4296 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 18 / Friday, January 27, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–0626, FRL 9511–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Facility Ground-Water 

Monitoring Requirements (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2011–0626, to (1) EPA, either 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: RCRA 

Docket (28221T), 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: 

William Schoenborn, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery (mail code 

5303P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (703) 308–8483; fax number: 

(703) 308–8433; email address: 

schoenborn.william@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 9, 2011 (76 FR 48859), 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–2011–0626, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/ 

DC 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. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

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 www.regulations.gov 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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Facility Ground-Water 

Monitoring Requirements (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0959.14, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0033. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on January 31, 2012. 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 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: This ICR examines the 

ground-water monitoring standards for 

permitted and interim status facilities at 

40 CFR parts 264 and 265, as specified. 

The ground-water monitoring 

requirements for regulated units follow 

a tiered approach whereby releases of 

hazardous contaminants are first 

detected (detection monitoring), then 

confirmed (compliance monitoring), and 

if necessary, are required to be cleaned 

up (corrective action). Each of these 

tiers requires collection and analysis of 

ground-water samples. Owners or 

operators that conduct ground-water 

monitoring are required to report 

information to the oversight agencies on 

releases of contaminants and to 

maintain records of ground-water 

monitoring data at their facilities. The 

goal of the ground-water monitoring 

program is to prevent and quickly detect 

releases of hazardous contaminants to 

groundwater, and to establish a program 

whereby any contamination is 

expeditiously cleaned up as necessary 

to protect human health and 

environment. Subtitle C of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 

(RCRA) creates a comprehensive 

program for the safe management of 

hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA 

requires owners and operators of 

facilities that treat, store, or dispose of 

hazardous waste to comply with 

standards established by EPA that are to 

protect the environment. Section 3005 

provides for implementation of these 

standards under permits issued to 

owners and operators by EPA or 

authorized States. Section 3005 also 

allows owners and operators of facilities 

in existence when the regulations came 

into effect to comply with applicable 

notice requirements to operate until a 

permit is issued or denied. This 

statutory authorization to operate prior 

to permit determination is commonly 

known as ‘‘interim status.’’ Owners and 

operators of interim status facilities also 

must comply with standards set under 

Section 3004. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 103 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 


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Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are Business or other for-profit; 

and State, Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

818. 

Frequency of Response: quarterly, 

semi-annually, and annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

84,391. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$18,322,083, includes $3,770,485 

annualized labor costs and $14,551,598 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 37,186 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This is due to a decrease in the 

universe from 989 facilities to 818 

facilities. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1745 Filed 1–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0078; FRL–9623–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Reporting Under 

EPA’s Landfill Methane Outreach 

Program; EPA ICR No. 1849.06 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on 04/30/ 

2012. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0078 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax Number: (202) 566–9744. 

• Phone Number: (202) 566–1742. 

• Mail: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0078, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC 20460 (Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 

0078). Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 

0078. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available on line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/index.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Ludwig, Climate Change 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, 6207J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9291; fax 

number: (202) 343–2202; email address: 

ludwig.victoria@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2003–0078, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 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 the Air and 

Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the existing approved 

Information Collection Request EPA ICR 

No. 1849.05, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and 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 in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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 automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 


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