[Federal Register: March 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 56)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and
Hazardous Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste
Manifest System
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Requirements for Generators,
Transporters, and Hazardous Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA
Hazardous Waste Manifest System, EPA ICR No. 0801.14, OMB Control
Number 2050-0039, expiration date March 31, 2002. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost;
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 22, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0801.14 and OMB
Control No. 2050-0039, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Susuan
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-mail at
Auby.Susan@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 0801.14. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Bryan Groce at 703-308-8750,
groce.bryan@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Hazardous
Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest
System, OMB Control No. 2050-0039, EPA ICR No. 0801.14, expiring March
31, 2002. This is a request for an extension of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as
amended, establishes a national program to assure that hazardous waste
management practices are conducted in a manner that is protective of
human health and the environment. EPA's authority to require compliance
with the manifest system stems primarily from RCRA section 3002(a)(5).
This section mandates a hazardous waste manifest ``system'' to assure
that all hazardous waste generated is designated for and arrives at the
appropriate treatment, storage, and disposal facility. An essential
part of this manifest system is the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
(Form 8700-22A). The manifest is a tracking document that accompanies
the waste from its generation site to its final disposition. The
manifest lists the wastes that are being shipped and the final
destination of the waste. The manifest system is a self-enforcing
mechanism that requires generators, transporters, and owner/operators
of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to participate in
hazardous waste tracking. In addition the manifest provides information
to transporters and waste management facility workers on the hazardous
nature of the waste, identifies wastes so that they can be managed
appropriately in the event of an accident, spill, or leak, and ensures
that shipments of hazardous waste are managed properly and delivered to
their designated facilities.
This system does not ordinarily involve intervention on the part of
EPA unless hazardous wastes do not reach their point of disposition
within a specified time frame. In most cases, RCRA-authorized States
operate the manifest system, and requirements may vary among authorized
States.
EPA believes manifest requirements and the resulting information
collection mitigate potential hazards to human health and the
environment by ensuring that hazardous waste is sent to and received by
appropriate treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, by initiating
appropriate response actions if a shipment does not reach its intended
destination, and by providing necessary emergency response information
in the event of an accident, spill, or leak during transportation.
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 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection
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of information was published on November 27, 2001 (66 FR 59248); no
comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.52
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: Hazardous Waste Generators,
Transporters, and Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 145,974.
Frequency of Response: Per shipment of hazardous waste.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,612,539 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $ 2,416.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 0801.14 and OMB Control No. 2050-0039 in any
correspondence.
Dated: March 15, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-6998 Filed 3-21-02; 8:45 am]
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