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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: Hazardous Remediation Waste 

Management Requirements (HWIRMedia) (Renewal). 

Abstract: The Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as 

amended, requires EPA to establish a 

national regulatory program to ensure 

that hazardous wastes are managed in a 

manner protective of human health and 

the environment. Under this program 

(known as the RCRA Subtitle C 

program), EPA regulates newly 

generated hazardous wastes, as well as 

hazardous remediation wastes (i.e., 

hazardous wastes managed during 

cleanup). To facilitate prompt and 

protective treatment, storage, and 

disposal of hazardous remediation 

wastes, EPA established three 

requirements for remediation waste 

management sites that are different from 

those for facilities managing newly 

generated hazardous waste: 

• Performance standards for 

remediation waste management sites (40 

CFR 264.1(j)); 

• A provision excluding remediation 

waste management sites from 

requirements for facility-wide corrective 

action; and 

• A new form of RCRA permit for 

treating, storing, and disposing of 

hazardous remediation wastes (40 CFR 

part 270, subpart H). The new permit, a 

Remedial Action Plan (RAP), 

streamlines the permitting process for 

remediation waste management sites to 

allow cleanups to take place more 

quickly. 

In addition, EPA created a new kind 

of unit called a ‘‘staging pile’’ (40 CFR 

264.554) that allows more flexibility in 

storing remediation waste during 

cleanup. 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: For owners/ 

operators of hazardous remediation 

waste management sites subject to the 

40 CFR 264.1(j) and part 270, subpart H 

requirements, the reporting burden is 

estimated to be 27 hours per respondent 

per year. The recordkeeping burden is 

estimated to be 42 hours per respondent 

per year. For owners/operators of 

hazardous remediation waste 

management sites subject to the 40 CFR 

264.554 requirements for staging piles, 

the reporting burden is estimated to be 

7 hours per year per respondent. The 

recordkeeping burden is estimated to be 

13 hours per respondent per year. 

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: 

Facility owners and operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

176. 

Frequency of Response: one-time. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

4,944. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$361,000, includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $26,000 annual 

O&M costs and $335,000 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of only 15 hours in the total 

estimated annual hourly burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

The total annual O&M cost burden in 

this ICR decreased by $9,000 from the 

previous renewal (ICR #1775.03), which 

is due to refinements in the burden 

estimates. This decrease of $9,000 is 

therefore considered an ‘‘adjustment’’. 

Dated: September 12, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–18710 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ORD–2005–0010; FRL–7971–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Population-Based Pilot Study 

of Children’s Environmental Health in 

Support of The National Children’s 

Study, EPA ICR Number 2187.01 

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 

for a new collection. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 20, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID No. ORD–2005–

0010, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET 

(our preferred method), by e-mail to 

ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Research 

and Development Docket, Mail Code 

28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pauline Mendola, Office of Research 

and Development, National Health and 

Environmental Effects Research Library, 

Human Studies Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code MD 58 A, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 966–6953; fax 

number: (919) 966–7584; e-mail address: 

mendola.pauline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On April 12, 2005 (70 FR 19076), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed 

the comments received. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. ORD–

2005–0010, which is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Research and 

Development Docket 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 

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Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Office of 

Research and Development Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 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 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: Population-based Pilot Study of 

Children’s Environmental Health in 

Support of The National Children’s 

Study. 

Abstract: The proposed study will be 

conducted by the Epidemiology and 

Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies 

Division, National Health and 

Environmental Effects Research 

Laboratory, Office of Research and 

Development, U.S. EPA. The U.S. EPA 

will conduct this research in 

partnership with the National 

Children’s Study (NCS) Program Office 

at the National Institute of Child Health 

and Human Development (NICHD) as 

well as the other lead agencies of the 

NCS: the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) and the National 

Institute of Environmental Health 

Sciences (NIEHS). This proposed data 

collection will pilot test logistics, 

protocols and procedures for the NCS, a 

long term study of the influence of 

environmental factors on child health 

and development. The goal is to 

improve the efficiency of the 

implementation of NCS by testing 

procedures for population-based 

sampling and subject recruitment, 

proposed study logistics and estimates 

of subject burden, and evaluating data 

collection strategies including 

interviews and acquisition of biologic 

and environmental samples. Further 

details on the NCS, including the Study 

Plan, can be found at http:// 

www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov. 

Approximately 10,000 households 

will be screened and 2,740 women will 

be enrolled who meet eligibility criteria, 

primarily defined by age and likelihood 

of pregnancy. The schedule of visits 

follows the proposed NCS Study Plan. 

Briefly, women who are planning 

pregnancy will be visited bimonthly, 

women with lower likelihood of 

pregnancy will be visited once; pregnant 

women will have a home visit in the 

first trimester and a clinic visit in the 

second and third trimester. A hospital 

visit at birth is planned as well as home 

visits to follow-up with the mother and 

infant at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months of age. 

Data from interviews as well as biologic 

and environmental samples will address 

the relationship between common 

environmental factors and the physical 

and developmental growth of children. 

Qualitative assessments of the 

participants’ perceptions about the 

study will be gathered at each visit to 

enhance the lessons that can be learned 

to aid the successful implementation of 

the NCS. 

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 varies 

depending on the eligibility and 

pregnancy status of women at the time 

of enrollment. Detailed estimates 

regarding the number of potential 

respondents and burden associated with 

each visit are provided in the 

EDOCKET. Approximately 10 minutes 

per household is required to determine 

potentially eligible occupants. 

Potentially eligible women are asked to 

complete a 10-minute screening 

interview. The estimated total burden 

for a fully participating woman ranges 

from 8 hours (for a woman enrolled at 

delivery) to 21 hours (for a ‘‘high 

likelihood’’ woman who receives all 

contacts in the preconception period) 

over a three year period. The burden for 

husbands/partners is somewhat more 

consistent because they only receive one 

visit in each of the preconception, 

pregnancy, and childhood visit periods; 

each visit is approximately 1 hour. The 

burden for children ranges from 10 

minutes at the birth visit to 

approximately 2 hours for full 

participation up to 18 months of age. 

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: 

Women aged 18–40 years, pregnant 

women, their husbands or partners, and 

their children who live in selected areas 

of North Carolina. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

4,585. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$82,728. There are no annualized 

capital costs or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: Not 

applicable; this is a new information 

collection. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–18711 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2005–0016; FRL–7970–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NSPS for Petroleum Refineries 

(Renewal), ICR Number 1054.09, OMB 

Number 2060–0022 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice.