Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 1997 / Notices 6967

December 31, 1996, and we will

continue the process outlined in that

announcement according to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.). We will continue to accept

comments during the initial 60-day

comment period which ends March 2,

1997. The second comment period on

the draft final ICR will begin shortly

after the close of the initial comment

period. We expect approval of the final

ICR, which will allow for information

collection for a three-year period, on

approximately May 1, 1997.

The EPA is currently requesting

emergency processing of its proposed

ICR to meet a commitment to the states

that capitalization grants will begin to

be processed and awarded on February

28, 1997. This emergency processing

request does not alter the original

process outlined in the December 31,

1996 notice but provides for a 90-day,

temporary collection of the information

required to process grants. During that

90-day period, we anticipate receiving

approval for the ICR for the three-year

period.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

[FR Doc. 97–3776 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5690–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Hazardous

Waste Management System: Land

Disposal Restrictions ‘‘No-Migration’’

Variances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Hazardous Waste Management System:

Land Disposal Restrictions ‘‘NoMigration’’ Variances, OMB Control

Number 2050–0062, expiring on April

30, 1997. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its

expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1353.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Hazardous Waste Management

System: Land Disposal Restrictions ‘‘NoMigration’’ Variances (OMB Control

Number 2050–0062, EPA ICR No. 1353),

expiring 4/30/97. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The 1984 Hazardous and

Solid Waste Amendments to the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) of 1976 created substantial

new requirements for those who manage

hazardous waste. (See 42 U.S.C. 6905,

6912(a), 6921, 6924, 6925, and 6935.)

The amendments prohibit land disposal

of hazardous wastes beyond specified

dates unless, as provided in RCRA

Sections 3004 (d), (e), and (g), the

owner/operator of a hazardous waste

storage or disposal facility demonstrates

to the Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

that there will be no migration of

hazardous constituents from the land

disposal unit for as long as the waste

remains hazardous.

To receive a variance from the

hazardous waste land disposal

prohibitions under 40 CFR part 268.6,

owner/operators of hazardous waste

storage or disposal facilities may

petition the Environmental Protection

Agency to allow land disposal of a

specific restricted waste at a specific

site. The Agency will review the

petitions and determine if they

successfully demonstrate ‘‘no

migration.’’ The applicant must

demonstrate that hazardous wastes can

be managed safely in a particular land

disposal unit, so that ‘‘no migration’’ of

any hazardous constituent occurs from

the unit for as long as the waste remains

hazardous. If EPA grants the variance,

the waste is no longer prohibited from

land disposal in that particular unit. If

the owner/operator fails to make this

demonstration, or chooses not to

petition for the variance, best

demonstrated available technology

(BDAT) requirements of 40 CFR 268.40

et seq must be met before the hazardous

waste is placed in a land disposal unit.

Responses to the collection of

information are voluntary.

The information collected is not of a

personal nature nor is it subject to the

Privacy Act of 1974 or Office of

Management and Budget Circular A–

108. EPA expects that owners and

operators may wish to maintain the

confidentiality of certain information.

Provisions for confidentiality are found

in Section 3007 (b) of RCRA and in 40

CFR Part 2, which establishes EPA’s

general policy regarding public

disclosure of information. Provisions for

confidentiality have also been included

in 40 CFR Part 260, the general rule of

the RCRA hazardous waste management

system. 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 are listed

in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 11/1/

96 (61FR56539); 1 comment was

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 9,506 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: 1.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

9,506 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $471,609.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1353.05 and

OMB Control Number 2050–0062 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503
6968 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 1997 / Notices

Dated: February 10, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–3778 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods; Equivalent

Method Designation

Notice is hereby given that the EPA,

in accordance with 40 CFR part 53, has

designated another equivalent method

for the measurement of ambient

concentrations of sulfur dioxide. The

new equivalent method is an automated

method (analyzer) that utilizes a

measurement principle based on pulsed

UV fluorescence. The new designated

method is identified as follows:

EQSA–0197–114, ‘‘Horiba

Instruments, Incorporated, Model

APSA–360 Ambient SO2 Monitor,’’

operated with a full scale range of 0–0.5

ppm, at any temperature in the range of

5 °C to 40 °C, with a Line Setting of

‘‘MEASURE’’, an Analog Output of

‘‘MOMENTARY VALUE’’, and with or

without either of the following options:

(1) Rack Mounting Plate and Side Rails,

(2) RS–232 Communications Port.

