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RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections 

3003(a)(3) and 3004.) Regulations are 

found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant 

organizations and generators), part 263 

(transporters), and parts 264 and 265 

(TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes 

that are being shipped and the 

treatment, storage, or disposal facility 

(TSDF) to which the wastes are bound. 

Generators, transporters, and TSDFs 

handling hazardous waste are required 

to complete the data requirements for 

manifests and other reports primarily to: 

(1) Track each shipment of hazardous 

waste from the generator to a designated 

facility; (2) provide information 

requirements sufficient to allow the use 

of a manifest in lieu of a Department of 

Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or 

bill of lading, thereby reducing the 

duplication of paperwork to the 

regulated community; (3) provide 

information to transporters and waste 

management facility workers on the 

hazardous nature of the waste; (4) 

inform emergency response teams of the 

waste’s hazard in the event of an 

accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure 

that shipments of hazardous waste are 

managed properly and delivered to their 

designated facilities. 

On February 7, 2014, EPA published 

the electronic manifest (e-Manifest) 

Final Rule. The final rule established 

new manifest requirements that 

authorized the use of electronic 

manifests (or e-Manifests) as a means to 

track off-site shipments of hazardous 

waste from a generator’s site to the site 

of the receipt and disposition of the 

hazardous waste. EPA is taking action 

now to establish the national e-Manifest 

system, but unknown variables (e.g., 

funding contingencies for e-Manifest 

system development) could delay the 

actual deployment of the system. 

Therefore, until EPA announces that the 

e-Manifest system is available for use in 

a subsequent Federal Register 

document, all respondents under the 

information collection requirements 

covered in this ICR (i.e., hazardous 

waste generators, transporters, and 

treatment, storage, and disposal 

facilities (TSDFs)) must continue to 

comply with the current paper-based 

manifest system and use the existing 

paper manifests forms for the off-site 

transportation of hazardous waste 

shipments. The EPA anticipates that the 

initial system will become available for 

use no later than spring 2018. 

Form Numbers: Form 8700–22 and 

8700–22A. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Business or other for-profit. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

161,720. 

Frequency of response: each 

shipment. 

Total estimated burden: 3,473,577 

hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $105,622,281, 

which includes $974,463 annualized 

labor costs and $2,092,291 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: February 5, 2015. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0926, FRL–9922–92– 

OSWER] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Facility GroundWater Monitoring Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 

Requirements (EPA ICR No. 0959.15, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0033) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Before doing so, 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 May 31, 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 April 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2014–0926, 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, 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, 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, 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. 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, 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, 


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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: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

Business or other for-profit; and State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (RCRA 3004). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

818. 

Frequency of response: Quarterly, 

semi-annually, and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 84,391 hours. 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $18,322,083, 

which includes $3,770,485 annualized 

labor costs and $14,551,598 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

hours are likely to stay substantially the 

same. 

Dated: February 2, 2015. 

Barnes Johnson, 

Director, Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0677; FRL–9922–58] 

Receipt of Test Data Under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its receipt 

of test data submitted pursuant to a test 

rule issued by EPA under the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). As 

required by TSCA, this document 

identifies each chemical substance and/ 

or mixture for which test data have been 

received; the uses or intended uses of 

such chemical substance and/or 

mixture; and describes the nature of the 

test data received. Each chemical 

substance and/or mixture related to this 

announcement is identified in Unit I. 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For technical information contact: 

Kathy Calvo, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8089; email address: 

calvo.kathy@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Chemical Substances and/or Mixtures 

Information about the following 

chemical substance and/or mixture is 

provided in Unit IV.: D-erythro-hex-2- 

enonic acid, gamma,-lactone, 

monosodium salt (CAS No. 6381–77–7). 

II. Federal Register Publication 

Requirement 

Section 4(d) of TSCA (15 U.S.C. 

2603(d)) requires EPA to publish a 

notice in the Federal Register reporting 

the receipt of test data submitted 

pursuant to test rules promulgated 

under TSCA section 4 (15 U.S.C. 2603). 

III. Docket Information 

A docket, identified by the docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2013–0677, has been established 

for this Federal Register document that 

announces the receipt of data. Upon 

EPA’s completion of its quality 

assurance review, the test data received 

will be added to the docket for the 

TSCA section 4 test rule that required 

the test data. Use the docket ID number 

provided in Unit IV. to access the test 

data in the docket for the related TSCA 

section 4 test rule. 

The docket for this Federal Register 

document and the docket for each 

related TSCA section 4 test rule is 

available electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket), 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The 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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OPPT 

Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

IV. Test Data Received 

This unit contains the information 

required by TSCA section 4(d) for the 

test data received by EPA. D-erythrohex-2-enonic acid, gamma,-lactone, 

monosodium salt (CAS No. 6381–77–7): 

1. Chemical uses: Antioxidant in food 

applications for which the vitamin 

activity of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is 

not required. Specifically, the 

compound is most frequently used to 

develop and retain the coloring and 

taste in meat products. It is also used for 

seafood products, fruit, and vegetable 

preservation, in beverages, and as a 

developing agent in photographic 

applications. 

2. Applicable test rule: Chemical 

testing requirements for second group of 

high production volume chemicals 

(HPV2), 40 CFR 799.5087. 

3. Test data received: The following 

listing describes the nature of the test 

data received. The test data will be 

added to the docket for the applicable 

TSCA section 4 test rule and can be 

found by referencing the docket ID 

number provided. EPA reviews of test 

data will be added to the same docket 

upon completion. 

Ready Biodegredation. The docket ID 

number assigned to this data is EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2007–0531. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 


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