81 FR 8061 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 31 (February 17, 2016)

The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ``General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1571.11, OMB Control No. 2050-0120) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 29, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 65999) on October 28, 2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8061-8062]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03151]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2015-0606; FRL-9942-33-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; General Hazardous Waste Facility Standards 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``General

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Hazardous Waste Facility Standards (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1571.11, 
OMB Control No. 2050-0120) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through February 29, 2016. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 65999) on 
October 28, 2015 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 
an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the 
ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the 
public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 18, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2015-0606, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-8753; fax number: 703-308-8617; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Section 3004 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (RCRA), as amended, requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency develop standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and 
disposal facilities (TSDFs) as may be necessary to protect human health 
and the environment. Subsections 3004(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
specify that these standards include, but not be limited to, the 
following requirements:
     Maintaining records of all hazardous wastes identified or 
listed under subtitle C that are treated, stored, or disposed of, and 
the manner in which such wastes were treated, stored, or disposed of;
     Operating methods, techniques, and practices for 
treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste;
     Location, design, and construction of such hazardous waste 
treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;
     Contingency plans for effective action to minimize 
unanticipated damage from any treatment, storage, or disposal of any 
such hazardous waste; and
     Maintaining or operating such facilities and requiring 
such additional qualifications as to ownership, continuity of 
operation, training for personnel, and financial responsibility as may 
be necessary or desirable.
    The regulations implementing these requirements are codified in 40 
CFR parts 264 and 265. The collection of this information enables the 
EPA to properly determine whether owners/operators or hazardous waste 
treatment, storage, and disposal facilities meet the requirements of 
Section 3004(a) of RCRA.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Hazardous Waste Operators, State/
Local/Tribal governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA section 3004).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,872.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 672,417 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $41,759,144 (per year), includes $533,525 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-03151 Filed 2-16-16; 8:45 am]
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