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2004–0012, which is available for public 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

and Information Center in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public 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 above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: Data Reporting Requirements 

For State and Local Vehicle Emission 

Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) 

Programs (Reinstatement). 

Abstract: To provide general oversight 

and support to state and local I/M 

programs, the Transportation and 

Regional Programs Division (TRPD), 

Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

requires that state or local program 

management for both basic and 

enhanced I/M programs submit two 

varieties of reports to EPA. The first 

reporting requirement is the submittal of 

an annual report providing general 

program operating data and summary 

statistics, addressing the program’s 

current design and coverage, a summary 

of testing data, enforcement program 

efforts, quality assurance and quality 

control efforts, and other miscellaneous 

information allowing for an assessment 

of the program’s relative effectiveness; 

the second is a biennial report on any 

changes to the program over the 

previous two-year period and the 

impact of such changes, including any 

weaknesses discovered and corrections 

made or planned. 

General program effectiveness is 

determined by the degree to which a 

program misses, meets, or exceeds the 

emission reductions committed to in the 

state’s approved SIP, which, in turn, 

must meet or exceed the minimum 

emission reductions expected from the 

relevant performance standard, as 

promulgated under EPA’s revisions to 

40 CFR part 51, in response to 

requirements established in section 182 

of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990 (Act). This information will be 

used by EPA to determine a program’s 

progress toward meeting requirements 

under 40 CFR part 51, as well as to 

assess national trends in the area of 

basic and enhanced I/M programs and 

to provide background information in 

support of periodic site visits and 

audits. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: EPA estimates the 

annual burden per respondent is 

approximately 85 hours and the total 

annual respondent burden imposed by 

these collections is estimated to be 

2,890 hours (34 respondents). These 

estimates include time for summarizing 

data as well as reporting summaries. 

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: State 

or local government, Federal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

34. 

Frequency of Response: Annually or 

biannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

2,890. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$152,252, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $0 O&M costs, and 

$152,252 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 2,890 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is not due the 

reinstatement of the ICR; the previous 

approved ICR has expired. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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AGENCY 

[RCRA–2005–0003; FRL–7969–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; 2005 Hazardous Waste 

Report (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 

0976.12, OMB Control Number 2050–

0024 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on October 31, 2005. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. This ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

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DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 17, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number RCRA–

2005–0003, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Docket and Information Center, mail 

code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB at: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Levy, Office of Solid Waste, Office 

of Solid Waste and Emergency 

Response, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–308–8479; fax number: 

703–308–8433; e-mail address: 

levy.dave@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On March 9, 2005 (70 FR 11628), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment, and it is addressed in the 

Supporting Statement to this ICR in 

section 3(b). 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. RCRA–

2005–0003, which is available for public 

viewing at the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Docket and Information Center 

is (202) 566–0270. An electronic version 

of the public docket is available through 

EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public 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 above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: 2005 Hazardous Waste Report 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: This ICR renews an ongoing 

information collection from hazardous 

waste generators and hazardous waste 

treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. 

This collection is done on a two-year 

cycle as required by sections 3002 and 

3004 of RCRA. The information is 

collected via a mechanism known as the 

Hazardous Waste Report for the 

required reporting year (EPA Form 

8700–13 A/B) (also known as the 

Biennial Report). Both RCRA sections 

3002 and 3004 require EPA to establish 

standards for recordkeeping and 

reporting of hazardous waste generation 

and management. Section 3002 applies 

to hazardous waste generators and 

Section 3004 applies to hazardous waste 

treatment, storage, and disposal 

facilities. The implementing regulations 

are found at 40 CFR 262.40(b) and (d); 

262.41(a)(1)–(5), (a)(8), and (b); 

264.75(a)–(e) and (j); 265.75(a)–(e) and 

(j); and 270.30(l)(9). This is mandatory 

reporting by the respondents. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 18.26 hours per 

respondent. 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: RCRA 

Subtitle C sites that generate, treat, 

store, recycle, or dispose of hazardous 

waste. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

9,106. 

Frequency of Response: Biennially. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

166,297. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$10,042,978, includes $0 Capital 

Expense, $29,597 O&M costs, and 

$10,013,381 Respondent Labor Costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 30,679 hours in the total 

annual estimated burden currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved ICR Burdens. This change in 

burden has occurred for several reasons. 

Based on reported data for the 2003 

Hazardous Waste Report, EPA estimates 

an 11 percent annual decrease of 1,072 

in the total number of respondents 

(9,106) from the estimated annual 

number of respondents for the 2003 

Hazardous Waste Report (10,178). EPA 

also believes the burden is decreased 

because more respondents are using 

electronic reporting methods, especially 

those submitting several forms. This 

decrease is expected to occur even 

though this smaller universe of 

respondents is estimated to submit 

65,022 more forms annually, a 13 

percent increase, than the estimated 

number of forms submitted for the 2003 

Hazardous Waste Report (504,251). The 

respondents’ use of electronic reporting 

also decreases the burden and cost of 

recordkeeping. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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