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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: In 1995, EPA promulgated 

regulations at 40 CFR part 273 that 

govern the collection and management 

of widely-generated hazardous wastes 

known as ‘‘Universal Wastes’’. 

Universal Wastes are generated in a 

variety of non-industrial settings, and 

are present in non-hazardous waste 

management systems. Examples of 

Universal Wastes include certain 

batteries, pesticides, mercury-containing 

lamps and thermostats. The part 273 

regulations are designed to ensure 

facilities collect these wastes and 

properly manage them in an appropriate 

hazardous waste management system. 

EPA needs to collect notifications of 

Universal Waste management to obtain 

general information on these handlers 

and to facilitate enforcement of the part 

273 regulations. EPA promulgated 

labeling and marking requirements and 

accumulation time limits to ensure that 

Universal Waste is being accumulated 

responsibly. EPA needs to collect 

information on illegal Universal Waste 

shipments to enforce compliance with 

applicable regulations. Finally, EPA 

requires tracking of Universal Waste 

shipments to help ensure that Universal 

Waste is being properly treated, 

recycled, or disposed. 

In 2001, EPA promulgated regulations 

in 40 CFR part 266 that provide 

increased flexibility to facilities 

managing wastes commonly known as 

‘‘Mixed Waste.’’ Mixed Wastes are lowlevel mixed waste (LLMW) and 

naturally occurring and/or acceleratorproduced radioactive material (NARM) 

containing hazardous waste. These 

wastes are also regulated by the Atomic 

Energy Act. As long as specified 

eligibility criteria and conditions are 

met, LLMW and NARM are exempt from 

the definition of hazardous waste as 

defined in Part 261. Although these 

wastes are exempt from RCRA manifest, 

transportation, and disposal 

requirements, facilities must still 

comply with the manifest, 

transportation, and disposal 

requirements under the NRC (or NRCAgreement State) regulations. Section 

266.345(a) requires that generators or 

treaters notify EPA or the Authorized 

State that they are claiming the 

Transportation and Disposal 

Conditional Exemption prior to the 

initial shipment of a waste to a LLRW 

disposal facility. This exemption notice 

provides a tool for RCRA program 

regulatory agencies to become aware of 

the generator’s exemption claims. The 

information contained in the 

notification package provides the RCRA 

program regulatory agencies with a 

general understanding of the claimant. 

This information also allows the 

agencies to document the generator’s 

exemption status and to plan 

inspections and review exemptionrelated records. 

And finally, in 1992, EPA finalized 

management standards for used oils 

destined for recycling. The Agency 

codified the used oil management 

standards at 40 CFR part 279. The 

regulations at 40 CFR part 279 establish, 

among other things, streamlined 

procedures for notification, testing, 

labeling, and recordkeeping. They also 

establish a flexible self-implementing 

approach for tracking off-site shipments 

that allow used oil handlers to use 

standard business practices (e.g., 

invoices, bill of lading). In addition, part 

279 sets standards for the prevention 

and cleanup of releases to the 

environment during storage and transit. 

EPA believes these requirements will 

minimize potential mismanagement of 

used oils, while not discouraging 

recycling. Used oil transporters must 

comply with all applicable packaging, 

labeling, and placarding requirements of 

49 CFR parts 173, 178, and 179. In 

addition, used oil transporters must 

report discharges of used oil according 

to existing 49 CFR part 171 and 33 CFR 

part 153 requirements. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

Sector and State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 273), required 

to obtain or retain a benefit (40 CFR 

parts 266 and 279). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

134,230. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 679,354 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $10,015,823 (per 

year), includes $1,873 annualized 

capital/startup costs and $10,013,950 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0390, FRL–9980–04– 

OLEM] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Hazardous Waste 

Generator Standards (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the 

information collection request (ICR), 

Hazardous Waste Generator Standards 

(Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 0820.14, OMB 

Control No. 2050–0035) 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. 


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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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