Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0102-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: RCRA Expanded Public Participation
Posted Date: 2018-08-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40275-40276]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17441]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0102, FRL-9982-09-OEI]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; RCRA Expanded Public 
Participation (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), RCRA Expanded Public 
Participation (EPA ICR No. 1688.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0149), 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 August 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on March 21, 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 September 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0102, 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: Michael Pease, (5303P), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 703-308-0008; 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) of 
1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 
1984, 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. Section 7004(b) of RCRA gives EPA broad 
authority to provide for, encourage, and assist public participation in 
the development, revision, implementation, and enforcement of any 
regulation, guideline, information, or program under RCRA. In addition, 
the statute

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specifies certain public notices (i.e., radio, newspaper, and a letter 
to relevant agencies) that EPA must provide before issuing any RCRA 
permit. The statute also establishes a process by which the public can 
dispute a permit and request a public hearing to discuss it. EPA 
carries out much of its RCRA public involvement at 40 CFR parts 124 and 
270.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Businesses and other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA 7004(b)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 46.
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 4,375 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $326,263 (per year), which includes $321,833 
annualized labor and $4,430 annualized capital and operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease in overall burden for 
the ICR of 1,239 hours in the total estimated respondent burden 
compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due 
to the decrease in the respondent universe from 59 to 46.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-17441 Filed 8-13-18; 8:45 am]
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