Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0391-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements
Posted Date: 2018-10-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53060-53061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22814]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0391, FRL-9984-90-OEI]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 
Requirements (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), Facility Ground-Water Monitoring 
Requirements (EPA ICR Number 0959.16, OMB Control Number 2050-0033), 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 October 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on July 3, 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 November 19, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0391, 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: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 703-308-5477; 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: Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) creates a comprehensive program for the safe management of 
hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA requires owners and operators of 
facilities that treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste to comply 
with standards established by EPA that are to protect the environment. 
Section 3005 provides for implementation of these standards under 
permits issued to owners and operators by EPA or authorized States. 
Section 3005 also allows owners and operators of facilities in 
existence when the regulations came into effect to comply with 
applicable notice requirements to operate until a permit is issued or 
denied. This statutory authorization to operate prior to permit 
determination is commonly known as ``interim status.'' Owners and 
operators of interim status facilities also must comply with standards 
set under Section 3004.

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    This ICR examines the ground-water monitoring standards for 
permitted and interim status facilities at 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, as 
specified. The ground-water monitoring requirements for regulated units 
follow a tiered approach whereby releases of hazardous contaminants are 
first detected (detection monitoring), then confirmed (compliance 
monitoring), and if necessary, are required to be cleaned up 
(corrective action). Each of these tiers requires collection and 
analysis of ground-water samples. Owners or operators that conduct 
ground-water monitoring are required to report information to the 
oversight agencies on releases of contaminants and to maintain records 
of ground-water monitoring data at their facilities. The goal of the 
ground-water monitoring program is to prevent and quickly detect 
releases of hazardous contaminants to groundwater, and to establish a 
program whereby any contamination is expeditiously cleaned up as 
necessary to protect human health and environment.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit; and 
State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Sections 3004 
and 3005).
    Estimated number of respondents: 813.
    Frequency of response: quarterly, semi-annually, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 136,258 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $25,524,890 (per year), includes $20,411,396 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 19,231 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an increase in the respondent 
for permitted facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-22814 Filed 10-18-18; 8:45 am]
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