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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
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edocket.
Title: Hazardous Remediation Waste
Management Requirements (HWIRMedia) (Renewal).
Abstract: The Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as
amended, requires EPA to establish a
national regulatory program to ensure
that hazardous wastes are managed in a
manner protective of human health and
the environment. Under this program
(known as the RCRA Subtitle C
program), EPA regulates newly
generated hazardous wastes, as well as
hazardous remediation wastes (i.e.,
hazardous wastes managed during
cleanup). To facilitate prompt and
protective treatment, storage, and
disposal of hazardous remediation
wastes, EPA established three
requirements for remediation waste
management sites that are different from
those for facilities managing newly
generated hazardous waste:
• Performance standards for
remediation waste management sites (40
CFR 264.1(j));
• A provision excluding remediation
waste management sites from
requirements for facility-wide corrective
action; and
• A new form of RCRA permit for
treating, storing, and disposing of
hazardous remediation wastes (40 CFR
part 270, subpart H). The new permit, a
Remedial Action Plan (RAP),
streamlines the permitting process for
remediation waste management sites to
allow cleanups to take place more
quickly.
In addition, EPA created a new kind
of unit called a ‘‘staging pile’’ (40 CFR
264.554) that allows more flexibility in
storing remediation waste during
cleanup. 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 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
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Burden Statement: For owners/
operators of hazardous remediation
waste management sites subject to the
40 CFR 264.1(j) and part 270, subpart H
requirements, the reporting burden is
estimated to be 27 hours per respondent
per year. The recordkeeping burden is
estimated to be 42 hours per respondent
per year. For owners/operators of
hazardous remediation waste
management sites subject to the 40 CFR
264.554 requirements for staging piles,
the reporting burden is estimated to be
7 hours per year per respondent. The
recordkeeping burden is estimated to be
13 hours per respondent per year.
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:
Facility owners and operators.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
176.
Frequency of Response: one-time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
4,944.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$361,000, includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $26,000 annual
O&M costs and $335,000 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of only 15 hours in the total
estimated annual hourly burden
currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
The total annual O&M cost burden in
this ICR decreased by $9,000 from the
previous renewal (ICR #1775.03), which
is due to refinements in the burden
estimates. This decrease of $9,000 is
therefore considered an ‘‘adjustment’’.
Dated: September 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[ORD–2005–0010; FRL–7971–1]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Population-Based Pilot Study
of Children’s Environmental Health in
Support of The National Children’s
Study, EPA ICR Number 2187.01
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
for a new collection. This ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID No. ORD–2005–
0010, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET
(our preferred method), by e-mail to
ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pauline Mendola, Office of Research
and Development, National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Library,
Human Studies Division, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code MD 58 A,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 966–6953; fax
number: (919) 966–7584; e-mail address:
mendola.pauline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On April 12, 2005 (70 FR 19076), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed
the comments received.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. ORD–
2005–0010, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Research and
Development 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
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Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Office of
Research and Development Docket is
(202) 566–1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through
EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
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 30
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.
Title: Population-based Pilot Study of
Children’s Environmental Health in
Support of The National Children’s
Study.
Abstract: The proposed study will be
conducted by the Epidemiology and
Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies
Division, National Health and
Environmental Effects Research
Laboratory, Office of Research and
Development, U.S. EPA. The U.S. EPA
will conduct this research in
partnership with the National
Children’s Study (NCS) Program Office
at the National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development (NICHD) as
well as the other lead agencies of the
NCS: the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC) and the National
Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS). This proposed data
collection will pilot test logistics,
protocols and procedures for the NCS, a
long term study of the influence of
environmental factors on child health
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and development. The goal is to
improve the efficiency of the
implementation of NCS by testing
procedures for population-based
sampling and subject recruitment,
proposed study logistics and estimates
of subject burden, and evaluating data
collection strategies including
interviews and acquisition of biologic
and environmental samples. Further
details on the NCS, including the Study
Plan, can be found at https://
www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov.
Approximately 10,000 households
will be screened and 2,740 women will
be enrolled who meet eligibility criteria,
primarily defined by age and likelihood
of pregnancy. The schedule of visits
follows the proposed NCS Study Plan.
Briefly, women who are planning
pregnancy will be visited bimonthly,
women with lower likelihood of
pregnancy will be visited once; pregnant
women will have a home visit in the
first trimester and a clinic visit in the
second and third trimester. A hospital
visit at birth is planned as well as home
visits to follow-up with the mother and
infant at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months of age.
Data from interviews as well as biologic
and environmental samples will address
the relationship between common
environmental factors and the physical
and developmental growth of children.
