[Federal Register: March 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2003-0020, FRL-7627-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1442.18, OMB Control Number 2050-0085
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 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 February 29,
2004. 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 estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 31,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2003-0020, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to rcra-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Docket Information
Center, 5303T, 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: Peggy Vyas, Office of Solid Waste,
5302W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703/308-5477, fax number: 703/
308-8433, e-mail address: 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 August 28, 2003 (68 FR 51773), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. RCRA-2003-0020, which is available for public viewing at the RCRA
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 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, 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 and OMB
within 30 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. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket
.
Title: Land Disposal Restrictions (Renewal).
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.
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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6
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; 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: Business and government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 129,584.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 822,708.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $108,980,482 which includes $31,703
annualized capital and $59,851,735 O&M costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 359,904 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a decrease in the
respondent universe, as well as decreases in the burden assumptions.
The assumptions for the burden associated with understanding the
regulations, calculated when the regulations were new, have been
revised after consultations with respondents.
Dated: February 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-4470 Filed 2-27-04; 8:45 am]
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