Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0543-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements Contaminated Media
Posted Date: 2018-11-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60422-60423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25675]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0543, FRL-9986-08-OEI]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Remediation Waste 
Management Requirements (HWIR) Contaminated Media (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Hazardous Remediation Waste 
Management Requirements (HWIR) Contaminated Media (EPA ICR No. 1775.08, 
OMB Control No. 2050-0161), to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through November 30, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on August 3, 2018 during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days 
for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 26, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0543, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
RCRA Docket (2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 703-308-5477; fax number: 703-308-8433; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) 
requires EPA to establish a national regulatory program to ensure that 
hazardous wastes are managed in a manner protective of human health and 
the environment. Under this program, EPA regulates newly generated 
hazardous wastes, as well as hazardous remediation wastes (i.e., 
hazardous

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wastes managed during cleanup). Hazardous remediation waste management 
sites must comply with all parts of 40 CFR part 264 except subparts B, 
C, and D. In place of these requirements, they need to comply with 
performance standards based on the general requirement goals in these 
sections, which are codified at 40 CFR 264.1(j).
    Under Sec.  264.1(j), owners/operators of remediation waste 
management sites must develop and maintain procedures to prevent 
accidents. These procedures must address proper design, construction, 
maintenance, and operation of hazardous remediation waste management 
units at the site. In addition, owners/operators must develop and 
maintain a contingency and emergency plan to control accidents that 
occur. The plan must explain specifically how to treat, store, and 
dispose of the hazardous remediation waste in question, and must be 
implemented immediately whenever fire, explosion, or release of 
hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents that could threaten 
human health or the environment. In addition, the Remedial Action Plan 
streamlines the permitting process for remediation waste management 
sites to allow cleanups to take place more quickly.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private sector, as well as State, 
Local, or Tribal governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Sec.  3004(u)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 183.
    Frequency of response: One-time.
    Total estimated burden: 6,361 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $399,803 (per year), which includes $350,307 
in annualized labor and $49,496 in annualized capital or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 592 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a decrease in the number of 
hazardous remediation waste management sites.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-25675 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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