[Federal Register: July 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2005-0002; FRL-7940-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous
Waste Management, EPA ICR Number 0969.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0041
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 July 31, 2005.
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 August 19,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0002, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
email to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Docket, mail code 5305T, 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: Kathleen Rafferty, Office of Solid
Waste, mail code 5303W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-0589; fax number: 703-308-8609; email address:
rafferty.kathy@epamail.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 March 30, 2005 (70 FR 16265), 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-2005-0002, 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: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management.
Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable EPA to
properly determine whether the State's program meets the requirements
of section 3006 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). A
State with an approved program may voluntarily transfer program
responsibilities to EPA by notifying EPA of the proposed
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transfer, as required by, 40 CFR 271.23. Further, EPA may withdraw a
State's authorized program under Sec. 271.23.
State program revision may be necessary when the controlling
Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is modified or
supplemented. In the event that the State is revising its program by
adopting new Federal requirements, the State shall prepare and submit
modified revisions of the program description, Attorney General's
statement, Memorandum of Agreement, or such other documents as EPA
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform EPA of any proposed
modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority in
accordance with section 271.21. If a State is proposing to transfer all
or any part of any program from the approved State agency to any other
agency, it must notify EPA in accordance with section 271.21 and submit
revised organizational charts as required under Sec. 271.6, in
accordance with section 271.21. These paperwork requirements are
mandatory under section 3006(a). EPA will use the information submitted
by the State in order to determine whether the State's program meets
the statutory and regulatory requirements for authorization.
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 400
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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are the Federal Government, and State, Local, or Tribal
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,968 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital and O&M Cost Burden: $0.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14280 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]
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