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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2018–0390, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to rcra-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Knieser, Office of Resource 

Conservation and Recovery (mail code 

5304P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–347–8769; fax number: 

703–308–0514; email address: 

knieser.brian@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is 202–566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 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. The 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. At that time, the 

EPA will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 

as amended, Congress directed EPA to 

implement a comprehensive program 

for the safe management of hazardous 

waste. The core of the national waste 

management program is the regulation 

of hazardous waste from generation to 

transport to treatment and eventual 

disposal, or from ‘‘cradle to grave.’’ 

Section 3001(d) of RCRA requires EPA 

to develop standards for small quantity 

generators. Section 3002 of RCRA states, 

among other things, that EPA shall 

establish requirements for hazardous 

waste generators regarding 

recordkeeping practices. Section 3002 

also requires EPA to establish standards 

on appropriate use of containers by 

generators. Finally, Section 3017 of 

RCRA specifies requirements for 

individuals exporting hazardous waste 

from the United States, including a 

notification of the intent to export, and 

an annual report summarizing the types, 

quantities, frequency, and ultimate 

destination of all exported hazardous 

waste. 

On November 28, 2016, EPA 

published the ‘‘Hazardous Waste 

Generator Improvements Rule’’ (81 FR 

85732), which implemented several 

specific changes to the hazardous waste 

generator program. These improvements 

include: (1) Revising different 

components of the hazardous waste 

regulatory program; (2) addressing gaps 

in the current regulations; (3) providing 

greater flexibility for hazardous waste 

generators to manage their hazardous 

waste in a cost-effective manner; (4) 

reorganizing the hazardous waste 

generator regulations to improve their 

usability among regulated facilities; and 

(5) making technical corrections and 

conforming changes to address 

inadvertent errors, remove obsolete 

programs, and improve the readability 

of the regulations. This renewal 

incorporates these improvements. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

business or other for-profit. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 262 and 265). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

67,288. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 253,519 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $14,674,934 (per 

year), includes $40,041 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: June 19, 2018. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14321 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0391, FRL–9980–03– 

OLEM] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Facility GroundWater Monitoring Requirements 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the 

information collection request (ICR) 

Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 

Requirements (Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 

0959.16, OMB Control No. 2050–0033) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 

the EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through October 31, 2018. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OLEM–2018–0391, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to rcra-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 


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information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–308–5477; fax number: 

703–308–8433; email address: 

vyas.peggy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The telephone number for the Docket 

Center is 202–566–1744. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 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. The 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. At that time, the 

EPA will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Subtitle C of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (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. 

This ICR examines the ground-water 

monitoring standards for permitted and 

interim status facilities at 40 CFR parts 

264 and 265, as specified. The groundwater 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. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Business or other for-profit; and State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (RCRA Sections 3004 and 

3005). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

881. 

Frequency of response: Quarterly, 

semi-annually, and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 117,027 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $22,424,224 (per 

year), includes $17,870,276 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: June 19, 2018. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14323 Filed 7–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2018–0130, FRL–9980–02– 

OLEM] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; NESHAP for 

Hazardous Waste Combustors 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the 

information collection request (ICR), 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for 

Hazardous Waste Combustors (Renewal) 

(EPA ICR No. 1773.12, OMB Control No. 

2050–0171) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before 

doing so, the EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through October 31, 2018. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2018–0130, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to rcra-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 


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