12776 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2001 / Notices

Title: Air Emission Standards for

Tanks, Surface Impoundments and

Containers, RCRA subpart CC; OMB

number 2060–0318; EPA ICR Number

1593.05; expiring on February 28, 2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR part 264,

subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265,

subpart CC. RCRA subpart CC requires

controls for minimizing release of

volatile organic air emissions from

tanks, surface impoundments and

containers holding hazardous waste.

Records and reports are necessary in

order for the EPA to determine that the

standards are implemented and

maintained to protect human health and

the environment.

Organic air emissions from hazardous

waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal

Facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic

chemical compounds. Cancer and other

adverse noncancerous human health

effects can result from exposure to these

emissions. Organic emissions from

TSDFs react photochemically with other

compounds in the atmosphere to form

ground level ozone. Excessive ambient

ozone concentrations are a major air

quality problem in many cities

throughout the United States.

Nationwide organic emissions from

TSDFs are estimated to be

approximately one million megagrams

per year. These organic emissions are

estimated to result in 48 excess

incidences of cancer per year

nationwide and a 3 × 10¥2 maximum

individual risk (MIR). The experience of

the EPA in implementing and enforcing

New Source Performance Standards

(NSPS) and National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) promulgated under authority

of the Clean Air Act has demonstrated

that certain information must be

collected to ensure compliance with air

emission standards. Information

collection is needed by the EPA to

determine: (a) Whether a hazardous

waste contains sufficiently low

concentrations of volatile organics to

allow the waste to be managed in a tank,

surface impoundment, or container

without the use of emission controls,

and (b) for units requiring emission

controls, whether the controls are being

properly operated and maintained. The

collected information will be used by

the EPA enforcement personnel to

ensure that the requirements of the

recommended rules are being properly

applied and that emission control

devices are being properly operated and

maintained on a continuous basis.

In addition, records and reports are

necessary to enable the EPA to identify

TSDF owners or operators that may not

be operating in compliance with the

standards. The reported information is

used by the EPA to target TSDFs for

inspection and identify what records or

waste management units should be

inspected at the TSDF. The information

that TSDF owners or operators are

required to maintain is recorded in

sufficient detail to enable owners or

operators to demonstrate their means of

complying with the applicable

standards. The data collected by the

affected facility is retained at the facility

for a minimum of three years.

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 August

17, 2000; no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 106 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 treatment, storage and

disposal facilities and large quantity

generators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,318.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

672,640.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,460,333.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1593.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0318 in any

correspondence.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6948–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Operator

Certification Guidelines and Operator

Certification Expense Reimbursement

Grants Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Operator Certification Guidelines and

Operator Certification Expense

Reimbursement Grants Program, EPA

ICR #1955.01. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collections instrument.

EPA is requesting emergency

clearance from OMB for this ICR to

allow the collection of documentation

on operator certification programs from

states so that we may make a decision

on whether or not a state’s program

meets our Operator Certification

Guidelines. The ICR also covers the

collection of material that states must

submit to EPA before we can award

Operator Certification Expense

Reimbursement Grants. 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.

EPA is requesting a valid control

number from OMB through the

emergency clearance process. The OMB

control number for this ICR will be

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR

chapter 15.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR #1955.01, to the following:

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 40 / Wednesday, February 28, 2001 / Notices 12777

Jenny Jacobs, Drinking Water Protection

Division (Mailcode 4606), Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water, U.S.

EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, D.C., 20460; and to Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Copies of the ICR may be obtained from

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, tollfree at (800) 426–4791. Hours of

operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

(ET), Monday–Friday, excluding Federal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Jenny Jacobs, (202) 260–2939,

fax (202) 260–0732, email:

jacobs.jenny@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

own, operate or regulate public water

systems but not limited to: Owners/

operator of public water systems, State

Environmental Water Quality Agencies,

State Departments of Health.

Title: Operator Certification

Guidelines and Operator Certification

Expense Reimbursement Grants

Program, EPA ICR #1955.01.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection is to determine if

states are meeting the requirements of

EPA’s operator certification guidelines.

Section 1419(a) of the Safe Drinking

Water Act (SDWA) Amendments of

1996 requires to EPA to develop

guidelines specifying minimum

standards for certification and

recertification of operators of

community and nontransient

noncommunity public water systems

and to publish final guidelines by

February 6, 1999. The final guidelines

were published in the Federal Register

on February 5, 1999 (64 FR 5916).

Pursuant to section 1419(b) of the

SDWA, beginning two years after the

date on which EPA publishes guidelines

for the certification (and recertification)

of operators of community and

nontransient noncommunity public

water systems (or February 5, 2001),

EPA shall withhold 20 percent of the

funds a state is otherwise entitled to

receive under SDWA section 1452

unless a state has adopted and is

implementing a program that meets the

requirements of EPA’s operator

certification guidelines. EPA is required

under SDWA section 1419 to make an

annual determination on whether to

withhold 20 percent of a state’s

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

(DWSRF) allotment. In order to make

these decisions, EPA must collect

information from the states as required

by EPA’s operator certification

guidelines. States, in turn, must collect

information from water systems as

required by their respective programs.

SDWA section 1419(d) requires EPA

to reimburse (through grants to states)

the costs of training, including an

appropriate per diem for unsalaried

operators, and certification for persons

operating community and nontransient

noncommunity public water systems

serving 3,300 persons or fewer that are

required to undergo training pursuant to

EPA’s operator certification guidelines.

Prior to awarding expense

reimbursement grants to states, EPA will

need to collect information from states

to ensure that the state has a plan for

distributing the funds to small system

operators.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: EPA estimates that

the cost and burden to states for this ICR

is $412,449 and 11,914 hours over the

three year period between FY2001 and

FY2003. EPA also estimates the cost and

burden to public water systems for this

ICR is $6,514,596 and 290,511 hours

over the three year period between

FY2001 and FY2003. The average

annual cost and burden per state is

$2,695 and 78 hours. On a per system

level, an average annual cost and

burden of $31 and 2 hours is estimated.

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.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6947–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Exports

From and Imports to the United States

Under International and Bilateral Waste

Agreements

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: ‘‘Exports from and Imports to

the United States under International

and Bilateral Waste Agreements,’’ OMB

Control Number 2050–0143; expiration

date March 31, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1647.03 and OMB Control

No. 2050–0143, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to

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: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

e-mail at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or