Document ID: EPA-HQ-RCRA-2014-0295-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Hazardous Waste Generator Standards
Posted Date: 2014-10-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61640-61641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24321]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2014-0295; FRL-9916-96-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Generator Standards 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Hazardous Waste Generator 
Standards (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 0820.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0035) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through October 31, 2014. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (79 FR 33547) on June 11, 2014 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 November 13, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2014-0295, to (1) EPA 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 via email to 
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 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 and 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: Jim O'Leary, Office of Solid Waste, 
Mail Code 5304P, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 
308-8827; fax number: (703) 308-0514; email address: 
oleary.jim@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, 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: Under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 
as amended, Congress directed EPA to implement a comprehensive program 
for the safe management of hazardous waste. The core of the national 
waste management program is the regulation of hazardous waste from 
generation to transport to treatment and eventual disposal, or from 
``cradle to grave.'' Section 3001(d) of RCRA requires EPA to develop 
standards for small quantity generators. Section 3002 of RCRA states, 
among other things, that EPA shall establish requirements for hazardous 
waste generators regarding recordkeeping practices. Section 3002 also 
requires EPA to establish standards on appropriate use of containers by 
generators. Finally, Section 3017 of RCRA specifies requirements for 
individuals exporting hazardous waste from the United States, including 
a notification of the intent to export, and an annual report 
summarizing the types, quantities, frequency, and ultimate destination 
of all exported hazardous waste.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Private business or other for-
profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR Parts 262 and 
265).
    Estimated number of respondents: 67,288.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 253,519 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,674,934 (per year), includes $40,041 
annualized

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capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 22,323 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a decrease in the universe 
from 90,675 to 67,288.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-24321 Filed 10-10-14; 8:45 am]
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