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mandates a hazardous waste manifest 

‘‘system’’ to assure that all hazardous 

waste generated is designated for and 

arrives at the appropriate treatment, 

storage, and disposal facility. An 

essential part of this manifest system is 

the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest 

(Form 8700–22A). The manifest is a 

tracking document that accompanies the 

waste from its generation site to its final 

disposition. The manifest lists the 

wastes that are being shipped and the 

final destination of the waste. The 

manifest system is a self-enforcing 

mechanism that requires generators, 

transporters, and owner/operators of 

treatment, storage, and disposal 

facilities to participate in hazardous 

waste tracking. In addition, the manifest 

provides information to transporters and 

waste management facility workers on 

the hazardous nature of the waste, 

identifies wastes so that they can be 

managed appropriately in the event of 

an accident, spill, or leak, and ensures 

that shipments of hazardous waste are 

managed properly and delivered to their 

designated facilities. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and record keeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.52 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 131,803. 

Frequency of response: Per Waste 

Shipment. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 13.37. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

3,264,991. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$152,600,000. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $150,000,000 

for labor and an estimated cost of 

$2,600,000 for capital investment and 

maintenance and operational costs. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

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: January 25, 2008. 

Matthew Hale, 

Director, Office of Solid Waste. 

[FR Doc. E8–2093 Filed 2–4–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796; FRL–8524–4] 

RIN 2050–AE81 

Notice of Data Availability on the 

Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes 

in Landfills and Surface 

Impoundments; Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Data Availability; 

Reopening of Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment 

period for the Notice of Data 

Availability (NODA) entitled ‘‘Notice of 

Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal 

Combustion Wastes in Landfills and 

Surface Impoundments.’’ This NODA 

announces the availability of new 

information and data concerning the 

management of coal combustion wastes 

(CCW) in landfills and surface 

impoundments that will be used by the 

Agency to inform its decisionmaking 

regarding its Regulatory Determination 

for CCW disposed of in landfills and 

surface impoundments. This NODA was 

published on August 29, 2007 (72 FR 

49714), and the comment period was 

scheduled to close on November 27, 

2007. However, a number of 

environmental groups requested 

additional time to respond to the issues 

raised in the NODA and its 

accompanying documents. 

Consequently, the Agency extended the 

comment period an additional 60 days 

to January 28, 2008 (72 FR 57572). The 

same group of commenters then 

requested a short amount of additional 

time to finish gathering information that 

they believe is necessary to complete 

their comments. Therefore, we are 

reopening the comment period from the 

date of publication of this notice to 

close on February 11, 2008. 

DATES: The comment period is reopened 

from the date of publication of this 

notice to close on February 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

RCRA–2006–0796, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Comments may be sent by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: rcradocket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796. In 

contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s e-mail system is not an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you 

send an e-mail comment directly to the 

docket without going through EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system automatically captures your email address. E-mail addresses that are 

automatically captured by EPA’s e-mail 

system are included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

• Fax: Comments may be faxed to 

202–566–9744. Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796. 

• Mail: Send two copies of your 

comments to Notice of Data Availability 

on the Disposal of Coal Combustion 

Wastes in Landfills and Surface 

Impoundments, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 5305T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–

0796. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies 

of your comments to the Notice of Data 

Availability on the Disposal of Coal 

Combustion Wastes in Landfills and 

Surface Impoundments Docket, EPA/ 

DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation (8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays), and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–

0796. EPA’s policy is that all comments 


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received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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. 

We also request that interested parties 

who would like information they 

previously submitted to EPA to be 

considered as part of this action, 

identify the relevant information by 

docket entry numbers and page 

numbers. For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alexander Livnat, Office of Solid Waste 

(5306P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0002, telephone 

(703) 308–7251, e-mail address 

livnat.alexander@epa.gov. For more 

information on this rulemaking, please 

visit http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/ 

other/fossil/index.htm/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NODA that is the subject of this notice, 

and which was published in the Federal 

Register on August 29, 2007 (72 FR 

49714), announces the availability of 

new information and data contained in 

three documents that the Agency is 

requesting public comments on, 

concerning the management of CCW in 

landfills and surface impoundments. 

