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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 July 20, 2004 (69 FR 43411), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

OAR–2004–0089, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket, in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 

the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 

566–1742. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements 

for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban 

Buses (40 CFR Part 85, Subpart O) 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: Section 219(d) of the Clean 

Air Act, as amended in 1990, required 

that the EPA promulgate regulations for 

urban buses that: (a) Operate in 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or 

consolidated MSA’s with a 1980 

population of 750,000 or more; (b) are 

not subject to the 1994 or later urban 

bus standards; and (c) have their 

engines replaced or rebuilt after January 

1, 1995. The CAA Amendments require 

the subject urban buses be retrofitted to 

comply with an emission standard that 

reflects the best retrofit technology and 

maintenance practices reasonably 

achievable. Under these provisions, EPA 

set requirements for pre-1994 model 

year urban buses when urban bus 

engines are rebuilt or replaced. The 

program requires that the particulate 

emissions level of the urban bus engines 

be reduced to a level below the engines’

original particulate level through the 

use of retrofit/rebuild equipment that is 

certified by EPA. The program will 

phase itself out as pre-1994 urban buses 

are retired from fleets. Responses to the 

collection of information are mandatory. 

All the information required by this 

collection is needed for the 

implementation and the activities of 

various EPA programs. The information 

is collected by the Engine Programs 

Group, Certification and Compliance 

Division, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

Specific certification information 

submitted by manufacturers is held as 

confidential. Confidentiality of 

proprietary information is granted in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 

CFR part 2, and class determinations 

issued by EPA’s Office of General 

Counsel. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 129 hours per 

retrofit equipment manufacturer and 33 

hours per bus operator. 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:

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are manufacturers of retrofit 

equipment and urban bus fleet 

operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

41. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

on occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,457. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$186,148, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $111,401 annual 

O&M costs, and $74,747 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 2,252 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to 

changes in the estimated number of 

respondents. The decrease in burden is, 

therefore, due to an adjustment to the 

estimates.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26073 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[RCRA–2004–0005; FRL–7841–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Requirements and 

Exemptions for Specific RCRA Wastes 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1597.06, 

OMB Control Number 2050–0145

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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

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expire on November 30, 2004. 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 December 27, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number RCRA–

2004–0005, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

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: Tab 

Tesnau, Office of Solid Waste, Mail 

Code 5302W, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–605–0636; fax number: 

703–308–8617; e-mail address: 

tesnau.tab@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 April 26, 2004 (69 FR 22507), EPA 

sought comments on the ‘‘Storage, 

Treatment, and Disposal of Mixed 

Waste’’ ICR, and on June 25, 2004 (69 

FR 35594), EPA sought comments on 

the ‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements for Universal Waste 

Handlers and Destination Facilities’’

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments to either notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. RCRA–

2004–0005, which is available for public 

viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 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 the RCRA 

Docket is (202) 566–0270. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Requirements and Exemptions 

for Specific RCRA Wastes (Renewal). 

Abstract: In the 1976 Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 

as amended, Congress directs the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to develop and administer a 

comprehensive program for the safe 

management and disposal of hazardous 

waste. In 1980, EPA promulgated 

regulations in 40 CFR part 261–265 to 

comply with RCRA. EPA has since 

added to these regulations on many 

occasions. This ICR concerns two such 

additions. This ICR includes both the 

former ‘‘Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements for Universal Waste 

Handlers and Destination Facilities’’

ICR (EPA ICR Number 1597.04, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0145) and the 

‘‘Storage, Treatment, and Disposal of 

Mixed Waste’’ ICR (EPA ICR Number 

1922.02, OMB Control Number 2050–

0181).