This method is available from Horiba

Instruments, Incorporated, 17671

Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, California

92714. The application for designation

of this sulfur dioxide method was

received on September 23, 1996.

A test analyzer representative of this

method has been tested by the

applicant, in accordance with the test

procedures specified in 40 CFR part 53.

After reviewing the results of these tests

and other information submitted by the

applicant, the EPA has determined, in

accordance with part 53, that this

method should be designated as an

equivalent method. The information

submitted by the applicant will be kept

on file at the EPA’s National Exposure

Research Laboratory, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711, and will be

available for inspection to the extent

consistent with 40 CFR part 2 (EPA’s

regulations implementing the Freedom

of Information Act).

As a designated equivalent method,

this method is acceptable for use by

States and other air monitoring agencies

under requirements of 40 CFR part 58,

Ambient Air Quality Surveillance. For

such purposes, the method must be

used in strict accordance with the

operation or instruction manual

associated with the method and subject

to any limitations (e.g., operating range)

specified in the applicable designation

(see description of the method above).

Vendor modifications of a designated

method used for purposes of part 58 are

permitted only with prior approval of

the EPA, as provided in part 53.

Provisions concerning modification of

such methods by users are specified

under section 2.8 of appendix C to 40

CFR part 58 (Modifications of Methods

by Users).

In general, this designation applies to

any analyzer which is identical to the

analyzer described in the designation. In

many cases, similar analyzers

manufactured prior to the designation

may be upgraded (e.g., by minor

modification or by substitution of a new

operation or instruction manual) so as to

be identical to the designated method

and thus achieve designation status at a

modest cost. The manufacturer should

be consulted to determine the feasibility

of such upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated methods comply with

certain conditions. These conditions are

given in 40 CFR 53.9 and are

summarized below:

(1) A copy of the approved operation

or instruction manual must accompany

the analyzer when it is delivered to the

ultimate purchaser.

(2) The analyzer must not generate

any unreasonable hazard to operators or

to the environment.

(3) The analyzer must function within

the limits of the performance

specifications given in table B–1 of part

53 for at least one year after delivery

when maintained and operated in

accordance with the operation manual.

(4) Any analyzer offered for sale as a

reference or equivalent method must

bear a label or sticker indicating that it

has been designated as a reference or

equivalent method in accordance with

part 53.

(5) If such an analyzer has two or

more selectable ranges, the label or

sticker must be placed in close

proximity to the range selector and

indicate which range or ranges have

been included in the reference or

equivalent method designation.

(6) An applicant who offers analyzers

for sale as reference or equivalent

methods is required to maintain a list of

ultimate purchases of such analyzers

and to notify them within 30 days if a

reference or equivalent method

designation applicable to the analyzers

has been canceled or if adjustment of

the analyzers is necessary under 40 CFR

53.11(b) to avoid a cancellation.

(7) An applicant who modifies an

analyzer previously designated as a

reference or equivalent method is not

permitted to sell the analyzer (as

modified) as a reference or equivalent

method (although he may choose to sell

it without such representation), nor to

attach a label or sticker to the analyzer

(as modified) under the provisions

described above, until he has received

notice under 40 CFR 53.14(c) that the

original designation or a new

designation applies to the method as

modified or until he has applied for and

received notice under 40 CFR 53.8(b) of

a new reference or equivalent method

determination for the analyzer as

modified.

Aside from occasional breakdowns or

malfunctions, consistent or repeated

noncompliance with any of these

conditions should be reported to:

Director, National Exposure Research

Laboratory, Department E (MD–77B),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711.

Designation of this equivalent method

will provide assistance to the States in

establishing and operating their air

quality surveillance systems under part

58. Technical questions concerning the

method should be directed to the

manufacturer. Additional information

concerning this action may be obtained

from Frank F. McElroy, Air

Measurements Research Division (MD–

77B), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711, (919) 541–

2622.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Robert J. Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–3774 Filed 2–13–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared January 27, 1997 Through

January 31, 1997 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167. An

explanation of the ratings assigned to

draft environmental impact statements

(EISs) was published in FR dated April

5, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–DOE–E09802–SC Rating

EC2, Savannah River Site, Shutdown of