The three documents that the Agency is 

requesting comments on are: A joint 

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and 

EPA report entitled, Coal Combustion 

Waste Management at Landfills and 

Surface Impoundments, 1994–2004; a 

draft risk assessment conducted by EPA 

on the management of CCW in landfills 

and surface impoundments; and EPA’s 

damage case assessment. The Agency is 

soliciting comments on the extent to 

which the damage case information, the 

results of the risk assessment, and the 

new liner and ground water monitoring 

information from the DOE/EPA report 

should affect the Agency’s decisions. 

EPA is also requesting direct comment 

on the draft risk assessment document 

to help inform a planned peer review. 

In addition, the Agency has included in 

the docket to the NODA a rulemaking 

petition submitted by a number of 

citizens’ groups, as well as two 

approaches regarding the management 

of CCW, one prepared by the electric 

utility industry and the other prepared 

by a number of citizens’ groups. The 

Agency will consider all the information 

provided through the NODA, the 

comments and new information 

submitted on the NODA, as well as the 

results of a subsequent peer review of 

the risk assessment, as it continues to 

follow-up on its Regulatory 

Determination for CCW disposed of in 

landfills and surface impoundments. 

The comment period for the NODA 

was scheduled to close on November 27, 

2007. However, a number of 

environmental groups requested that 

EPA extend the comment period by 75 

days, noting that additional time was 

needed in order to comment 

meaningfully on the information 

contained in the NODA and to perform 

extensive analysis on several 

documents, some of which are highly 

technical. The commenters also noted 

that, due to the length and complexity 

of the draft risk assessment (Human and 

Ecological Risk Assessment of Coal 

Combustion Wastes), it would be 

necessary to engage expert review that 

will consequently increase the time 

necessary to prepare their comments. 

EPA believed that the 90-day public 

comment period originally established 

was reasonable. However, since the 

Agency will be considering all the 

information provided through the 

comments and new information 

submitted on the NODA, as well as the 

results of a subsequent peer review of 

the risk assessment, we believed it was 

important that commenters have 

adequate time to analyze the data 

noticed in the NODA so that they may 

provide informed and meaningful 

comments to the Agency. Therefore, we 

decided to extend the comment period 

by 60 days, thereby extending the 

comment period to 150 days. We 

believed an additional 60 days was 

adequate for commenters to analyze the 

data noticed in the NODA and available 

in the docket to the NODA. Because the 

60-day extension would have ended on 

January 26, 2008, which is a Saturday, 

the comment period was extended until 

the following Monday, January 28, 2008. 

The same group of commenters, noted 

above, requested a short amount of 

additional time to finish gathering 

information that is necessary to 

complete their comments. We believe 

this request is reasonable given the 

nature and volume of materials 

provided for comment; therefore, we are 

reopening the comment period from the 

date of publication of this notice to 

close on February 11, 2008. 

Dated: January 29, 2008. 

Susan Parker Bodine, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

[FR Doc. E8–2063 Filed 2–4–08; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8525–6] 

Adaptation for Climate-Sensitive 

Ecosystems and Resources Advisory 

Committee (ACSERAC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a public conference 

call meeting; correction. 

SUMMARY: The EPA indicated that 

reports being reviewed by the ACSERAC 

would be incorporated into a scientific 

assessment to be published by the U.S. 

Climate Change Science Program and 

that the public would have a chance to 

review and comment on the scientific 

assessment in April 2008. The 

availability of the scientific assessment 

for public review and comment is 

incorrect. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Foellmer, Designated Federal 

Official, ACSERAC, by telephone: 703–

347–8508, by e-mail: 

foellmer.joanna@epa.gov, by fax: 703–

347–8694, or by regular mail: Joanna 

Foellmer, ORD/NCEA (Mail Code 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 


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