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What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are Businesses 

and other for-profit as well as State, 

local, or Tribal governments. 

Title: RCRA Expanded Public 

Participation. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1688.07, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0149. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 

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: Section 7004(b) of RCRA 

gives EPA broad authority to provide 

for, encourage, and assist public 

participation in the development, 

revision, implementation, and 

enforcement of any regulation, 

guideline, information, or program 

under RCRA. In addition, the statute 

specifies certain public notices (i.e., 

radio, newspaper, and a letter to 

relevant agencies) that EPA must 

provide before issuing any RCRA 

permit. The statute also establishes a 

process by which the public can dispute 

a permit and request a public hearing to 

discuss it. EPA carries out much of its 

RCRA public involvement at 40 CFR 

Parts 124 and 270. 

Burden Statement: The annual 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 88.0 

hours, and the annual recordkeeping 

burden is estimated to average 4 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 33. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: One. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

3,005 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$180,288, which includes $176,791 for 

annualized labor costs and $3,497 for 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact 

Michael Pease at (703) 308–0008 or 

pease.michael@epa.gov. 

Dated: November 22, 2011. 

Suzanne Rudzinski, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–0923, FRL–9500–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Revisions to the 

RCRA Definition of Solid Waste 

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 the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

renew an existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) concerning the 

definition of Solid Waste. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 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 February 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2011–0923, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: rcra-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Room 3334, Washington, DC 

20460. 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–RCRA–2011– 

0923. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 


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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 www.regulations.gov 

or email. The 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 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/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Huggins, Materials Recovery 

and Waste Management Division, Office 

of Resource Conservation and Recovery, 

(5304P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2733 South Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0017; fax number: 

(703) 308–0514; email address: 

huggins.richard@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–RCRA–2002–0031, 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 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 566– 

0270. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the 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 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. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action include 

approximately 5,600 facilities in 280 

industries in 21 economic sectors that 

generate or recycle hazardous secondary 

materials that are currently regulated as 

RCRA Subtitle C hazardous wastes (e.g., 

secondary materials, such as industrial 

co-products, by-products, residues, and 

unreacted feedstocks). Approximately 

60% of these affected facilities are 

classified in NAICS code economic 

sectors 31, 32, and 33 (manufacturing). 

The remaining economic sectors, which 

have more than ten affected industries 

each, are in NAICS codes 48 

(transportation), 42 (wholesale trade), 

and 56 (administrative support, waste 

management and remediation). 

Title: Revisions to the RCRA 

Definition of Solid Waste. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2310.01, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0202. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2012. 

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: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) has published 

final revisions to the definition of solid 

waste that exclude certain hazardous 

secondary materials from regulation 

under Subtitle C of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 

as amended. The information 

requirements help ensure that (1) 

entities operating under the regulatory 

exclusions contained in today’s action 

are held accountable to the applicable 

requirements; (2) state inspectors can 

verify compliance with the restrictions 

and conditions of the exclusions when 

needed; and (3) hazardous secondary 

materials exported for recycling are 

actually handled as commodities 

abroad. 

Burden Statement: 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 


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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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

For the recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements applicable to hazardous 

secondary materials sent for 

reclamation, the aggregate annual 

burden to respondents over the threeyear period covered by this ICR is 

estimated to be 11,552 hours, with a 

cost to affected entities (i.e., industrial 

facilities) of $1,417,242. However, this 

represents an annual reduction in 

burden to respondents of 52,050 hours, 

representing a cost reduction of 

$3,474,035 per year. The estimated 

annual operation and maintenance costs 

to affected entities are $739,469 per 

year, primarily for purchasing audit or 

other similar type reports. There are no 

startup costs and no costs for purchases 

of services. Administrative costs to the 

Agency are estimated to be 1,257 hours 

per year, representing an annual cost of 

$49,891. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: November 22, 2011. 

Suzanne Rudzinski, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9500–1] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of Three Total Maximum 

Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability for comment on the 

administrative record files and the 

calculations of three TMDLs prepared 

by EPA Region 6. This notice covers 

waters in the State of Louisiana’s Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin that were identified 

as impaired on the States Section 303(d) 

list. These TMDLs were completed in 

response to a court order in the lawsuit 

styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et 

al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before January 20, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the three 

TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733 or email: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. For further 

information, contact Diane Smith at 

(214) 665–2145 or fax (214)–665–7373. 

The administrative record files for the 

three TMDLs are available for public 

inspection at this address as well. 

Documents from the administrative 

record files may be viewed at http://

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/

tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 

or writing Ms. Smith at the above 

address. Please contact Ms. Smith to 

schedule an inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, 

two Louisiana environmental groups, 

the Sierra Club and Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network 

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal 

Court against the EPA, styled Sierra 

Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. 96– 

0527, (E.D. La.). Among other claims, 

plaintiffs alleged that the EPA failed to 

establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely 

manner. The EPA proposes these three 

TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree 

entered in this lawsuit. 

EPA Seeks Comment on Three TMDLs 

By this notice the EPA is seeking 

comment on the following three TMDLs 

for waters located within Louisiana: 

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

040505 ................. Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula River ............................................................................................. Dissolved oxygen. 

041201 ................. Bayou Labranche—Headwaters to Lake Pontchartrain (Scenic) (Estuarine) ......................................... Dissolved oxygen. 

041805 ................. Lake Borgne Canal (Violet Canal)—MS River siphon at Violet to Bayou Dupre (Scenic) (Estuarine) ... Dissolved oxygen. 

The EPA requests the public provide 

to the EPA any water quality related 

data and information that may be 

relevant to the calculations for the three 

TMDLs. The EPA will review all data 

and information submitted during the 

public comment period and will revise 

the TMDLs where appropriate. The EPA 

will then forward the TMDLs to the 

Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will 

incorporate the TMDLs into its current 

water quality management plan. 

Dated: November 28, 2011. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

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Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board 

Notice of Appointment of New FASAB 

Member 

AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3511(d), the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as 

amended, and the FASAB Rules Of 

Procedure, as amended in October 2010, 

notice is hereby given that Mr. Sam 


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