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                                                                         Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 173 / Friday, September 5, 2008 / Notices                                           51809

                                               The ICR provides a detailed                           Management and Budget (OMB). This                     or viruses. For additional information
                                             explanation of the Agency's estimate,                   ICR is scheduled to expire on January                 about EPA's public docket visit the EPA
                                             which is only briefly summarized here:                  31, 2009. Before submitting the ICR to                Docket Center homepage at http://
                                               Estimated Number of Respondents:                      OMB for review and approval, EPA is                   www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
                                             183.                                                    soliciting comments on specific aspects               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               Frequency of Response: On occasion.                   of the proposed information collection                Mike Fitzpatrick, Environmental
                                               Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:                   as described below.                                   Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
                                             13,581 hours.                                           DATES: Comments must be submitted on                  Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
                                               Estimated Total Annualized Capital,                   or before November 4, 2008.                           telephone number: 703­308­8411; fax
                                             O&M Cost Burden: $938.                                  ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                      number 703­308­8617; e-mail address:
                                             Send comments on the Agency's need                      identified by Docket ID No. EPA­HQ­                   fitzpatrick.mike@epa.gov.
                                             for this information, the accuracy of the               RCRA­2008­0572, by one of the                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                             provided burden estimates, and any                      following methods:
                                             suggested methods for minimizing                           · www.regulations.gov: Follow the                  How Can I Access the Docket and/or
                                             respondent burden, including through                    on-line instructions for submitting                   Submit Comments?
                                             the use of automated collection                         comments.                                                EPA has established a public docket
                                             techniques to the addresses listed above.                  · E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.                     for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA­
                                             Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1745.06 and                    · Fax: 202­566­9744.                               HQ­RCRA­2008­0572, which is
                                             OMB Control No. 2050­0154 in any                           · Mail: RCRA Docket (2822T), U.S.                  available for on-line viewing at
                                             correspondence.                                         Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                 www.regulations.gov, or in-person
                                             What Is the Next Step in the Process for                Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,                             viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA
                                             This ICR?                                               Washington, DC 20460.                                 Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
                                                                                                        · Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution                 Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
                                               EPA will consider the comments                        Ave., NW., Room 3334, Washington, DC                  NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
                                             received and amend the ICR as                           20460. Such deliveries are only                       Public Reading Room is open from 8
                                             appropriate. The final ICR package will                 accepted during the Docket's normal                   a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
                                             then be submitted to OMB for review                     hours of operation, and special                       Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
                                             and approval pursuant to 5 CFR                          arrangements should be made for                       telephone number for the Reading Room
                                             1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue                   deliveries of boxed information.                      is 202­566­1744, and the telephone
                                             another Federal Register notice                            Instructions: Direct your comments to              number for RCRA Docket is 202­566­
                                             pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to                   Docket ID No. EPA­HQ­RCRA­2008­                       0270.
                                             announce the submission of the ICR to                   0572. EPA's policy is that all comments                  Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a
                                             OMB and the opportunity to submit                       received will be included in the public               copy of the draft collection of
                                             additional comments to OMB. If you                      docket without change and may be                      information, submit or view public
                                             have any questions about this ICR or the                made available on-line at                             comments, access the index listing of
                                             approval process, please contact the                    www.regulations.gov, including any                    the contents of the docket, and to access
                                             technical person listed under FOR                       personal information provided, unless                 those documents in the public docket
                                             FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.                            the comment includes information                      that are available electronically. Once in
                                               Dated: August 18, 2008.                               claimed to be Confidential Business                   the system, select ``search,'' then key in
                                             Maria P. Vickers,                                       Information (CBI) or other information                the docket ID number identified in this
                                             Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.                 whose disclosure is restricted by statute.            document.
                                             [FR Doc. E8­20595 Filed 9­4­08; 8:45 am]                Do not submit information that you
                                                                                                     consider to be CBI or otherwise                       What Information Is EPA Particularly
                                             BILLING CODE 6560­50­P                                                                                        Interested In?
