Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0158-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: WasteWise Program (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2019-06-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31065-31066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13786]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2019-0158, FRL-9995-81-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Renewal for EPA's WasteWise 
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), EPA's WasteWise Program (EPA ICR 
Number 1698.10, OMB Control Number 2050-0139) 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 June 30, 2019. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 3, 2019 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 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2019-0158, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to rcra-docket@epa.gov, 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 
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 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: Kent Foerster, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery (mail code 5306P), Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 703-308-0199; fax number: 703-308-8686; email address: 
foerster.kent@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: This is a renewal ICR for reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements under EPA's WasteWise program. WasteWise is a voluntary 
program designed to promote partnerships with organizations in order to 
bolster recycling and cut the volume of multiple materials (e.g., 
paper, aluminum cans; plastic and glass bottles; food wastes, etc.) in 
municipal solid waste streams. Under this program, participants agree 
to set waste reduction goals, develop and document specified actions to 
reduce waste and track their progress along the way. Under WasteWise, 
EPA has issued specific material or sector-based challenges. Currently 
these challenges focus on food recovery and electronics, as well as 
state related waste and material management efforts. A separate Federal 
Green Challenge targets the Federal sector but is not part of this ICR. 
Participants use a web-based online database system containing 
integrated platforms with automated forms to register for 
participation; set goals; and report their waste reduction achievements 
on an annual basis.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business and other for-profit and 
not-for-profit organizations, as well as Federal/State/Local and Tribal 
governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,224.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 155,529 hours per year.
    Total estimated cost: $5,686,774 (per year), includes $164,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 129,685 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to increase in

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participation rates since the last renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-13786 Filed 6-27-19; 8:45 am]
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