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complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

NPDES permittees including publicly

owned treatment works, privately

owned treatment works industrial

facilities, and storm water permittees.

The sewage sludge record keeping and

reporting requirements identified in this

ICR apply to treatment works (public

and private) treating domestic sewage

and to domestic septage haulers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

130,380.

Frequency of Response: Varies

depending on nature and effect of the

discharge, but, except for storm water

discharge, is not less than annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

6,540,416 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $278,450,948.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0229.11 and

OMB Control No.2040–0004 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review;

Comment Requests; Identification,

Listing and Rulemaking Petitions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Identification, Listing and

Rulemaking Petitions, expiring 06/30/

98. The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, (202) 260–2740, or download off

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/

icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.

1189.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Identification, Listing and

Rulemaking Petitions, OMB Control No.

2050–0053; EPA ICR No. 1189.06. This

is a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: Under 40 CFR 260.20(b), all

rulemaking petitioners must submit

basic information with their

demonstrations, including name,

address, and statement of interest in the

proposed action. Under section 260.21,

all petitioners for equivalent testing or

analytical methods must include

specific information in their petitions

and demonstrate to the satisfaction of

the Administrator that the proposed

method is equal to or superior to the

corresponding method in terms of its

sensitivity, accuracy, and

reproducibility. Under section 260.22,

petitions to amend part 261 to exclude

a waste produced at a particular facility

(more simply, to delist a waste) must

meet extensive informational

requirements. When a petition is

submitted, the Agency reviews

materials, deliberates, publishes its

tentative decision in the Federal

Register, and requests public comment.

EPA also may hold informal public

hearings (if requested by an interested

person or at the discretion of the

Administrator) to hear oral comments

on its tentative decision. After

evaluating all comments, EPA publishes

its final decision in the Federal

Register.

40 CFR 260.30, 260.31, and 260.33

comprise the standards, criteria, and

procedures for variances from

classification as a solid waste for three

types of materials: materials that are

collected speculatively without

sufficient amounts being recycled;

materials that are reclaimed and then

reused within the original primary

production process in which they were

generated; and materials which have

been reclaimed, but must be reclaimed

further before the materials are

completely recovered. This variance is

available to owners or operators of

enclosed flame combustion devices.

40 CFR 261.33 and 261.4 contain

provisions that allow generators to

obtain a hazardous waste exclusion for

certain types of wastes. Facilities

applying for these exclusions must

either submit supporting information or

keep detailed records. Under section

261.3(a)(2)(iv), generators may obtain a

hazardous waste exclusion for

wastewater mixtures subject to Clean

Water Act regulation. Under section

261.3(c)(2)(ii)(C), generators may obtain

an exclusion for certain non-wastewater

residues resulting from high metals

recovery processing (HTMR) or K061,

K062 and F006 waste. In addition,

under section 261.4(b)(6), generators of

chromium-containing waste may obtain

a hazardous waste exclusion under

certain conditions.

Also addressed under this section is

the shipment of samples between

generators and laboratories for the

purpose of testing to determine its

characteristics or composition. Sample

handlers who are not subject to DOT or

USPS shipping requirements must

comply with the information

requirements of section 261.4(d)(2).

When intended for treatability

studies, hazardous waste otherwise

subject to regulation under Subtitle C of

RCRA is exempted from these

regulations, provided that the

requirements in section 261.4(e)-(f) are

met, including the following

information requests: Initial

notification, recordkeeping, reporting,

and final notification. In addition,

generators and collectors of treatability

study samples also may request quantity

limit increases and time extensions, as

specified in section 261.4(e)(3).

40 CFR 261.31(b)(2)(ii) governs

procedures and informational

requirements for generators and

treatment, storage and disposal facilities

to obtain exemptions from listing as

F037 and F038 wastes. Also under this

section are regulations promulgated in

1990 under section 261.35(b) and

governing procedures and information

requirements for the cleaning or

replacement of all process equipment

that may have come into contact with

chlorophenolic formulations or

constituents thereof, including, but not

limited to, treatment cylinders, sumps,

tanks, piping systems, drip pads, fork

lifts, and trams.

EPA anticipates that some data

provided by respondents will be

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). Respondents may

make a business confidentiality claim

by marking the appropriate data as CBI.
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Respondents may not withhold

information from the Agency because

they believe it is confidential.

Information so designated will be

disclosed by EPA only to the extent set

forth in 40 CFR part 2.

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 are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

January 23, 1998 (63 FR 3561–3562).

One comment was received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 57 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Hazardous Waste Handlers, Generators,

or Treatment, Storage and Disposal

Facilities

Estimated Number of Respondents:

330.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

18,670 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $41,000.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1189.06 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0053 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or

E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov);

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology,

Title VI Implementation Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Amendment to Notice

Published April 28, 1998.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) now gives notice of a

meeting of the Title VI Implementation

Advisory Committee of the National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT).

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

prohibits recipients of federal financial

assistance from discriminating on the

basis of race, color, or national origin in

their programs or activities. The

purpose of the Title VI Implementation

Advisory Committee is to advise the

Administrator and Deputy

Administrator of EPA on techniques

that may be used by EPA funding

recipients to operate environmental

permitting programs in compliance with

Title VI. The Title VI Implementation

Advisory Committee is one of four

standing committees of NACEPT.

The Committee consists of 23

independent representatives drawn

from among state and local

governments, industry, the academic

community, tribal and indigenous

interests, and grassroots environmental

and other non-governmental

organizations.

DATES: The previous notice announced

in error that the Committee would meet

on April 18 and 19. We regret the

confusion and any inconvenience that

this error may have caused.

The Committee will meet on May 18,

1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and

May 19, 1998 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00

p.m. The public comment session will

be held on May 18 from 5:00 p.m. to

7:00 p.m.

Members of the public who wish to

make brief oral presentations should

contact Lois Williams at 202–260–6891

by May 11, 1998 to reserve time during

the public comment session. Individuals

or groups making presentations will be

limited to a total time of five minutes.

Those who have not reserved time in

advance may make comments during

the public comment session as time

allows.

ADDRESSES: The Sheraton National

Hotel, Columbia Pike and Washington

Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22204. The

meeting is open to the public. However,

seating will be limited and available on

a first-come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gregory Kenyon, Designated Federal

Officer, U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative

Environmental Management, telephone

202–260–8169.

Dated: April 28, 1998.

Gregory Kenyon,

Designated Federal Officer, NACEPT Title VI

Implementation Advisory Committee.

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Notice of Stakeholder Meeting on the

Draft 1999 Drinking Water

Infrastructure Needs Survey Approach

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Announcement of stakeholder

meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a

public meeting to brief interested parties

and collect their opinions on the Draft

1999 Drinking Water Infrastructure

Needs Survey Approach. The EPA will

consider the comments and views

expressed at these meetings in

developing the final survey approach.

EPA encourages the full participation of

all stakeholders.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting

regarding the Draft 1999 Drinking Water

Infrastructure Needs Survey Approach

will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 1998,

from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM EDT.

ADDRESSES: The May 19, 1998

stakeholder meeting will be held in the

WIC Conference Room 17, U. S. EPA

Headquarters, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, DC. To register for the

meeting, please contact the EPA Safe