Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; RCRA Expanded Public Participation, EPA ICR Number 1688.05, OMB Control Number 2050-0149, 17686-17687 [05-6850]
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Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 12 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are marine tank vessel loading
operations at marine terminals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
804.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
Semi-annually, Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
9,872 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$629,850 which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $629,850 in Respondent
Labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 18,259 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is due to a
change in the estimated number of
facilities that submit reports from 105 to
38 and correction of the frequency of
HAP control efficiency reports from
quarterly to annually.
Balancing these decreases are three
sources of increase in burden.
Recordkeeping burden for facilities that
keep records but do not report, not
considered in previous versions of the
ICR, is included here at one hour for
each of 766 facilities. Industry labor
rates increased by an average of 16.7%
from those in the active ICR. Calculated
burden also increased by including
managerial and clerical labor, which
had not been included in the previous
ICR.
Dated: March 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[RCRA–2005–0005, FRL–7895–7]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; RCRA Expanded
Public Participation, EPA ICR Number
1688.05, OMB Control Number 2050–
0149
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request an existing approved
collection. This ICRis scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2005. 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 June 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number RCRA–
2005–0005, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency,
RCRA Docket, mail code 5305T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703–308–8753; fax
number: 703–308–8617; e-mail address:
abdul-malik.norma@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number RCRA–2005–
0005, which is available for public
viewing at the RCRA 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
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the RCRA
Docket is (202) 566–0270. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft
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collection of information, submit or
view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the 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
ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA within 60
days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that
public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in
EDOCKET as EPA receives them and
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose public
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
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are facility
owners or operators applying for an
initial Part B permit or a Part B permit
renewal.
Title: RCRA Expanded Public
Participation.
Abstract: Section 7004(b) of RCRA
gives EPA broad authority to provide
for, encourage, and assist public
participation in the development,
revision, implementation, and
enforcement of any regulation,
guideline, information, or program
under RCRA. In addition, the statute
specifies certain public notices (i.e.,
radio, newspaper, and a letter to
relevant agencies) that EPA must
provide before issuing any RCRA
permit. The statute also establishes a
process by which the public can dispute
a permit and request a public hearing to
discuss it. EPA carries out much of its
RCRA public involvement at 40 CFR
parts 124 and 270.
In 1995, EPA expanded the public
participation requirements under the
RCRA program by promulgating the
RCRA Expanded Public Participation
Rule (60 FR 63417; December 11, 1995).
The rule responded to calls by the
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Administration and stakeholders (e.g.,
States and private citizens) to provide
earlier and better public participation in
EPA’s permitting programs, including
procedures for more timely information
sharing. In particular, the rule requires
earlier public involvement in the
permitting process (e.g., pre-application
meetings), expanded public notice for
significant events (e.g., notices of
upcoming trial burns), and more
opportunities for the exchange of
permitting information (e.g.,
information repository).
The required activities and
information are needed to help assure
timely and effective public participation
in the permitting process. The
requirements are intended to provide
equal access to information to all
stakeholders in the permitting process:
the permitting agency, the permit
applicant, and the community where a
facility is located. Some facilities may
be required to develop information
repositories to allow for expanded
public participation and access to
detailed facility information as part of
the permitting process.
EPA sought to reduce the reporting
frequency to the minimum that is
necessary to ensure compliance with the
rule. It would not be possible to collect
this information less frequently and still
assure that the requirements of permit
and public involvement regulations are
met by owners or operators. The
reporting frequency is essential to
assure that any changes in the trial burn
plans or in the anticipated permit
application contents are made known to
EPA and 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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit
comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
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mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 91 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.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3,005 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital,
O&M Cost Burden: $4.
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.
Dated: March 29, 2005.
Maria Parisi Vickers,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2003–0006; FRL–7896–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Highway Vehicle Activity and
Emissions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
0619.10, OMB Control Number 2060–
0078
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on March 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before May 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2003–0006, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail code 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl
Scarbro, Assessment and Standards
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, AATC, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (734) 214–4209; fax
number: (734) 214–4939; e-mail address:
scarbro.carl@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On Friday, January 24, 2003 (68 FR
3524), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received a single request for information
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[RCRA-2005-0005, FRL-7895-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; RCRA Expanded Public Participation, EPA ICR Number
1688.05, OMB Control Number 2050-0149
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request an existing approved
collection. This ICRis scheduled to expire on August 31, 2005. 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 June 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number RCRA-
2005-0005, 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, RCRA Docket, mail code 5305T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norma Abdul-Malik, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703-308-8753; fax number: 703-308-8617; e-mail
address: abdul-malik.norma@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number RCRA-2005-0005, which is available for
public viewing at the RCRA 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 Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the RCRA Docket is (202) 566-0270. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the 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 ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
public 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
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102
(May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov./edocket.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
facility owners or operators applying for an initial Part B permit or a
Part B permit renewal.
Title: RCRA Expanded Public Participation.
Abstract: Section 7004(b) of RCRA gives EPA broad authority to
provide for, encourage, and assist public participation in the
development, revision, implementation, and enforcement of any
regulation, guideline, information, or program under RCRA. In addition,
the statute specifies certain public notices (i.e., radio, newspaper,
and a letter to relevant agencies) that EPA must provide before issuing
any RCRA permit. The statute also establishes a process by which the
public can dispute a permit and request a public hearing to discuss it.
EPA carries out much of its RCRA public involvement at 40 CFR parts 124
and 270.
In 1995, EPA expanded the public participation requirements under
the RCRA program by promulgating the RCRA Expanded Public Participation
Rule (60 FR 63417; December 11, 1995). The rule responded to calls by
the
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Administration and stakeholders (e.g., States and private citizens) to
provide earlier and better public participation in EPA's permitting
programs, including procedures for more timely information sharing. In
particular, the rule requires earlier public involvement in the
permitting process (e.g., pre-application meetings), expanded public
notice for significant events (e.g., notices of upcoming trial burns),
and more opportunities for the exchange of permitting information
(e.g., information repository).
The required activities and information are needed to help assure
timely and effective public participation in the permitting process.
The requirements are intended to provide equal access to information to
all stakeholders in the permitting process: the permitting agency, the
permit applicant, and the community where a facility is located. Some
facilities may be required to develop information repositories to allow
for expanded public participation and access to detailed facility
information as part of the permitting process.
EPA sought to reduce the reporting frequency to the minimum that is
necessary to ensure compliance with the rule. It would not be possible
to collect this information less frequently and still assure that the
requirements of permit and public involvement regulations are met by
owners or operators. The reporting frequency is essential to assure
that any changes in the trial burn plans or in the anticipated permit
application contents are made known to EPA and 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 91
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.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,005 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $4.
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.
Dated: March 29, 2005.
Maria Parisi Vickers,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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