[Federal Register: December 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 240)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0624; FRL-8255-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions No-
Migration Variances (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1353.08, OMB Control
Number 2050-0062
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 December 31,
2006. 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 16,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2006-0624, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: RCRA Docket, Mail Code 5305T, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 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), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Office of Solid Waste
(Mail Code 5302W), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-5477; fax
number: 703-308-8686; 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 2, 2006 (71 FR 43735), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments 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-2006-0624, 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 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 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, 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: Land Disposal Restrictions No-Migration Variances (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1353.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0062.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on December
31, 2006. 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: To receive a variance from the hazardous waste land
disposal prohibitions, owner/operators of hazardous waste storage or
disposal facilities may petition the Environmental Protection Agency to
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allow land disposal of a specific restricted waste at a specific site.
The EPA Regional Offices will review the petitions and determine if
they successfully demonstrate ``no migration.'' The applicant must
demonstrate that hazardous wastes can be managed safely in a particular
land disposal unit, so that ``no migration'' of any hazardous
constituents occurs from the unit for as long as the waste remains
hazardous. If EPA grants the variance, the waste is no longer
prohibited from land disposal in that particular unit. If the owner/
operator fails to make this demonstration, or chooses not to petition
for the variance, best demonstrated available technology (BDAT)
requirements of 40 CFR 268.40 must be met before the hazardous wastes
are placed in a land disposal unit.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,168
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.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,168.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $211,275, which includes $121
annualized capital or O&M costs and $211,154 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens.
Dated: December 7, 2006.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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