Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0626-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements
Posted Date: 2012-01-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4296-4297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1745]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2011-0626, FRL 9511-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 
Requirements (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 February 27, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2011-0626, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue 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: William Schoenborn, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (mail code 5303P), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (703) 308-8483; fax number: (703) 308-8433; email address: 
schoenborn.william@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 August 9, 2011 (76 FR 48859), 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-2011-0626, 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 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: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0959.14, OMB Control No. 2050-0033.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 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: 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 103 
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.

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    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are Business or other for-profit; and State, Local, or 
Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 818.
    Frequency of Response: quarterly, semi-annually, and annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 84,391.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $18,322,083, includes $3,770,485 
annualized labor costs and $14,551,598 annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 37,186 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to a decrease in the universe from 
989 facilities to 818 facilities.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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