Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices (RCRA 257)

Title: Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices, (RCRA 257), OMB Control Number 2050-0154; EPA ICR Number 1745.02, expiring on 9/30/99. This is a request for an extension of a currently approved collection. Abstract: 40 CFR part 257--subpart B, as required under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) to RCRA, established specific Criteria and reporting and recordkeeping provisions for owners and operators of non-municipal non-hazardous waste disposal units that receive CESQG hazardous wastes. The information collected, as a result of this rule, is used by States to regulate and ensure that non- municipal non-hazardous waste disposal units that receive CESQG hazardous wastes are complying with the final revisions contained in this rule. The information needs to be collected to ensure that States effectively implement and enforce this rule on a State level. The information to be collected is mandatory and must be submitted on an occasional basis. 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 number for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on March 15, 1999 (64 FR 12803). No comments were received. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 67 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, precessing 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: State, Local, or Tribal Governments, Business. Estimated Number of Respondents: 164. Frequency of Response: On Occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 10,962 hours. Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0. 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 following address.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1745.03 and OMB Control No. 2050-0154 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OP Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460; and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 27, 1999. Stephen T. Vineski, Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division. [FR Doc. 99-19730 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P