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mandates a hazardous waste manifest
‘‘system’’ to assure that all hazardous
waste generated is designated for and
arrives at the appropriate treatment,
storage, and disposal facility. An
essential part of this manifest system is
the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest
(Form 8700–22A). The manifest is a
tracking document that accompanies the
waste from its generation site to its final
disposition. The manifest lists the
wastes that are being shipped and the
final destination of the waste. The
manifest system is a self-enforcing
mechanism that requires generators,
transporters, and owner/operators of
treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities to participate in hazardous
waste tracking. In addition, the manifest
provides information to transporters and
waste management facility workers on
the hazardous nature of the waste,
identifies wastes so that they can be
managed appropriately in the event of
an accident, spill, or leak, and ensures
that shipments of hazardous waste are
managed properly and delivered to their
designated facilities.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and record keeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1.52 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 131,803.
Frequency of response: Per Waste
Shipment.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 13.37.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
3,264,991.
Estimated total annual costs:
$152,600,000. This includes an
estimated burden cost of $150,000,000
for labor and an estimated cost of
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$2,600,000 for capital investment and
maintenance and operational costs.
What Is the Next Step in the Process for
This ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: January 25, 2008.
Matthew Hale,
Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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Notice of Data Availability on the
Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes
in Landfills and Surface
Impoundments; Reopening of
Comment Period
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Data Availability;
Reopening of Comment Period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is reopening the comment
period for the Notice of Data
Availability (NODA) entitled ‘‘Notice of
Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal
Combustion Wastes in Landfills and
Surface Impoundments.’’ This NODA
announces the availability of new
information and data concerning the
management of coal combustion wastes
(CCW) in landfills and surface
impoundments that will be used by the
Agency to inform its decisionmaking
regarding its Regulatory Determination
for CCW disposed of in landfills and
surface impoundments. This NODA was
published on August 29, 2007 (72 FR
49714), and the comment period was
scheduled to close on November 27,
2007. However, a number of
environmental groups requested
additional time to respond to the issues
raised in the NODA and its
accompanying documents.
Consequently, the Agency extended the
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comment period an additional 60 days
to January 28, 2008 (72 FR 57572). The
same group of commenters then
requested a short amount of additional
time to finish gathering information that
they believe is necessary to complete
their comments. Therefore, we are
reopening the comment period from the
date of publication of this notice to
close on February 11, 2008.
DATES: The comment period is reopened
from the date of publication of this
notice to close on February 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2006–0796, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Comments may be sent by
electronic mail (e-mail) to: rcradocket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796. In
contrast to EPA’s electronic public
docket, EPA’s e-mail system is not an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to the
docket without going through EPA’s
electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail
system automatically captures your email address. E-mail addresses that are
automatically captured by EPA’s e-mail
system are included as part of the
comment that is placed in the official
public docket, and made available in
EPA’s electronic public docket.
• Fax: Comments may be faxed to
202–566–9744. Attention Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796.
• Mail: Send two copies of your
comments to Notice of Data Availability
on the Disposal of Coal Combustion
Wastes in Landfills and Surface
Impoundments, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 5305T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–
0796.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies
of your comments to the Notice of Data
Availability on the Disposal of Coal
Combustion Wastes in Landfills and
Surface Impoundments Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460. Attention Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–0796. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
docket’s normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays), and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2006–
0796. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
We also request that interested parties
who would like information they
previously submitted to EPA to be
considered as part of this action,
identify the relevant information by
docket entry numbers and page
numbers. For additional instructions on
submitting comments, go to the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexander Livnat, Office of Solid Waste
(5306P), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0002, telephone
(703) 308–7251, e-mail address
livnat.alexander@epa.gov. For more
information on this rulemaking, please
visit https://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/
other/fossil/index.htm/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NODA that is the subject of this notice,
and which was published in the Federal
Register on August 29, 2007 (72 FR
49714), announces the availability of
new information and data contained in
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three documents that the Agency is
requesting public comments on,
concerning the management of CCW in
landfills and surface impoundments.
