Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2014-0845-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs
Posted Date: 2014-12-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73575-73576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29086]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2014-0845; FRL-9920-37-OSWER]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management 
Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is 
planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Final 
Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs (EPA ICR No. 
0969.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0041) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, the EPA 
is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension 
of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2015. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2014-0845, 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.
    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, (mail code 5303P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-5411; fax number: 703-
308-8433; email address: vyas.peggy@epa.gov.

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, EPA 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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it 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. The 
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. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal 
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    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 the 
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 
the EPA of the proposed transfer, as required by section 271.23. 
Further, the 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 the EPA 
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform the 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 the 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). The EPA will use the information 
submitted by the State in order to determine whether the State's 
program meets the statutory and

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regulatory requirements for authorization.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are States
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Sec.  3006(a))
    Estimated number of respondents: 58
    Frequency of response: Annual
    Total estimated burden: 19,968 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $680,790, which includes $680,790 annualized 
labor costs and $0 annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in Estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay 
substantially the same.

    Dated: November 25, 2014.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2014-29086 Filed 12-10-14; 8:45 am]
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