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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR No. 1381.06 (OMB No. 2050-0122) for OMB Review; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting--Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices
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[Federal Register: March 19, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 53)]
[Notices]
[Page 13299-13301]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2003-0008 ; FRL-7469-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1381.06 (OMB No. 2050-0122) for OMB Review; Comment Request;
Recordkeeping and Reporting--Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and
Practices
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for 40 CFR Part 258--Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and
Practices, ICR #1381.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0122, Active
ICR OMB Expiration Date: 08/31/2003.
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 19, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided in Unit I.B. of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Dufficy, Office of Solid Waste,
(5306W), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-9037; fax number:
(703) 308-8686; email address: dufficy.craig@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. The groups affected by the requirements in part 258 are owners
or operators of new Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLF), existing
MSWLFs, and lateral expansions of existing MSWLFs. These owners or
operators could include Federal, State, and Local governments, and
private waste management companies. Facilities in the following SIC
codes may be affected by this rule listed in the table below:
SIC Code/Affected Entity
922 Local governments
495 Sanitary services
282 Industrial inorganic chemicals
281 Industrial organic chemicals
287 Miscellaneous
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These five groups represent the most identifiable of the several
hundred SIC codes. Other major groups affected by these requirements
are construction, manufacturing, services, and agricultural products
and are included under the ``miscellaneous'' designation. This table is
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide for readers
regarding entities likely to be regulated by this action. This table
lists the types of entities that EPA is now aware could potentially be
regulated by this action. Other types of entities not listed in the
table could also be regulated. To determine whether your facility,
company, business, or organization is regulated by this action, you
should carefully examine the applicability criteria in part 258 of the
rule-and/or-applicability criteria in Sec. 258.1 of title 40 of the
Code of Federal Regulations. If you have questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person
listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
B. How can I Get Copies of the ICR Supporting Statement and Other
Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID No. RCRA-2003-0008. The official public docket is
the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566-1744, and the telephone number for the OSWER Docket is (202) 566-
0270.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.regulations.gov/ to submit or
view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket identification number.
Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets.
Information claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI), and
other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute, which is
not included in the official public docket, will not be available for
public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket. EPA's policy is that
copyrighted material will not be placed in EPA's electronic public
docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the
official public docket. To the extent feasible, publicly available
docket materials will be made available in EPA's electronic public
docket. When a document is selected from the index list in EPA Dockets,
the system will identify whether the document is available for viewing
in EPA's electronic public docket. Although not all docket materials
may be available electronically, you may still access any of the
publicly available docket materials through the docket facility
identified in Unit I.B. EPA intends to work towards providing
electronic access to all of the publicly available docket materials
through EPA's electronic public docket.
For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is
that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public
docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's
electronic public docket. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket.
Public comments submitted on computer disks that are mailed or
delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public
docket. Public comments that are mailed or delivered to the Docket will
be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Where
practical, physical objects will be photographed, and the photograph
will be placed in EPA's electronic public docket along with a brief
description written by the docket staff.
For additional information about EPA's electronic public docket
visit EPA Dockets online or see 67 FR 38102, May 31, 2002.
C. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 60 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5305T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
D. How Should I Submit CBI to the Agency?
Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI
electronically through EPA's electronic public docket or by e-mail.
Send by Hand Delivery or Courier the information identified as CBI only
to the following address: Regina Magbie, RCRA DCO, 2800 Crystal Drive,
7th Floor, Arlington, VA 22202, Attention: Docket ID No. RCRA-2003-
0008. You may claim information that you submit to EPA as CBI by
marking any part or all of that information as CBI (if you submit CBI
on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and
then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific
information that is CBI). Information so marked will not be disclosed
except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes
any information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion
in the public docket and EPA's electronic public docket. If you submit
the copy that does not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside
of the disk or CD ROM clearly that it does not contain CBI. Information
not marked as CBI will be included in the public docket and EPA's
electronic public docket without prior notice. If you have any
questions about CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, please consult
the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide any technical information and/or data you used that
support your views.
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4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at your estimate.
5. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns.
6. Offer alternatives.
7. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline
identified.
8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate docket
identification number in the subject line on the first page of your
response. It would also be helpful if you provided the name, date, and
Federal Register citation related to your comments.
F. What Information Is EPA Particularly Interested In?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collections of information are
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimates of the burdens
of the proposed collections of information.
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected.
4. Minimize the burden of the collections of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
or electronic collection technologies or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
II. Technical Information
Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for 40 CFR part
258--Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices, OMB Control No.
2050-0122. This information collection is an extension of a currently
approved collection that is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2003.
Under the PRA regulations, the agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB.
Abstract: In order to effectively implement and enforce final
changes to 40 CFR part 258 on a State level, owners/operators of
municipal solid waste landfills have to comply with the final reporting
and recordkeeping requirements. Respondents include owners or operators
of new municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLFs), existing MSWLFs, and
lateral expansions of existing MSWLFs. These owners or operators could
include Federal, State, and local governments, and private waste
management companies. Facilities in SIC codes 922, 495, 282, 281, and
287 may be affected by this rule. 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. The OMB
control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and
48 CFR chapter 15, and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if
applicable
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for the current collection of information averages 97 hours per
response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Current ICR:
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners/Operators of Municipal Solid
Waste Landfills.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2300.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 239,858 Hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost
Burden: 0.
Robert Springer,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 03-6581 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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