68 FR 53 pgs. 13299-13301 - 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
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 53Pages: 13299 - 13301
Docket number: [RCRA-2003-0008 ; FRL-7469-3]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-6581 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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.
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
922Local governments
495Sanitary services
282Industrial inorganic chemicals
281Industrial organic chemicals
287Miscellaneous
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 § 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.epa.gov/edocket/ 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.
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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