                                                                                                     protected through www.regulations.gov
                                                                                                     or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web                  Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
                                             ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                site is an ``anonymous access'' system,               the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
                                             AGENCY                                                  which means EPA will not know your                    comments and information to enable it
                                                                                                     identity or contact information unless                to:
                                             [EPA­HQ­RCRA­2008­0572, FRL­8711­8]                     you provide it in the body of your                      (i) Evaluate whether the proposed
                                                                                                     comment. If you send an e-mail                        collection of information is necessary
                                             Agency Information Collection
                                                                                                     comment directly to EPA without going                 for the proper performance of the
                                             Activities; Proposed Collection;
                                                                                                     through www.regulations.gov your e-                   functions of the Agency, including
                                             Comment Request; Hazardous
                                                                                                     mail address will be automatically                    whether the information will have
                                             Remediation Waste Management
                                                                                                     captured and included as part of the                  practical utility;
                                             Requirements (HWIR Contaminated
                                                                                                     comment that is placed in the public                    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
                                             Media), EPA ICR Number 1775.05, OMB
                                                                                                     docket and made available on the                      Agency's estimate of the burden of the
                                             Control Number 2050­0161
                                                                                                     Internet. If you submit an electronic                 proposed collection of information,
                                             AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        comment, EPA recommends that you                      including the validity of the
                                             Agency (EPA).                                           include your name and other contact                   methodology and assumptions used;
                                             ACTION: Notice.                                         information in the body of your                         (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                     comment and with any disk or CD­ROM                   clarity of the information to be
                                             SUMMARY: In compliance with the                         you submit. If EPA cannot read your                   collected; and
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                                             Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44                       comment due to technical difficulties                   (iv) Minimize the burden of the
                                             U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document                     and cannot contact you for clarification,             collection of information on those who
                                             announces that EPA is planning to                       EPA may not be able to consider your                  are to respond, including through the
                                             submit a request to renew an existing                   comment. Electronic files should avoid                use of appropriate automated electronic,
                                             approved Information Collection                         the use of special characters, any form               mechanical, or other technological
                                             Request (ICR) to the Office of                          of encryption, and be free of any defects             collection techniques or other forms of


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                                             51810                       Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 173 / Friday, September 5, 2008 / Notices

                                             information technology, e.g., permitting                that hazardous wastes are managed in a                and systems for the purposes of
                                             electronic submission of responses. In                  manner protective of human health and                 collecting, validating, and verifying
                                             particular, EPA is requesting comments                  the environment. Under this program                   information, processing and
                                             from very small businesses (those that                  (known as the RCRA Subtitle C                         maintaining information, and disclosing
                                             employ less than 25) on examples of                     program), EPA regulates newly                         and providing information; adjust the
                                             specific additional efforts that EPA                    generated hazardous wastes, as well as                existing ways to comply with any
                                             could make to reduce the paperwork                      hazardous remediation wastes (i.e.,                   previously applicable instructions and
                                             burden for very small businesses                        hazardous wastes managed during                       requirements which have subsequently
                                             affected by this collection.                            cleanup). To facilitate prompt and                    changed; train personnel to be able to
                                                                                                     protective treatment, storage, and                    respond to a collection of information;
                                             What Should I Consider When I                           disposal of hazardous remediation
                                             Prepare My Comments for EPA?                                                                                  search data sources; complete and
                                                                                                     wastes, EPA established three
                                                You may find the following                           requirements for remediation waste                    review the collection of information;
                                             suggestions helpful for preparing your                  management sites that are different from              and transmit or otherwise disclose the
                                             comments:                                               those for facilities managing newly                   information.
                                                1. Explain your views as clearly as                  generated hazardous waste:                              The ICR provides a detailed
                                             possible and provide specific examples.                    · Performance standards for                        explanation of the Agency's estimate,
                                                2. Describe any assumptions that you                 remediation waste management sites (40                which is only briefly summarized here:
                                             used.                                                   CFR 264.1(j));
                                                                                                        · A provision excluding remediation                  Estimated total number of potential
                                                3. Provide copies of any technical
                                             information and/or data you used that                   waste management sites from                           respondents: 176.
                                             support your views.                                     requirements for facility-wide corrective               Frequency of response: One-time.
