Document
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2589.06, OMB Control No. 2050-0221
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the information collection request (ICR), "Safe Management of Recalled Airbags Rule (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 2589....
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 2025. 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.
This document allows 60 days for public comments. 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
https://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
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate forms of information technology. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA will issue another
Federal Register
document to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract:
The collection of information is necessary in order to ensure that the hazardous waste airbag modules and airbag inflators exempted under this rule are safely disposed of and that defective airbag modules and airbag inflators are not reinserted into vehicles where they would pose an unreasonable risk of death or serious injury. Information collection activities include maintaining at the airbag handler for no less than three years records of (1) all off-site shipments and (2) confirmations of receipt of airbag waste.
Form numbers:
None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Business or other for-profit.
Respondent's obligation to respond:
Required to obtain or retain a benefit (sections 2002, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3006, 3010, and 3017 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act).
Estimated number of respondents:
15,175.
Frequency of response:
On occasion.
Total estimated burden:
4,270 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost:
$13,322 (per year), which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates:
The burden hours are likely to stay substantially the same.
Dated: April 21, 2025.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.