[Federal Register: January 24, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 16)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0418, FRL 8520-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identification, Listing and
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1189.20, OMB Control
Number 2050-0053
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 25,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2007-0418, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Docket (2822T),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
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Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chichang Chen, Office of Solid Waste
(5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0441; fax number:
(703) 308-0514; e-mail address: chen.chichang@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 September 7, 2007 (72 FR 51439), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments on this
ICR. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0418, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at 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. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Identification, Listing and Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal).
ICR Number: EPA ICR Number 1189.20, OMB Control Number 2050-0053.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Under the authority of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, Congress directed the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a comprehensive
program for the safe management of hazardous waste. In addition,
Congress wrote that ``[a]ny person may petition the Administrator for
the promulgation, amendment or repeal of any regulation'' under RCRA
(section 7004(a)).
40 CFR Parts 260 and 261 contain provisions that allow regulated
entities to apply for petitions, variances, exclusions, and exemptions
from various RCRA requirements. In this ICR, EPA presents a
comprehensive description of these paperwork requirements and estimates
the total annual burden and cost to respondents and the government.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this ICR
is estimated to average 27 hours per response, and the annual
recordkeeping burden for this ICR is estimated to average 2 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
which have subsequently changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Business/industries subject to the
regulations under 40 CFR Parts 260 and 261.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,535.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 73,752 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $11,917,572 (includes
$9,239,315 annualized O&M costs and $2,678,259 annualized labor costs).
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,177 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The burden decrease is an adjustment to the
existing estimates based on data gathered through consultations with
EPA Regional and State offices and the regulated community, not due to
program changes.
Dated: January 17, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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