                                                4. If you estimate potential burden or               action; and                                             Estimated total average number of
                                             costs, explain how you arrived at the                      · A new form of RCRA permit for                    responses for each respondent: 1.
                                             estimate that you provide.                              treating, storing, and disposing of
                                                5. Offer alternative ways to improve                 hazardous remediation wastes (40 CFR                    Estimated total annual burden hours:
                                             the collection activity.                                part 270, subpart H). The new permit, a               4,944 hours.
                                                6. Make sure to submit your                          Remedial Action Plan (RAP),                             Estimated total annual costs:
                                             comments by the deadline identified                     streamlines the permitting process for                $8,026,000. This includes an estimated
                                             under DATES.                                            remediation waste management sites to                 burden cost of $8,000,000 for labor, and
                                                7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,                  allow cleanups to take place more                     an estimated cost of $26,000 for capital
                                             be sure to identify the docket ID number                quickly.                                              investment or maintenance and
                                             assigned to this action in the subject                     In addition, EPA created a new kind                operational costs.
                                             line on the first page of your response.                of unit called a ``staging pile'' (40 CFR
                                             You may also provide the name, date,                    264.554) that allows more flexibility in              What Is the Next Step in the Process for
                                             and Federal Register citation.                          storing remediation waste during                      This ICR?
                                                                                                     cleanup. An agency may not conduct or
                                             What Information Collection Activity or                 sponsor, and a person is not required to                EPA will consider the comments
                                             ICR Does This Apply to?                                 respond to, a collection of information               received and amend the ICR as
                                                Affected entities: Entities potentially              unless it displays a currently valid OMB              appropriate. The final ICR package will
                                             affected by this action are business and                control number. The OMB control                       then be submitted to OMB for review
                                             other for-profit.                                       numbers for EPA's regulations in 40                   and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
                                                Title: Hazardous Remediation Waste                   CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are               1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
                                             Management Requirements (HWIR                           identified on the form and/or                         another Federal Register notice
                                             Contaminated Media).                                    instrument, if applicable.                            pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
                                                ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1775.05,                       Burden Statement: For owners/                      announce the submission of the ICR to
                                             OMB Control No. 2050­0161.                              operators of hazardous remediation                    OMB and the opportunity to submit
                                                ICR status: This ICR is currently                    waste management sites subject to the                 additional comments to OMB. If you
                                             scheduled to expire on January 31,                      40 CFR 264.1(j) and part 270, subpart H               have any questions about this ICR or the
                                             2009. An Agency may not conduct or                      requirements, the reporting burden is                 approval process, please contact the
                                             sponsor, and a person is not required to                estimated to be 27.33 hours per                       technical person listed under FOR
                                             respond to, a collection of information,                respondent per year. The recordkeeping
                                                                                                                                                           FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
                                             unless it displays a currently valid OMB                burden is estimated to be 42.13 hours
                                             control number. The OMB control                         per respondent per year. For owners/                    Dated: August 18, 2008.
                                             numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40               operators of hazardous remediation                    Maria P. Vickers,
                                             of the CFR, after appearing in the                      waste management sites subject to the                 Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
                                             Federal Register when approved, are                     40 CFR 264.554 requirements for staging               [FR Doc. E8­20596 Filed 9­4­08; 8:45 am]
                                             listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed                  piles, the reporting burden is estimated
                                                                                                                                                           BILLING CODE 6560­50­P
                                             either by publication in the Federal                    to be 7.08 hours per year per
                                             Register or by other appropriate means,                 respondent. The recordkeeping burden
                                             such as on the related collection                       is estimated to be 12.61 hours per
                                             instrument or form, if applicable. The                  respondent per year.
                                             display of OMB control numbers in                          Burden means the total time, effort, or
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                                             certain EPA regulations is consolidated                 financial resources expended by persons
                                             in 40 CFR part 9.                                       to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
                                                Abstract: The Resource Conservation                  or provide information to or for a
                                             and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as                     Federal agency. This includes the time
                                             amended, requires EPA to establish a                    needed to review instructions; develop,
                                             national regulatory program to ensure                   acquire, install, and utilize technology


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