Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0200-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2022-03-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15419-15420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05702]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0200, FRL-9669-01-OMS]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Final Authorization for Hazardous 
Waste Management Programs (EPA ICR Number 0969.12, OMB Control Number 
2050-0041) 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 May 
31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on September 28, 2021 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 April 18, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0200, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or 
by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the

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proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this 
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-566-0453; 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. For further information and updates on EPA Docket 
Center services, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 
The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744.
    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 regulatory requirements for 
authorization.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State/territorial governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Sec.  3006(a)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 50.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 10,794 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $427,536 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase in annual burden for 
this renewal of 798 hours. The reason for this increase is an increase 
in the number of revision applications from 6 to 7. EPA expects that a 
greater number of states will seek to revise their authorization and 
receive approval from EPA due greater emphasis on increasing 
authorization progress and recent high profile rulemakings.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05702 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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