Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0693-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials that are Solid Waste (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-04-30T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18279-18280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08645]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0693, FRL-9990-26-OEI]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Identification of Non-Hazardous 
Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste (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), Identification of Non-Hazardous 
Secondary Materials that are Solid Waste (EPA ICR Number 2382.05, OMB 
Control Number 2050-0205) 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 April 30, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on October 29, 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 July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0693, 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].

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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: Jesse Miller, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management 
Division, MC 5302P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-1180; fax 
number: (703) 308- 0522; 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: EPA published the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials 
(NHSM) Rule on March 21, 2011. This rule finalized standards and 
procedures to be used to identify whether non-hazardous secondary 
materials are solid wastes when used as fuels or ingredients in 
combustion units. ``Secondary material'' is defined as any material 
that is not the primary product of a manufacturing or commercial 
process, and can include post-consumer material, off-specification 
commercial chemical products or manufacturing chemical intermediates, 
post-industrial material, and scrap (codified in Sec.  241.2). ``Non-
hazardous secondary material'' is a secondary material that, when 
discarded, would not be identified as a hazardous waste under 40 CFR 
part 261 (codified in Sec.  241.2). This RCRA solid waste definition 
determines whether a combustion unit is required to meet the emissions 
standards for solid waste incineration units issued under section 129 
of the Clean Air Act (CAA) or the emissions standards for commercial, 
industrial, and institutional boilers issued under section 112 of the 
CAA. In this rule, EPA also finalized a definition of traditional 
fuels.
    Amendments to this rule were published on February 7, 2013 (78 FR 
9112), which added new materials to the list of categorical non-waste 
fuels. These amendments also provided clarification on certain issues 
on which EPA received new information, as well as specific targeted 
revisions. Further amendments to this rule were published on February 
8, 2016 (81 FR 6688) and on February 7, 2018 (83 FR 5317), which added 
more materials to the list of categorical non-waste fuels.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are Business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain benefit 
(Sections 1004 and 2002 of RCRA).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,656.
    Frequency of response: One-time.
    Total estimated burden: 868 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $72,295 (per year), includes $1,539 in 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,368 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICRs currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a decrease in the estimation 
of the number of certification statements, and to a decrease in the 
number of respondents needing to familiarize themselves with the 
requirements.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-08645 Filed 4-29-19; 8:45 am]
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