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estimated to average 2 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: Private
individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2000 .
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3530.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$91,533, includes $0 annualized capital
or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a
new collection so there is no change
from a previously approved burden.
Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2007–1116, FRL–8571–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Facility Ground-Water
Monitoring Requirements (Renewal);
EPA ICR No. 0959.13; OMB Control No.
2050–0033
Environmental Protection
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 27, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2007–1116, to (1) EPA, either
online using https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or by e-mail to
rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by
mail to: 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:
William Schoenborn, Office of Solid
Waste, (mail code 5303P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308–
8483; fax number: 703–308–8617; e-mail
address: schoenborn.william@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 January 25, 2008 (73 FR 4554), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one
comment during the comment period,
which is addressed in the ICR. Any
additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–RCRA–2007–1116, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC 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.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
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viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Facility Ground-Water
Monitoring Requirements (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0959.13,
OMB Control No. 2050–0033.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2008. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This ICR examines the
ground-water monitoring standards for
permitted and interim status facilities at
40 CFR parts 264 and 265, as specified.
The ground-water monitoring
requirements for regulated units follow
a tiered approach whereby releases of
hazardous contaminants are first
detected (detection monitoring), then
confirmed (compliance monitoring), and
if necessary, are required to be cleaned
up (corrective action). Each of these
tiers requires collection and analysis of
ground-water samples. Owners or
operators that conduct ground-water
monitoring are required to report
information to the oversight agencies on
releases of contaminants and to
maintain records of ground-water
monitoring data at their facilities. The
goal of the ground-water monitoring
program is to prevent and quickly detect
releases of hazardous contaminants to
groundwater, and to establish a program
whereby any contamination is
expeditiously cleaned up as necessary
to protect human health and
environment. Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
(RCRA) creates a comprehensive
program for the safe management of
hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA
requires owners and operators of
facilities that treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste to comply with
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standards established by EPA that are to
protect the environment. Section 3005
provides for implementation of these
standards under permits issued to
owners and operators by EPA or
authorized States. Section 3005 also
allows owners and operators of facilities
in existence when the regulations came
into effect to comply with applicable
notice requirements to operate until a
permit is issued or denied. This
statutory authorization to operate prior
to permit determination is commonly
known as ‘‘interim status.’’ Owners and
operators of interim status facilities also
must comply with standards set under
Section 3004.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 123 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Business or other for-profit; and State,
local, or Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
989.
Frequency of Response: quarterly,
semi-annually, and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
121,577.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$27,818,073, includes $4,628,246
annualized labor and $23,189,829
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 26,380 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. The reason for the increase in
hourly burden is an increase in the
universe from 824 for the previous ICR
to 989 for this renewal, which can be
explained by improvements in the
RCRAInfo database, allowing for more
accurate counts.
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Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8–11888 Filed 5–27–08; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0204; FRL–8572–4]
Board of Scientific Counselors, Land
Research Program Mid-Cycle Review
Meetings—Spring 2008
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92–463, the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of one
meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Land Mid-Cycle
Subcommittee.
DATES: The meeting (a teleconference
call) will be held on Tuesday, June 24,
from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT. The
meetings may adjourn early if all
business is finished. Requests for the
draft agenda or for making oral
presentations at the meeting will be
accepted up to 1 business day before the
meeting.
ADDRESSES: Participation in the
conference call will be by
teleconference only—meeting rooms
will not be used. Members of the public
may obtain the call-in number and
access code for the call from Heather
Drumm, whose contact information is
listed under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
ORD–2008–0204, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Send comments by
electronic mail (e-mail) to:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0204.
• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566–
0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–ORD–2008–0204.
• Mail: Send comments by mail to:
Board of Scientific Counselors, Land
Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meeting—
Spring 2008 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
0204.
• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver
comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/
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DC), Room B102, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0204. Note:
this is not a mailing address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
0204. EPA’s policy is that all comments
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.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Board of Scientific Counselors, Land
Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meeting—
Spring 2008 Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-1116, FRL-8571-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Facility Ground-Water Monitoring
Requirements (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0959.13; OMB Control No. 2050-0033
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-1116, to (1) EPA, either online using https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: RCRA Docket (28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by mail
to: 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: William Schoenborn, Office of Solid
Waste, (mail code 5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-
308-8483; fax number: 703-308-8617; e-mail address:
schoenborn.william@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 January 25, 2008 (73 FR 4554), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-1116, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: Facility Ground-Water Monitoring Requirements (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0959.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0033.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2008. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This ICR examines the ground-water monitoring standards
for permitted and interim status facilities at 40 CFR parts 264 and
265, as specified. The ground-water monitoring requirements for
regulated units follow a tiered approach whereby releases of hazardous
contaminants are first detected (detection monitoring), then confirmed
(compliance monitoring), and if necessary, are required to be cleaned
up (corrective action). Each of these tiers requires collection and
analysis of ground-water samples. Owners or operators that conduct
ground-water monitoring are required to report information to the
oversight agencies on releases of contaminants and to maintain records
of ground-water monitoring data at their facilities. The goal of the
ground-water monitoring program is to prevent and quickly detect
releases of hazardous contaminants to groundwater, and to establish a
program whereby any contamination is expeditiously cleaned up as
necessary to protect human health and environment. Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) creates a
comprehensive program for the safe management of hazardous waste.
Section 3004 of RCRA requires owners and operators of facilities that
treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste to comply with
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standards established by EPA that are to protect the environment.
Section 3005 provides for implementation of these standards under
permits issued to owners and operators by EPA or authorized States.
Section 3005 also allows owners and operators of facilities in
existence when the regulations came into effect to comply with
applicable notice requirements to operate until a permit is issued or
denied. This statutory authorization to operate prior to permit
determination is commonly known as ``interim status.'' Owners and
operators of interim status facilities also must comply with standards
set under Section 3004.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 123
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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Business or other for-profit; and
State, local, or Tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 989.
Frequency of Response: quarterly, semi-annually, and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 121,577.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $27,818,073, includes $4,628,246
annualized labor and $23,189,829 capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 26,380 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The reason for the increase in hourly burden is
an increase in the universe from 824 for the previous ICR to 989 for
this renewal, which can be explained by improvements in the RCRAInfo
database, allowing for more accurate counts.
Dated: May 21, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-11888 Filed 5-27-08; 8:45 am]
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