Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0751-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs
Posted Date: 2012-02-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10510-10511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3981]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0751, FRL-9511-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous 
Waste Management Programs (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 23, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2011-0751, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB, by mail 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: Peggy Vyas, (mail code 5303P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-5477; fax number: 703-
308-8433; email address: vyas.peggy@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 September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58492), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0751, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 
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) 566-0270.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified

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above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at www.regulations.gov 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. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs 
(Renewal) .
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0969.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0041.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 29, 2012. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a 
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized 
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional 
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable EPA to 
properly determine whether the State's program meets the requirements 
of Sec.  3006 of RCRA.
    A State with an approved program may voluntarily transfer program 
responsibilities to EPA by notifying EPA of the proposed transfer, as 
required by section 271.23. Further, EPA may withdraw a State's 
authorized program under section 271.23.
    State program revision may be necessary when the controlling 
Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is modified or 
supplemented. In the event that the State is revising its program by 
adopting new Federal requirements, the State shall prepare and submit 
modified revisions of the program description, Attorney General's 
statement, Memorandum of Agreement, or such other documents as EPA 
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform EPA of any proposed 
modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority in 
accordance with section 271.21. If a State is proposing to transfer all 
or any part of any program from the approved State agency to any other 
agency, it must notify EPA in accordance with section 271.21 and submit 
revised organizational charts as required under section 271.6, in 
accordance with section 271.21. These paperwork requirements are 
mandatory under Sec.  3006(a). EPA will use the information submitted 
by the State in order to determine whether the State's program meets 
the statutory and regulatory requirements for authorization.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 399 
hours per response. For a State developing and revising a base program 
under RCRA and conducting public participation activities, EPA 
estimates that the reporting burden, with no associated recordkeeping 
burden, averages 0 hours per respondent. EPA does not expect any States 
to develop a program application or to submit a base program 
application over the three year period covered in this ICR. The 
reporting burden includes the time for developing each program 
component, allowing for public approval, and subsequently modifying and 
submitting the program to EPA. For a State submitting a revised program 
to EPA, the reporting burden is estimated to be 1,009 hours per year, 
with no associated recordkeeping burden. For a State whose program is 
being withdrawn, the reporting burden is estimated to average 207 
hours, with no associated recordkeeping burden. EPA, however, does not 
expect that any State program will be withdrawn during the next three 
years.
    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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: States.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 58.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,968 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $680,790, which includes $680,790 
annualized labor costs and $0 annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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