The three documents that the Agency is
requesting comments on are: A joint
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and
EPA report entitled, Coal Combustion
Waste Management at Landfills and
Surface Impoundments, 1994–2004; a
draft risk assessment conducted by EPA
on the management of CCW in landfills
and surface impoundments; and EPA’s
damage case assessment. The Agency is
soliciting comments on the extent to
which the damage case information, the
results of the risk assessment, and the
new liner and ground water monitoring
information from the DOE/EPA report
should affect the Agency’s decisions.
EPA is also requesting direct comment
on the draft risk assessment document
to help inform a planned peer review.
In addition, the Agency has included in
the docket to the NODA a rulemaking
petition submitted by a number of
citizens’ groups, as well as two
approaches regarding the management
of CCW, one prepared by the electric
utility industry and the other prepared
by a number of citizens’ groups. The
Agency will consider all the information
provided through the NODA, the
comments and new information
submitted on the NODA, as well as the
results of a subsequent peer review of
the risk assessment, as it continues to
follow-up on its Regulatory
Determination for CCW disposed of in
landfills and surface impoundments.
The comment period for the NODA
was scheduled to close on November 27,
2007. However, a number of
environmental groups requested that
EPA extend the comment period by 75
days, noting that additional time was
needed in order to comment
meaningfully on the information
contained in the NODA and to perform
extensive analysis on several
documents, some of which are highly
technical. The commenters also noted
that, due to the length and complexity
of the draft risk assessment (Human and
Ecological Risk Assessment of Coal
Combustion Wastes), it would be
necessary to engage expert review that
will consequently increase the time
necessary to prepare their comments.
EPA believed that the 90-day public
comment period originally established
was reasonable. However, since the
Agency will be considering all the
information provided through the
comments and new information
submitted on the NODA, as well as the
results of a subsequent peer review of
the risk assessment, we believed it was
important that commenters have
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adequate time to analyze the data
noticed in the NODA so that they may
provide informed and meaningful
comments to the Agency. Therefore, we
decided to extend the comment period
by 60 days, thereby extending the
comment period to 150 days. We
believed an additional 60 days was
adequate for commenters to analyze the
data noticed in the NODA and available
in the docket to the NODA. Because the
60-day extension would have ended on
January 26, 2008, which is a Saturday,
the comment period was extended until
the following Monday, January 28, 2008.
The same group of commenters, noted
above, requested a short amount of
additional time to finish gathering
information that is necessary to
complete their comments. We believe
this request is reasonable given the
nature and volume of materials
provided for comment; therefore, we are
reopening the comment period from the
date of publication of this notice to
close on February 11, 2008.
Dated: January 29, 2008.
Susan Parker Bodine,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste
and Emergency Response.
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Ecosystems and Resources Advisory
Committee (ACSERAC)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of a public conference
call meeting; correction.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA indicated that
reports being reviewed by the ACSERAC
would be incorporated into a scientific
assessment to be published by the U.S.
Climate Change Science Program and
that the public would have a chance to
review and comment on the scientific
assessment in April 2008. The
availability of the scientific assessment
for public review and comment is
incorrect.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joanna Foellmer, Designated Federal
Official, ACSERAC, by telephone: 703–
347–8508, by e-mail:
foellmer.joanna@epa.gov, by fax: 703–
347–8694, or by regular mail: Joanna
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8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0796; FRL-8524-4]
RIN 2050-AE81
Notice of Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal Combustion
Wastes in Landfills and Surface Impoundments; Reopening of Comment
Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Data Availability; Reopening of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reopening the
comment period for the Notice of Data Availability (NODA) entitled
``Notice of Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes
in Landfills and Surface Impoundments.'' This NODA announces the
availability of new information and data concerning the management of
coal combustion wastes (CCW) in landfills and surface impoundments that
will be used by the Agency to inform its decisionmaking regarding its
Regulatory Determination for CCW disposed of in landfills and surface
impoundments. This NODA was published on August 29, 2007 (72 FR 49714),
and the comment period was scheduled to close on November 27, 2007.
However, a number of environmental groups requested additional time to
respond to the issues raised in the NODA and its accompanying
documents. Consequently, the Agency extended the comment period an
additional 60 days to January 28, 2008 (72 FR 57572). The same group of
commenters then requested a short amount of additional time to finish
gathering information that they believe is necessary to complete their
comments. Therefore, we are reopening the comment period from the date
of publication of this notice to close on February 11, 2008.
