
estimates
based
on
the
number
of
respondents
subject
to
each
of
the
requirements.

The
reporting
burden
is
associated
with
activities
related
to
both
the
pre­
application
meeting,
estimated
to
average
88.0
hours,
and
to
the
information
repository,
estimated
to
average
7.0
hours.
Thirty­
one
facilities
will
conduct
activities
associated
with
the
pre­
application
meeting,
five
of
those
facilities
will
also
conduct
recordkeeping
activities
related
to
the
information
repository,
and
two
additional
facilities
will
conduct
activities
related
to
the
information
repository
(
these
two
facilities
are
not
subject
to
the
pre­
application
requirements).
Thus,
the
weighted
average
reporting
burden
for
respondents
is
estimated
to
be
84.2
hours.

The
recordkeeping
burden
is
associated
with
activities
related
to
both
the
pre­
application
meeting,
estimated
to
average
1.1
hours
(
to
retain
documentation),
and
to
the
information
repository,
estimated
to
average
27.1
hours.
Thirty­
one
facilities
will
conduct
activities
associated
with
the
pre­
application
meeting,
five
of
those
facilities
will
also
conduct
recordkeeping
activities
related
to
the
information
repository,
and
two
additional
facilities
will
conduct
activities
related
to
the
information
repository.
Thus,
the
weighted
average
recordkeeping
burden
for
respondents
is
estimated
to
be
6.8
hours.

Burden
means
the
total
time,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
resources
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
utilize
technology
and
systems
for
the
purpose
of
collecting,
validating,
and
verifying
information,
processing
and
maintaining
information,
and
disclosing
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
Part
9
and
48
CFR
Chapter
15.

To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
RCRA­
2005­
0005,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
RCRA
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
RCRA
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
0270.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
20
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
RCRA­
2005­
0005
and
OMB
control
number
2050­
0149
in
any
correspondence.

Part
B
of
the
Supporting
Statement
This
part
is
not
applicable.