In 1995, EPA promulgated regulations 

in 40 CFR part 273 that govern the 

collection and management of widelygenerated hazardous wastes known as 

‘‘Universal Wastes’’. Universal Wastes 

are wastes that are generated in nonindustrial settings by a vast community, 

and are present in non-hazardous waste 

management systems. Examples of 

Universal Wastes include certain 

batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing 

lamps and thermostats. The part 273 

regulations are designed to separate 

Universal Waste from the municipal 

wastestream by encouraging individuals 

and organizations to collect these wastes 

and to manage them in an appropriate 

hazardous waste management system. 

EPA distinguishes two types of handlers 

of Universal Wastes: Small quantity 

handlers of Universal Waste (SQHUW) 

and large quantity handlers of Universal 

Waste (LQHUW). SQHUWs do not 

accumulate more than 5,000 kg of any 

one category of Universal Waste at one 

time, while LQHUWs may accumulate 

quantities at or above this threshold. 

More stringent requirements are 

imposed on LQHUWs because of greater 

potential environmental risks. 

In 2001, EPA promulgated regulations 

in 40 CFR part 266 that provide 

increased flexibility to facilities 

managing wastes commonly known as 

‘‘Mixed Waste’’. Mixed Waste are lowlevel mixed waste (LLMW), and 

naturally occurring and/or acceleratorproduced radioactive material (NARM) 

containing hazardous waste. These 

wastes are also regulated by the Atomic 

Energy Act. As long as specified 

eligibility criteria and conditions are 

met, LLMW and NARM are exempt from 

the definition of hazardous waste as 

defined in part 261. Although these 

eligible wastes are exempted from RCRA 

manifest, transportation, and disposal 

requirements, they must still comply 

with the manifest, transportation, and 

disposal requirements under the NRC 

(or NRC-Agreement State) regulations. 

There are two conditional exemptions. 

The Storage and Treatment Conditional 

Exemption applies to any generator of 

LLMW who is licensed by NRC or an 

NRC Agreement State to manage 

radioactive materials. This exemption is 

available only to LLMW generated 

under a single NRC or NRC Agreement 

State license. LLMW generators must 

notify EPA of the LLMW storage units 

for which they are claiming an 

exemption, and must meet the 

conditions listed in section 266.230. 

This exemption is valid as long as the 

Mixed Waste meets the conditions, 

remains in a conditionally exempt 

storage unit, and is subject to NRC 

regulation. 

The Transportation and Disposal 

Conditional Exemption from the 

definition of hazardous waste applies to 

generators and treaters who send their 

treated waste to a commercial low-level 

radioactive waste disposal facility 

(LLRWDF) licensed by NRC or NRC 

Agreement State. The eligible LLMW or

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NARM waste would be exempted from 

RCRA Subtitle C once it is placed on the 

transportation vehicle bound for 

disposal at the LLRWDF. The waste 

could then be transported to the 

LLRWDF as strictly radioactive waste 

using an NRC Uniform LLW Manifest. 

Generators and treaters under the 

exemption must undertake the 

information collection requirements 

listed in section 266.345. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2 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:

Business, farms, State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

119,782. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

185,967. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$10,730,000, includes $2,000 annual 

startup/capital costs, $1,000 annual 

O&M costs and $10,727,000 annual 

labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 32,201 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to a 

decrease in the number of both large 

quantity Universal Waste handlers, as 

well as generators of Mixed Waste, since 

the last time this ICR was approved.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26074 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2004–0007; FRL–7841–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Public Water System 

Supervision Program (Renewal), EPA 

ICR Number 0270.42, OMB Control 

Number 2040–0090

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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 November 30, 2004.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 December 27, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OW–

2004–0007, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail 

Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB at: 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:

Richard P. Naylor, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, Mail Code 

4606M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202.564.3847; fax number: 

202.564.3755; e-mail address: 

naylor.richard@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 April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23743), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OW–

2004–0007, which is available for public 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 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 the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Public Water System 

Supervision Program (Renewal). 

Abstract: The Public Water System 

Supervision Program ICR examines 

public water system (PWS), primacy 

agency and EPA burden and costs for