[Federal Register: November 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 227)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2004-0013, FRL-7842-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements,
EPA ICR Number 959.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0033
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2005. Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 25, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2004-0013 to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to: RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, OSWER Docket (5305T), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Rasmussen, Office of Solid Waste
(5303W), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308-8399, or by e-mail
rasmussen.sara@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established an official public
docket for this ICR under Docket ID number RCRA-2004-0013. Documents in
the official public docket are listed in the index list in EPA's
electronic public docket and comment system, EDOCKET. Documents may be
available either electronically or in hard copy. Electronic documents
may be viewed through EDOCKET. Hard copy documents may be viewed at the
OSWER Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102,
1301 Constitution Ave. 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 OSWER Docket
is (202) 566-0270. An electronic version of the public docket is
available through EDOCKET at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view
public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public
docket, 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.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a
comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference
to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET.
Title: Facility Ground-water Monitoring Requirements, OMB Control
Number 2050-0033, EPA ICR Number 0959.12, expiration date January 31,
2005.
Abstract: This ICR examines the ground-water monitoring standards
for permitted and interim status facilities at 40 CFR parts 264 and
265, as specified. The ground-water monitoring requirements for
regulated units follow a tiered approach whereby releases of hazardous
contaminants are first detected (detection monitoring), then confirmed
(compliance monitoring), and if necessary, are required to be cleaned
up (corrective action). Each of these tiers requires collection and
analysis of ground-water samples. Owners or
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operators that conduct ground-water monitoring are required to report
information to the oversight agencies on releases of contaminants and
to maintain records of ground-water monitoring data at their
facilities. The goal of the ground-water monitoring program is to
prevent and quickly detect releases of hazardous contaminants to
groundwater, and to establish a program whereby any contamination is
expeditiously cleaned up as necessary to protect human health and
environment. Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
of 1976 (RCRA) creates a comprehensive program for the safe management
of hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA requires owners and operators
of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste to
comply with standards established by EPA that are intended to protect
the environment. Section 3005 provides for implementation of these
standards under permits issued to owners and operators by EPA or
authorized States. Section 3005 also allows owners and operators of
facilities in existence when the regulations came into effect to comply
with applicable notice requirements to operate until a permit is issued
or denied. This statutory authorization to operate prior to permit
determination is commonly known as ``interim status.'' Owners and
operators of interim facilities also must comply with standards set
under Section 3004.
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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 118
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 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; 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: Entities that operate surface
impoundments, waste piles, land treatment units, and landfills which
manage hazardous waste regulated under RCRA.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 824.
Frequency of Response: Semi annual monitoring; additional sampling
and monitoring may be required if contaminants are detected.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 96,913.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $16,737,560.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to 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,
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.
Dated: November 15, 2004.
Maria Parisi Vickers,
Deputy Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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