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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: Final Authorization for 

Hazardous Waste Management Programs 

(Renewal) . 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0969.09, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0041. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 29, 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: In order for a State to obtain 

final authorization for a State hazardous 

waste program or to revise its previously 

authorized program, it must submit an 

official application to the EPA Regional 

office for approval. The purpose of the 

application is to enable EPA to properly 

determine whether the State’s program 

meets the requirements of § 3006 of 

RCRA. 

A State with an approved program 

may voluntarily transfer program 

responsibilities to EPA by notifying EPA 

of the proposed transfer, as required by 

section 271.23. Further, EPA may 

withdraw a State’s authorized program 

under section 271.23. 

State program revision may be 

necessary when the controlling Federal 

or State statutory or regulatory authority 

is modified or supplemented. In the 

event that the State is revising its 

program by adopting new Federal 

requirements, the State shall prepare 

and submit modified revisions of the 

program description, Attorney General’s 

statement, Memorandum of Agreement, 

or such other documents as EPA 

determines to be necessary. The State 

shall inform EPA of any proposed 

modifications to its basic statutory or 

regulatory authority in accordance with 

section 271.21. If a State is proposing to 

transfer all or any part of any program 

from the approved State agency to any 

other agency, it must notify EPA in 

accordance with section 271.21 and 

submit revised organizational charts as 

required under section 271.6, in 

accordance with section 271.21. These 

paperwork requirements are mandatory 

under § 3006(a). EPA will use the 

information submitted by the State in 

order to determine whether the State’s 

program meets the statutory and 

regulatory requirements for 

authorization. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 399 hours per 

response. For a State developing and 

revising a base program under RCRA 

and conducting public participation 

activities, EPA estimates that the 

reporting burden, with no associated 

recordkeeping burden, averages 0 hours 

per respondent. EPA does not expect 

any States to develop a program 

application or to submit a base program 

application over the three year period 

covered in this ICR. The reporting 

burden includes the time for developing 

each program component, allowing for 

public approval, and subsequently 

modifying and submitting the program 

to EPA. For a State submitting a revised 

program to EPA, the reporting burden is 

estimated to be 1,009 hours per year, 

with no associated recordkeeping 

burden. For a State whose program is 

being withdrawn, the reporting burden 

is estimated to average 207 hours, with 

no associated recordkeeping burden. 

EPA, however, does not expect that any 

State program will be withdrawn during 

the next three years. 

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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

58. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

19,968 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$680,790, which includes $680,790 

annualized labor costs and $0 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3981 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–0750; FRL–9512–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Requirements for 

Generators, Transporters, and Waste 

Management Facilities Under the 

RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest 

System (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 March 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2011–0750, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, RCRA Docket 

(28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 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: 

Bryan Groce, Office of Resource 


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Conservation and Recovery, Materials 

Recovery and Waste Management 

Division, (5304P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 308–8750; fax 

number: (703) 308–0514; email address: 

groce.bryan@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 September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58493), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. 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–2011–0750, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the 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: Requirements for Generators, 

Transporters, and Waste Management 

Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous 

Waste Manifest System (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0801.18, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0039. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 29, 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 0801.18 renews the 

existing information collection (ICR No. 

0801.16) for a three-year extension, 

thereby superseding and replacing the 

existing ICR. This ICR covers 

recordkeeping and reporting activities 

for the hazardous waste manifest paper 

system, under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). 

EPA’s authority to require use of a 

manifest system stems primarily from 

RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections 

3003(a)(3) and 3004.) Regulations are 

found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant 

organizations and generators), part 263 

(transporters), and parts 264 and 265 

Treatment, Storage, or Disposal Facility 

(TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes 

that are being shipped and the 

treatment, storage, or disposal facility 

(TSDF) to which the wastes are bound. 

Generators, transporters, and TSDFs 

handling hazardous waste are required 

to complete the data requirements for 

manifests and other reports primarily to: 

(1) Track each shipment of hazardous 

waste from the generator to a designated 

facility; (2) provide information 

requirements sufficient to allow the use 

of a manifest in lieu of a Department of 

Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or 

bill of lading, thereby reducing the 

duplication of paperwork to the 

regulated community; (3) provide 

information to transporters and waste 

management facility workers on the 

hazardous nature of the waste; (4) 

inform emergency response teams of the 

waste’s hazard in the event of an 

accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure 

that shipments of hazardous waste are 

managed properly and delivered to their 

designated facilities. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average about 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 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Registrant organizations (manifest 

printer registry), hazardous waste 

generators which ship hazardous waste 

off-site, hazardous waste transporters, 

and hazardous waste TSDFs (treatment, 

storage, disposal facilities). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

161,720. 

Frequency of Response: Once (each 

shipment) . 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,472,218. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$105,221,281, which includes 

$102,154,527 labor costs, $974,463 

annualized capital costs and $2,092,291 

annualized Operations & Maintenance 

(O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 270,904 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to 

adjustments to the entities affected by 

the respondent activities required for 

each information collection element 

discussed in the Information Collection 

Request supporting document. The 

number of entities affected decreased for 

this ICR renewal cycle. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3980 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0052; FRL–9338–4] 

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

any person who intends to manufacture 


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