Qualitative assessments of the
participants’ perceptions about the
study will be gathered at each visit to
enhance the lessons that can be learned
to aid the successful implementation of
the NCS.
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 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information varies
depending on the eligibility and
pregnancy status of women at the time
of enrollment. Detailed estimates
regarding the number of potential
respondents and burden associated with
each visit are provided in the
EDOCKET. Approximately 10 minutes
per household is required to determine
potentially eligible occupants.
Potentially eligible women are asked to
complete a 10-minute screening
interview. The estimated total burden
for a fully participating woman ranges
from 8 hours (for a woman enrolled at
delivery) to 21 hours (for a ‘‘high
likelihood’’ woman who receives all
contacts in the preconception period)
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over a three year period. The burden for
husbands/partners is somewhat more
consistent because they only receive one
visit in each of the preconception,
pregnancy, and childhood visit periods;
each visit is approximately 1 hour. The
burden for children ranges from 10
minutes at the birth visit to
approximately 2 hours for full
participation up to 18 months of age.
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:
Women aged 18–40 years, pregnant
women, their husbands or partners, and
their children who live in selected areas
of North Carolina.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
4,585.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$82,728. There are no annualized
capital costs or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Not
applicable; this is a new information
collection.
Dated: September 6, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[ORD-2005-0010; FRL-7971-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Population-Based Pilot Study of
Children's Environmental Health in Support of The National Children's
Study, EPA ICR Number 2187.01
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID No. ORD-2005-
0010, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pauline Mendola, Office of Research
and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research
Library, Human Studies Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code MD 58 A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919)
966-6953; fax number: (919) 966-7584; e-mail address:
mendola.pauline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On April 12, 2005 (70 FR 19076), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments
received.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. ORD-2005-0010, which is available for public viewing at the Office
of Research and Development 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
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Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Office
of Research and Development Docket is (202) 566-1752. An electronic
version of the public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET)
at https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 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
30 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.
Title: Population-based Pilot Study of Children's Environmental
Health in Support of The National Children's Study.
Abstract: The proposed study will be conducted by the Epidemiology
and Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies Division, National Health and
Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and
Development, U.S. EPA. The U.S. EPA will conduct this research in
partnership with the National Children's Study (NCS) Program Office at
the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) as
well as the other lead agencies of the NCS: the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). This proposed data collection
will pilot test logistics, protocols and procedures for the NCS, a long
term study of the influence of environmental factors on child health
and development. The goal is to improve the efficiency of the
implementation of NCS by testing procedures for population-based
sampling and subject recruitment, proposed study logistics and
estimates of subject burden, and evaluating data collection strategies
including interviews and acquisition of biologic and environmental
samples. Further details on the NCS, including the Study Plan, can be
found at https://www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov.
Approximately 10,000 households will be screened and 2,740 women
will be enrolled who meet eligibility criteria, primarily defined by
age and likelihood of pregnancy. The schedule of visits follows the
proposed NCS Study Plan. Briefly, women who are planning pregnancy will
be visited bimonthly, women with lower likelihood of pregnancy will be
visited once; pregnant women will have a home visit in the first
trimester and a clinic visit in the second and third trimester. A
hospital visit at birth is planned as well as home visits to follow-up
with the mother and infant at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months of age. Data from
interviews as well as biologic and environmental samples will address
the relationship between common environmental factors and the physical
and developmental growth of children. Qualitative assessments of the
participants' perceptions about the study will be gathered at each
visit to enhance the lessons that can be learned to aid the successful
implementation of the NCS.
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 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information varies depending on the
eligibility and pregnancy status of women at the time of enrollment.
Detailed estimates regarding the number of potential respondents and
burden associated with each visit are provided in the EDOCKET.
Approximately 10 minutes per household is required to determine
potentially eligible occupants. Potentially eligible women are asked to
complete a 10-minute screening interview. The estimated total burden
for a fully participating woman ranges from 8 hours (for a woman
enrolled at delivery) to 21 hours (for a ``high likelihood'' woman who
receives all contacts in the preconception period) over a three year
period. The burden for husbands/partners is somewhat more consistent
because they only receive one visit in each of the preconception,
pregnancy, and childhood visit periods; each visit is approximately 1
hour. The burden for children ranges from 10 minutes at the birth visit
to approximately 2 hours for full participation up to 18 months of age.
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: Women aged 18-40 years, pregnant
women, their husbands or partners, and their children who live in
selected areas of North Carolina.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,585.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $82,728. There are no annualized
capital costs or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Not applicable; this is a new information
collection.
Dated: September 6, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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