DATES: The comment period is reopened from the date of publication of
this notice to close on February 11, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2006-0796, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to: rcra-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0796.
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is
not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment
directly to the docket without going through EPA's electronic public
docket, EPA's e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address.
E-mail addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system
are included as part of the comment that is placed in the official
public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
Fax: Comments may be faxed to 202-566-9744. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0796.
Mail: Send two copies of your comments to Notice of Data
Availability on the Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes in Landfills and
Surface Impoundments, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 5305T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0796.
Hand Delivery: Deliver two copies of your comments to the
Notice of Data Availability on the Disposal of Coal Combustion Wastes
in Landfills and Surface Impoundments Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2006-0796. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays), and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2006-0796. EPA's policy is that all comments
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received will be included in the public docket without change and may
be made available online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through
https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov
Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA
without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address
will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that
is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If
you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with
any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm. We also request that interested parties who would
like information they previously submitted to EPA to be considered as
part of this action, identify the relevant information by docket entry
numbers and page numbers. For additional instructions on submitting
comments, go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Livnat, Office of Solid
Waste (5306P), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0002,
telephone (703) 308-7251, e-mail address livnat.alexander@epa.gov. For
more information on this rulemaking, please visit https://www.epa.gov/
epaoswer/other/fossil/index.htm/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NODA that is the subject of this notice,
and which was published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2007 (72
FR 49714), announces the availability of new information and data
contained in three documents that the Agency is requesting public
comments on, concerning the management of CCW in landfills and surface
impoundments. The three documents that the Agency is requesting
comments on are: A joint U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and EPA report
entitled, Coal Combustion Waste Management at Landfills and Surface
Impoundments, 1994-2004; a draft risk assessment conducted by EPA on
the management of CCW in landfills and surface impoundments; and EPA's
damage case assessment. The Agency is soliciting comments on the extent
to which the damage case information, the results of the risk
assessment, and the new liner and ground water monitoring information
from the DOE/EPA report should affect the Agency's decisions. EPA is
also requesting direct comment on the draft risk assessment document to
help inform a planned peer review. In addition, the Agency has included
in the docket to the NODA a rulemaking petition submitted by a number
of citizens' groups, as well as two approaches regarding the management
of CCW, one prepared by the electric utility industry and the other
prepared by a number of citizens' groups. The Agency will consider all
the information provided through the NODA, the comments and new
information submitted on the NODA, as well as the results of a
subsequent peer review of the risk assessment, as it continues to
follow-up on its Regulatory Determination for CCW disposed of in
landfills and surface impoundments.
The comment period for the NODA was scheduled to close on November
27, 2007. However, a number of environmental groups requested that EPA
extend the comment period by 75 days, noting that additional time was
needed in order to comment meaningfully on the information contained in
the NODA and to perform extensive analysis on several documents, some
of which are highly technical. The commenters also noted that, due to
the length and complexity of the draft risk assessment (Human and
Ecological Risk Assessment of Coal Combustion Wastes), it would be
necessary to engage expert review that will consequently increase the
time necessary to prepare their comments.
EPA believed that the 90-day public comment period originally
established was reasonable. However, since the Agency will be
considering all the information provided through the comments and new
information submitted on the NODA, as well as the results of a
subsequent peer review of the risk assessment, we believed it was
important that commenters have adequate time to analyze the data
noticed in the NODA so that they may provide informed and meaningful
comments to the Agency. Therefore, we decided to extend the comment
period by 60 days, thereby extending the comment period to 150 days. We
believed an additional 60 days was adequate for commenters to analyze
the data noticed in the NODA and available in the docket to the NODA.
Because the 60-day extension would have ended on January 26, 2008,
which is a Saturday, the comment period was extended until the
following Monday, January 28, 2008.
The same group of commenters, noted above, requested a short amount
of additional time to finish gathering information that is necessary to
complete their comments. We believe this request is reasonable given
the nature and volume of materials provided for comment; therefore, we
are reopening the comment period from the date of publication of this
notice to close on February 11, 2008.
Dated: January 29, 2008.
Susan Parker Bodine,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
[FR Doc. E8-2063 Filed 2-4-08; 8:45 am]
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