
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 241 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78225-78226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31541]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0110; FRL-9940-16-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Categorical Non-Waste Determination for 
Selected Non Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM): Construction and 
Demolition Wood, Paper Recycling Process Residuals, and Creosote-
Treated Railroad Ties (Additions to List of Section 241.4 Categorical 
Non-Waste Fuels)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Categorical Non-Waste 
Determination for Selected Non Hazardous Secondary Materials (NHSM): 
Construction and Demolition Wood, Paper Recycling Process Residuals, 
and Creosote-Treated Railroad Ties (Additions to List of Section 241.4 
Categorical Non-Waste Fuels)'' (EPA ICR No. 2493.01, OMB Control No. 
2050-XXXX) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.). This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 
21006) on April 14, 2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 15, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2013-0110, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: Jesse Miller, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management 
Division, MC 5302P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-1180; fax 
number: (703) 308-0522; email address: miller.jesse@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 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.
    Abstract: EPA published the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials 
(NHSM) Rule on March 21, 2011. Amendments to this rule were published 
in the Federal Register on February 7, 2013. These amendments provided 
clarification on certain issues on which EPA received new information, 
as well as specific targeted revisions. In addition, these amendments 
listed several NHSMs as categorical non-wastes when used as fuels. The 
Agency also indicated that we would consider

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adding additional materials to the categorical listings.
    The rule associated with this ICR Supporting Statement proposes to 
add three additional 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), including old 
corrugated cardboard (OCC) rejects, generated from the recycling of 
recovered paper and paperboard products and burned on-site 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. This ICR is a 
description of the indirect information collection requirements 
associated with the proposed rule. There are two burden categories 
associated with this action: reading and understanding the rule, and 
certification statements for affected facilities.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Generators, users, and potential 
users of the new materials proposed to be added to the list of 
categorical non-waste fuels.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary, required to obtain 
non-waste determinations for non-hazardous secondary materials (40 CFR 
part 241).
    Estimated number of respondents: 605 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 885 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $64,739 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This is a new collection.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-31541 Filed 12-15-15; 8:45 am]
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