

[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0417; FRL-8520-6]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Generator 
Standards (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0820.10, OMB Control Number 2050-
0035

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2008.
    Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected burden and cost.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 25, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket number EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-0417, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Jim O'Leary, Office of Solid Waste, 
Mail Code 5304P, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 
308-8827; fax number: (703) 308-0514; e-mail address: 
oleary.jim@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 September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51437), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments on this 
ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0417, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 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 8:30 
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.
    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, Confidential Business Information (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: Hazardous Waste Generator Standards (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 820.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0035.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008. 
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: Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 
as amended, Congress directed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
to implement a comprehensive program for the safe management of 
hazardous waste. The core of the national waste management program is 
the regulation of hazardous waste from generation to transport to 
treatment and eventual disposal, or from ``cradle to grave.''
    This ICR addresses the following categories of informational 
requirements in part 262: pre-transport requirements for both large 
(LQG) and small (SQG) quantity generators; storage requirements in 
tanks, containment buildings and drip pads; air emission standards 
requirements for LQGs (referenced in 40 CFR Part 265, Subparts AA and 
BB); recordkeeping and reporting requirements for LQGs and SQGs; and 
export requirements for LQGs and SQGs (i.e., notification of intent to 
export and annual reporting).
    This collection of information is necessary to help generators and 
EPA: (1) Identify and understand the waste streams being generated and 
the hazards associated with them; (2) determine whether employees have 
acquired the necessary expertise to perform their jobs; and (3) 
determine whether LQGs have developed adequate procedures to respond to 
unplanned sudden or non-sudden releases of hazardous waste or hazardous 
constituents to air, soil, or surface water. This information is also 
needed to help EPA determine whether tank systems are operated in a 
manner that is fully protective of human health and the environment and 
to ensure that releases to the environment are managed quickly and 
efficiently.
    Additionally, this information contributes to EPA's goal of 
preventing contamination of the environment from hazardous waste 
accumulation practices, including contamination from equipment leaks 
and process vents. Export information is needed to ensure that:(1) 
Foreign governments consent to U.S. exported wastes; (2) exported waste 
is actually managed at facilities listed in the original notifications; 
and (3) documents are available for compliance audits and enforcement 
actions. In general, these requirements contribute to EPA's goal of 
preventing contamination of the environment.
    Burden Statement: The average public reporting under this 
collection of information is estimated to be 2.78 hours per respondent. 
The average public recordkeeping burden under this collection of 
information is estimated to be 0.05 hours. 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 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 101,500.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally and biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 286,866.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,321,660. This includes $22,770 in 
annualized capital costs, $15,473 in O&M costs, and $11,283,417 in 
Respondent Labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 166,217 annual 
hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB 
Inventory of Approved ICR Burden of 453,083 hours. This change 
primarily results from a decrease of 22,882 facilities, as well as

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a change in assumptions associated with such categories as containment 
buildings, and contingency planning resulting in the reduction of 
additional burden hours.

    Dated: January 17, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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