Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste
Activity (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0261.15, OMB Control Number 2050-0028
[Federal Register: April 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 77)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0013; FRL-8160-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Regulated Waste
Activity (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0261.15, OMB Control Number 2050-0028
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 April 30, 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 May 22, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2005-0013, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or by mail to: RCRA Docket (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: Toshia King, Office of Solid Waste,
mailcode 5303W, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-7033; fax
number: 703-308-8617; e-mail address: king.toshia@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 15, 2005 (70 FR 47837), 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-2005-0013, 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 B102, 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: Notification of Regulated Waste Activity (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0261.15, OMB Control No. 2050-0028.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on April 30,
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
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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: Section 3010 of Subtitle C of RCRA, as amended, requires
any person who generates or transports regulated waste or who owns or
operates a facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal (TSD) of
regulated waste to notify EPA of their activities, including the
location and general description of activities and the regulated wastes
handled. The facility is then issued an EPA Identification number. The
facilities are required to use the Notification Form (EPA Form 8700-12)
to notify EPA of their hazardous waste activities. EPA needs this
information to determine the universe of persons who generate, handle,
and manage these regulated wastes; assign EPA Identification Numbers;
and ensure that these regulated wastes are managed in a way that
protects human health and the environment, as required by RCRA, as amended.
EPA enters notification information submitted by respondents into
the EPA National data base and assigns EPA Identification Numbers. EPA
uses the information primarily for tracking purposes, and secondarily
for a variety of enforcement and inspection purposes. In addition, EPA
uses this information to identify the universe of regulated waste
generators, handlers, and managers and their specific regulated waste
activities. Finally, EPA uses this information to ensure that regulated
waste is managed properly, that statutory provisions are upheld, and
that regulations are adhered to by facility owners or operators.
Section 3007(b) of RCRA and 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, which defines
EPA's general policy on public disclosure of information, both contain
provisions for confidentiality. However, the Agency does not anticipate
that businesses will assert a claim of confidentiality covering all or
part of the Notification of Regulated Waste Activity. If such a claim
were asserted, EPA must and will treat the information in accordance
with the regulations cited above. EPA also will assure that this
information collection complies with the Privacy Act of 1974 and OMB
Circular 108.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2
hours per response for the initial notification, and 1 hour per
response for any subsequent notifications. 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 or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 55,915.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 100,307 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,690,000, includes $0 annualized
capital costs and $235,000 annualized O&M costs and $9,455,000 annual
labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 4,057 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to adjustments in the
estimate of the number of respondents submitting subsequent
notifications. Prior to this renewal, EPA did not have a consistent
mechanism in place to track subsequent notifications from state to
state. The information from the current database shows that the number
of respondents submitting subsequent notifications was underestimated
in the past.
Dated: April 10, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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