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functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR are certified 

applicators and agricultural pesticide 

handlers, soil fumigant registrants, state 

and tribal lead agencies, and EPA. 

Title: Soil Fumigant Risk Mitigation. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2451.01. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070-[new]. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 Code 

of Federal Regulations (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 for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: EPA’s Office of Pesticide 

Programs, under the Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention, will 

use the information collected under this 

ICR to ensure that risk mitigation 

measures necessary for reregistration 

eligibility for certain soil fumigant 

chemicals are adequately implemented. 

The programs and activities represented 

in this new ICR are the result of the 

Agency exercising the authority of 

section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act, which authorizes EPA to require 

pesticide registrants to generate and 

submit data to the Agency, when such 

data are needed to maintain an existing 

registration of a pesticide. Responses to 

this collection of information are 

required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4.3 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 17,853. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 2.5. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

191,261. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$6,283,510. 

This includes an estimated burden 

cost of $6,283,510 and an estimated cost 

of $0 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

III. 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. 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 person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: June 21, 2012. 

James Jones 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Generator Standards 

Applicable to Laboratories Owned by 

Eligible Academic Entities (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 August 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2012–0163, to (1) EPA, either 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 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: 

Kristen Fitzgerald, (Mail Code 5304P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308– 

8286; fax number: 703–308–8827; email 

address: fitzgerald.kristen@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 March 20, 2012 (77 FR 16222), 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–2012–0163, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Resource Conservation 

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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: Generator Standards Applicable 

to Laboratories Owned by Eligible 

Academic Entities (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2317.02, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0204. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 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: The EPA has finalized an 

alternative set of generator requirements 

applicable to laboratories owned by 

eligible academic entities, as defined in 

the final rule. The rule, which 

established a new Subpart K within 40 

CFR part 262, provides a flexible and 

protective set of regulations that address 

the specific nature of hazardous waste 

generation and accumulation in 

laboratories owned by colleges and 

universities, and teaching hospitals and 

non-profit research institutes that are 

either owned by or formally affiliated 

with a college or university. In addition, 

the final rule allows colleges and 

universities and these other eligible 

academic entities formally affiliated 

with a college or university the 

discretion to determine the most 

appropriate and effective method of 

compliance with these requirements by 

allowing them the choice of managing 

their hazardous wastes in accordance 

with the new alternative regulations as 

set forth in Subpart K or remaining 

subject to the existing generator 

regulations. The rule requires that an 

eligible academic entity choosing to 

manage its unwanted materials will 

submit a Site Identification Form on a 

one-time basis to the appropriate EPA 

Regional Administrator or, when 

appropriate, State Director in authorized 

States that have adopted the final rule. 

EPA and States will use this information 

to identify the entities and sites subject 

to the Subpart K requirements and 

ensure that all of these sites are 

managing their unwanted materials in a 

manner that is protective of human 

health and the environment. 

When submitting the Site 

Identification Form, the eligible 

academic entity must, at a minimum, 

fill out the fields on the form that are 

specified at section 262.203(b)(1)–(11). 

Section 262.203(c) provides that an 

eligible academic entity must keep a 

copy of the notification on file at the 

eligible academic entity while its 

laboratories are subject to Subpart K. 

Section 262.203(d) provides that a 

teaching hospital that is not owned by 

a college or university must keep a copy 

of its formal written affiliation 

agreement with a college or university 

on file at the teaching hospital while its 

laboratories are subject to Subpart K. 

Section 262.203(e) provides that a nonprofit research institute that is not 

owned by a college or university must 

keep a copy of its formal written 

affiliation agreement with a college or 

university on file at the non-profit 

research institute while its laboratories 

are subject to Subpart K. An eligible 

academic entity must submit a separate 

notification of withdrawal (Site 

Identification Form) for each EPA 

Identification Number (or site, for 

conditionally exempt small quantity 

generators) that is withdrawing from the 

requirements of Subpart K. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average .04 hours per 

response. The hourly reporting burden 

associated with Subpart K is estimated 

to be 10 minutes per respondent. This 

includes time for preparing and 

submitting a Site Identification Form to 

opt into Subpart K. The hourly 

recordkeeping burden associated with 

Subpart K is estimated to be 

approximately 280 hours per 

respondent. This includes time for 

reading the regulations, labeling 

containers, and preparing and 

maintaining specified documents (e.g., 

Laboratory Management Plan). 

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: Private 

sector; State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

99. 

Frequency of Response: Yearly, Once, 

On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

27,719 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,322,414, which includes $1,218,694 

annualized labor costs and $103,720 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 13,260 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is an adjustment 

to the existing estimates based on data 

gathered through industry consultations 

and review of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

Information (RCRAInfo) national 

database, not due to program changes. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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