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of the SIP revisions. Even if we find a 

maintenance plan or a maintenance 

plan and its MVEB adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes, we 

may later disapprove the SIP revision. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: April 30, 2012. 

James B. Martin, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0007, FRL–9678–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; EPA Worker 

Protection Standards for Hazardous 

Waste Operations and Emergency 

Response (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on June 1, 

2012. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0007 by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005– 

0007. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sella M. Burchette, U.S. Environmental 

Response Team, MS 101, Building 205, 

Edison, NJ 08837, telephone number: 

721–321–6726; fax number: 732–321– 

6724; email address: 

burchette.sella@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND– 

2005–0007 established a public docket 

for each of the ICRs identified in this 

document (see the Docket ID. numbers 

for each ICR that are provided in the 

text, which is available for online 

viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in 

person viewing at the Superfund Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Superfund 

Docket is 202–566–0276. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those State 

and local employees engaged in 

hazardous waste operations and 

emergency response in the 27 States that 

do not have Occupational Safety and 

Health Administration (OSHA) 

approved State plans. 

Title: EPA Worker Protection 

Standards for Hazardous Waste 

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Operation and Emergency Response 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1426.09, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0105. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on 06/61/12. This is 

a request renewal of a currently 

approved collection. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 126(f) of the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) 

requires EPA to set worker protection 

standards for State and local employees 

engaged in hazardous waste operations 

and emergency response in the 27 States 

that do not have Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration approved 

State plans. The EPA coverage, required 

to be identical to the OSHA standards, 

extends to three categories of 

employees: Those engaged in clean-ups 

at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, 

including corrective actions at 

Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) 

facilities regulated under the Resource 

Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA); 

employees working at routine hazardous 

waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities; 

and employees involved in emergency 

response operations without regard to 

location. This ICR renews existing 

mandatory record keeping collection of 

ongoing activities including monitoring 

of any potential employee exposure at 

uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, 

maintaining records of employee 

training, refresher training, medical 

exams and reviewing emergency 

response plans. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection is estimated to average 

10.64 hours per response. Burden means 

to total time, effort, and 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 24,000. 

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

255,427 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$3,528,888, which is entirely for labor. 

There are no capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

These burden estimates reflect what is 

currently approved by OMB, without 

change. EPA will provide revised 

burden estimates when the second 

comment period for this ICR is opened. 

However, as the universe and 

regulations have not changed, EPA does 

not anticipate any substantive changes 

to the burden figures. 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: May 16, 2012. 

James E. Woolford, 

Director, Office of Superfund Remediation 

and Technology Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12838 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9678–3; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2012–0276] 

An Assessment of Potential Mining 

Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 

Bristol Bay, AK 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

a public comment period for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘An Assessment of 

Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon 

Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’ 

(EPA–910–R–12–004a–d). The 

document was prepared by the EPA’s 

Region 10 (Pacific Northwest and 

Alaska), EPA’s Office of Water, and 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. The EPA conducted this 

assessment to determine the 

significance of Bristol Bay’s ecological 

resources and evaluate the potential 

impacts of large-scale mining on these 

resources. EPA will use the results of 

this assessment to inform the 

consideration of options consistent with 

its role under the Clean Water Act. The 

assessment is intended to provide a 

scientific and technical foundation for 

future decision making; EPA will not 

address use of its regulatory authority 

until the assessment becomes final and 

has made no judgment about whether 

and how to use that authority at this 

time. 

DATES: The public comment period 

began Friday, May 18, 2012, and ends 

Monday, July 23, 2012. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by Monday, 

July 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘An Assessment 

of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon 

Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the EPA Region 10 Bristol Bay Web site 

at www.epa.gov/bristolbay as well as on 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s Web site under the Recent 

Additions and the Data and Publications 

menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A printed 

copy of the assessment will be placed at 

public locations in Bristol Bay and in 

Anchorage, AK. These locations are 

listed on the Region 10 Web site. A 

limited number of paper copies are 

available from the Information 

Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 

8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, 

please provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, ‘‘An 

Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts 

on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, 

Alaska.’’ Please also indicate if a paper 

copy of the full set of appendices is 

needed. 

Comments on the report may be 

submitted electronically via 

www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

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