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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0232; FRL-8461-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions 
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1442.19, OMB Control Number 2050-0085

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 26, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-0232, to (1) EPA, either online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

RCRA Docket (2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by mail 
to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Office of Solid Waste, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-308-5477; fax: 703-308-8433; e-
mail: vyas.peggy@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On April 17, 2007 (72 FR 19195), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0232, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

    Title: Land Disposal Restrictions (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1442.19, OMB Control No. 2050-0085.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for 
hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal as may be necessary to 
protect human health and the environment. Subsections 3004(d), (e), and 
(g) require EPA to promulgate regulations that prohibit the land 
disposal of hazardous waste unless it meets specified treatment 
standards described in subsection 3004(m).
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40, Part 268. EPA requires that 
facilities maintain the data outlined in this ICR so that the Agency 
can ensure that land disposed waste meets the treatment standards. EPA 
strongly believes that the recordkeeping requirements are necessary for 
the agency to fulfill its congressional mandate to protect human health 
and the environment.
    Burden Statement: The annual reporting burden for this ICR is 
roughly 85.3 hours per response. The annual recordkeeping burden for 
this ICR is roughly 5.96 hours per response. Burden means the total 
time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, 
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a 
Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; 
develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the 
purposes 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 which have subsequently 
changed; train personnel to be able to

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respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete 
and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Private sector and State, Local, or 
Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 195,710.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,166,337.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $131,913,786, which includes $50,946 
annualized capital and $88,731,016 O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 343,343 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the increase in the 
number of respondents, from 129,584 to 195,710. Particularly, the 
number of small quantity generators increased because a better method 
for counting them was used this time. The number of land disposal 
facilities also increased from 131, which came from the 2001 BRS 
estimate, to 464, which came from the 2005 BRS estimate from RCRAInfo.

    Dated: August 20, 2007.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-16913 Filed 8-24-07; 8:45 am]

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