[Federal Register: December 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 245)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0007, FRL-8013-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA Worker Protection Standards
for Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1426.07, OMB Control Number 2050-0105
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 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
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collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 12/31/2005. 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 January 23,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0007, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulation Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sella M. Burchette, U.S. EPA,
Environmental Response Team, MS 101, Building 18, Edison, NJ 08837;
telephone number: 732-321-6726; fax number: 732-321-6724; e-mail
address: burchette.sella@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 October 21, 2005 (70 FR 61284), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). No comments were received.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
number EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0007, which is available for public viewing at
the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Superfund 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 Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response Superfund Docket is (202) 566-0276. An electronic
version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov Use http://www.regulations.gov. 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 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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them
and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material,
confidential business information (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 http://www.regulations.gov.
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 http://www.regulations.gov For further information about the electronic docket go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste
Operation and Emergency Response (Renewal).
Abstract: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires EPA to set worker
protection standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous
waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not
have Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State
plans. The EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA
standards, extends to three categories of employees: those engaged in
clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, including corrective
actions at Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); employees
working at routine hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities,
and employees involved in emergency response operations without regard
to location. This ICR renews existing mandatory record keeping
collection of ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential
employee exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, maintaining
records of employee training, refresher training, medical exams and
reviewing emergency response plans.
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 recordkeeping burden for this
collection will remain unchanged from previous estimates and is
estimated to average 10.5 hours per site or event. Burden means to
total time, effort, and 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: State and local governments in the
27 States and 2 territories that do not have OSHA-approved plans under
section 18(b) of the OSH Act. The population affected by the EPA worker
protection standards includes State and local governments with
employees: (1) Engaged in routine hazardous waste operations at TSD
facilities regulated under RCRA; (2) engaged in clean-ups at
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, including corrective actions at
RCRA TSD facilities; and (3) engaged in emergency response without
regard to location.
Estimated number of respondents: Approximately 100 RCRA TSD
facilities or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and 23,900 State and
local police departments, fire departments or hazardous materials
teams.
Frequency of Response: Continuous maintenance of records.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 255,427.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,529,000, which includes $0 annual
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs and $3,529,000 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There are no changes in the estimates
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
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Dated: December 14, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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