Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0305-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Guidance for Applicants Requesting to Treat/Dispose of PCBs Using Incineration or an Alternative Method
Posted Date: 2019-04-16T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15612-15613]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07567]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0305, FRL- 9991-77-OLEM]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Guidance for Applicants Requesting To Treat/Dispose of 
PCBs Using Incineration or an Alternative Method

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit a new information collection request (ICR) for Guidance for 
Applicants Requesting to Treat/Dispose of PCBs Using Incineration or an 
Alternative Method (EPA ICR No. 2596.01, OMB Control No. 2050-NEW) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, the 
EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a request of a new 
collection. 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 June 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0305, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], 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: Josh Smeraldi, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (Mail Code 5303P), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-0441; 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 20460. 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: Guidance documents were developed in 1986 for persons 
applying to EPA for approval to dispose of PCBs using incineration 
(Sec.  761.70) or a method alternative to incineration (Sec.  
761.60(e)). The guidances are split into two document (thermal and non-
thermal) and they present and discuss the format, content, and 
suggested level

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of detail for approval applications, test plans, and test reports.
    EPA is currently updating these guidance documents and will combine 
into a single document. This is a new Information Collection Request 
(ICR) that addresses reporting and recordkeeping requirements found in 
the updated guidance document identified above. The previous guidance 
documents released in 1986 were not required to conduct an ICR so a new 
ICR will be created for the updated guidance. While use of the updated 
guidance document is voluntary, the PRA still requires the reporting 
and recordkeeping of this guidance to be determined. This includes 
reading and using the tables provided in the guidance.
    The overall reporting and recordkeeping requirements of a 
Sec. Sec.  761.60(e) and 761.70 approval is reported in a separate ICR, 
ICR No.1446.12 (PCBs, Consolidated Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements found in docket EPA-HQ-2017-0647). Although this ICR 
(2596.01) includes a burden increase in terms of reviewing and using 
the guidance document, EPA notes that the guidance will reduce the 
overall burden in ICR 1446.12 to respondents applying for a PCB 
disposal approval under Sec. Sec.  761.60(e) and 761.70 through 
improved clarification and streamlining of the approval process.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR include respondents applying to the EPA for approval to treat/
dispose PCBs using incinerator or an alternative method. This likely 
includes entities within the Waste Management and Remediation Services 
(NAICS 562) and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (NAICS 
54) sectors and includes private entities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary, for use in applying 
to EPA for approval under Sec. Sec.  761.60(e) or 761.70.
    Estimated number of respondents: Estimated eight respondents 
annually.
    Frequency of response: As needed and desired by the respondent in 
applying to EPA for approval under Sec. Sec.  761.60(e) or 761.70.
    Total estimated burden: Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). The 
total estimated annual burden on applicants using the guidance is 9.9 
hours per applicant.
    Total estimated cost: The total estimated annualized labor costs 
for applicants using the guidance is $776 per applicant. The annualized 
capital and O&M costs are $0.

    Dated: April 10, 2019.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.
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