[Federal Register: June 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 125)]
[Notices]
[Page 37818-37819]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr30jn05-82]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2005-0010, FRL-7930-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's
WasteWise program; EPA ICR Number 1698.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0139
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30,
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 August 29, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. RCRA-2005-
0010, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to
rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Heizenroth, Office of Solid
Waste, 5306W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0154; fax
number: (703) 308-8686; e-mail address: heizenroth.charles@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID No. RCRA-2005-0010, which is available for public
viewing 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 EPA Dockets (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. 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.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those business, institutions, and government agencies that voluntarily
sign up to participate in EPA's WasteWise program.
Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's
WasteWise program.
Abstract: EPA's voluntary WasteWise program encourages businesses
and other organizations to reduce solid waste through waste prevention,
recycling, and the purchase or manufacture of recycled-content
products. WasteWise participants include partners, which commit to
implementing waste reduction activities of their choice, and endorsers
which promote the WasteWise program and waste reduction to their
members.
The Partner Registration Form identifies an organization and its
facilities registering to participate in WasteWise, and requires the
signature of a senior official that can commit the organization to the
program. (This form can be submitted either electronically or in hard
copy.) Within six months of registering, each partner is asked to
conduct a waste assessment and submit baseline data and waste reduction
goals to EPA via the Annual Assessment Form. (This form can also be
submitted either electronically or in hard copy.) On an annual basis
partners are asked to report, via the Annual Assessment Form, on their
progress toward achieving their waste reduction goals by estimating
amounts of waste prevented and recyclables collected, and describing
buying or manufacturing recycled-content products. They can also
provide WasteWise with information on total waste prevention revenue,
total recycling revenue, total avoided purchasing costs due to waste
prevention, and total avoided disposal costs due to recycling and waste
prevention. Additionally, they are asked to submit new waste reduction
goals.
Endorsers, which are typically trade associations or state/local
governments, submit the Endorser Registration Form once during their
endorser relationship with WasteWise. (This form can be submitted
either electronically or in hard copy.) The Endorser Registration Form
identifies the organization, the principal contact, and the activities
to which the Endorser commits.
EPA's WasteWise program uses the submitted information to (1)
identify and recognize outstanding waste reduction achievements by
individual organizations, (2) compile aggregate results that indicate
overall accomplishments of WasteWise partners, (3) identify cost-
effective waste reduction strategies to share with other organizations,
and (4) identify topics on which to develop assistance and information
efforts.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
[[Page 37819]]
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is
estimated to average 1 hour per response for the Partner Registration
Form, 40 hours per response for the Annual Assessment Form, and 16
hours per response for the Endorser Registration Form. This results in
an estimated annual partner respondent burden of 41 hours for new
partners, 40 hours for established partners, and a one-time respondent
burden of 10 hours for endorsers.
The estimated number of respondents is 1,325 in Year 1; 1,425 in
Year 2; and 1,525 in Year 3. Estimated total annual burden on all
respondents is 52,350 hours in Year 1; 56,350 hours in Year 2; and
60,350 hours in Year 3.
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.
Dated: June 12, 2005.
Matt Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 05-12945 Filed 6-29-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P