73574 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 238 / Thursday, December 11, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: December 4, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29048 Filed 12–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0839; FRL–9920–38– 

OSWER] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; State Program 

Adequacy Determination: Municipal 

Solid Waste Landfills and NonMunicipal, Non-Hazardous Waste 

Disposal Units That Receive 

Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity 

Generator Hazardous Waste 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘State Program Adequacy 

Determination: Municipal Solid Waste 

Landfills (MSWLFs) and NonMunicipal, Non-Hazardous Waste 

Disposal Units that Receive 

Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity 

Generator (CESQG) Hazardous Waste.’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1608.07, OMB Control No. 

2050–0152) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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 April 30, 2015. 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 February 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2014–0839, 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: 

Craig Dufficy, Materials Recovery and 

Waste Management Division, Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery, 

mail code 5304P, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 703–308–9037; fax 

number: 703–308–8686; email address: 

Dufficy.craig@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: Section 4010(c) of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires that the 

EPA revise the landfill criteria 

promulgated under paragraph (1) of 

Section 4004(a) and Section 1008(a)(3). 

Section 4005(c) of RCRA, as amended 

by the Hazardous Solid Waste 

Amendments (HSWA) of 1984, requires 

states to develop and implement permit 

programs to ensure that MSWLFs and 

non-municipal, non-hazardous waste 

disposal units that receive household 

hazardous waste or CESQG hazardous 

waste are in compliance with the 

revised criteria for the design and 

operation of non-municipal, nonhazardous waste disposal units under 

40 CFR part 257, subpart B and 

MSWLFs under 40 CFR part 258. (40 

CFR part 257, subpart B and 40 CFR part 

258 are henceforth referred to as the 

‘‘revised federal criteria’’). Section 

4005(c) of RCRA further mandates the 

EPA Administrator to determine the 

adequacy of state permit programs to 

ensure owner and/or operator 

compliance with the revised federal 

criteria. A state program that is deemed 

adequate to ensure compliance may 

afford flexibility to owners or operators 

in the approaches they use to meet 

federal requirements, significantly 

reducing the burden associated with 

compliance. 

In response to the statutory 

requirement in § 4005(c), the EPA 

developed 40 CFR part 239, commonly 

referred to as the State Implementation 

Rule (SIR). The SIR describes the state 

application, the EPA review procedures 

and defines the elements of an adequate 

state permit program. 

The collection of information from the 

state during the permit program 

adequacy determination process allows 

the EPA to evaluate whether a program 

for which approval is requested is 

appropriate in structure and authority to 

ensure owner or operator compliance 

with the revised federal criteria. The SIR 

does not require the use of a particular 

application form. Section 239.3 of the 

SIR, however, requires that all state 

applications contain the following five 

components: 

(1) A transmittal letter requesting 

permit program approval. 

(2) A narrative description of the state 

permit program, including a 

demonstration that the state’s standards 

for non-municipal, non-hazardous waste 

disposal units that receive CESQG 

hazardous waste are technically 

comparable to the Part 257, Subpart B 

criteria and/or that its MSWLF 

standards are technically comparable to 

the Part 258 criteria. 

(3) A legal certification demonstrating 

that the state has the authority to carry 

out the program. 

(4) Copies of state laws, regulations, 

and guidance that the state believes 

demonstrate program adequacy. 

(5) Copies of relevant state-tribal 

agreements if the state has negotiated 

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with a tribe for the implementation of a 

permit program for non-municipal, nonhazardous waste disposal units that 

receive CESQG hazardous waste and/or 

MSWLFs on tribal lands. 

The EPA Administrator has delegated 

the authority to make determinations of 

adequacy, as contained in the statute, to 

the EPA Regional Administrator. The 

appropriate EPA Regional Office, 

therefore, will use the information 

provided by each state to determine 

whether the state’s permit program 

satisfies the statutory test reflected in 

the requirements of 40 CFR part 239. In 

all cases, the information will be 

analyzed to determine the adequacy of 

the state’s permit program for ensuring 

compliance with the federal revised 

criteria. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

States. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (RCRA § 4005(c)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 12. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 2,405 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $128,268 (per 

year) All costs are labor costs, there are 

no capital/start-up or O&M costs 

associated with this ICR. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change of the 2,405 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

to the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This is a continuation of states revising 

or updating their state programs. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29087 Filed 12–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0845; FRL–9920–37– 

OSWER] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Final Authorization 

for Hazardous Waste Management 

Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), Final Authorization for 

Hazardous Waste Management Programs 

(EPA ICR No. 0969.10, OMB Control No. 

2050–0041) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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 April 30, 2015. 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 February 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2014–0845, 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 Peggy Vyas, (mail code 

5303P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–308–5411; 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, 

EPA 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 order for a State to obtain 

final authorization for a State hazardous 

waste program or to revise its previously 

authorized program, it must submit an 

official application to the EPA Regional 

office for approval. The purpose of the 

application is to enable the EPA to 

properly determine whether the State’s 

program meets the requirements of 

§ 3006 of RCRA. A State with an 

approved program may voluntarily 

transfer program responsibilities to EPA 

by notifying the EPA of the proposed 

transfer, as required by section 271.23. 

Further, the EPA may withdraw a 

State’s authorized program under 

section 271.23. 

State program revision may be 

necessary when the controlling Federal 

or State statutory or regulatory authority 

is modified or supplemented. In the 

event that the State is revising its 

program by adopting new Federal 

requirements, the State shall prepare 

and submit modified revisions of the 

program description, Attorney General’s 

statement, Memorandum of Agreement, 

or such other documents as the EPA 

determines to be necessary. The State 

shall inform the EPA of any proposed 

modifications to its basic statutory or 

regulatory authority in accordance with 

section 271.21. If a State is proposing to 

transfer all or any part of any program 

from the approved State agency to any 

other agency, it must notify the EPA in 

accordance with section 271.21 and 

submit revised organizational charts as 

required under section 271.6, in 

accordance with section 271.21. These 

paperwork requirements are mandatory 

under § 3006(a). The EPA will use the 

information submitted by the State in 

order to determine whether the State’s 

program meets the statutory and 

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