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procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 26, 2004 (69 FR 68898) 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received one comment in support of this 

information collection. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. RCRA–

2004–0013, which is available for public 

viewing at the RCRA 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 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the RCRA 

Docket is (202) 566–1744. 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: Facility Ground-Water 

Monitoring Requirements (Renewal). 

Abstract: This ICR examines the 

ground-water monitoring standards for 

permitted and interim status facilities at 

40 CFR parts 264 and 265, as specified. 

The ground-water 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. Subtitle C of the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 

(RCRA) creates a comprehensive 

program for the safe management of 

hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA 

requires owners and operators of 

facilities that treat, 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. 

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 118 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:

Entities that operate surface 

impoundments, waste piles, land 

treatment units, and landfills which 

manage hazardous waste regulated 

under RCRA. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

824. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

96,913. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$24,015,000, which includes $3,000 

annual capital/startup costs, 

$18,070,000 annual O&M costs and 

$5,942,000 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

increase of hours in the total estimated 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

There is a slight increase in cost due to 

inflation.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 05–2063 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2003–0017; FRL–7867–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Underground Injection 

Control Program (Renewal); EPA ICR 

Number 0370.19; OMB Control Number 

2040–0042

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 January 31, 2005. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

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pending at OMB. This ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OW–

2003–0017, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, MC 

4104T, 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:

Robert E. Smith, Office of Ground Water 

and Drinking Water, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–3895; fax 

number: (202) 564–3756; e-mail address: 

smith.robert-eu@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 October 25, 2004 (69 FR 62267), 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. OW–

2003–0017, which is available for public 

viewing at the Water 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 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 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: Underground Injection Control 

Program (Renewal). 

Abstract: The Underground Injection 

Control (UIC) Program under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act established a 

Federal and State regulatory system to 

protect underground sources of drinking 

water (USDWs) from contamination by 

injected fluids. Owners/operators of 

underground injection wells must 

obtain permits, conduct environmental 

monitoring, maintain records, and 

report results to EPA or the State UIC 

primacy agency. States must report to 

EPA on permittee compliance and 

related information. The mandatory 

information is reported using 

standardized forms, and the regulations 

are codified at 40 CFR parts 144 through 

148. The data are used to ensure the 

protection of USDWs from UIC 

authorities. 

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 3 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:

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are owners and operators of 

underground injection wells, state UIC 

primacy agencies, Puerto Rico, the U.S. 

Trust Territories, Indian Tribes, Alaska’s 

Native Villages and, in some instances, 

U.S. EPA Regional offices. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

41,141. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,334,054. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$135,355,000, includes $89,415,000 

annualized capital or O&M costs and 

$45,941,000 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 242,109 hours in the total 

estimated annual burden currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is 

related to an expected increase in 

activities under the 1999 Class V Rule 

associated with regulatory deadlines for 

closure of large-capacity cesspools and 

closure/permitting of motor vehicle 

waste disposal wells that will occur 

during the clearance period. Also, this 

ICR burden reflects several adjustments 

in assumptions, including inventories of 

all well classes and changes to the 

number of responses or unit burdens for 

certain activities, based on recent 

consultations.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2004–0017; FRL–7868–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Combined Sewer Overflow 

Control Policy (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 1680.04, OMB Control Number 

2040–0170

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.