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may later disapprove the SIP revision.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0007, FRL–9678–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; EPA Worker
Protection Standards for Hazardous
Waste Operations and Emergency
Response (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR is scheduled to expire on June 1,
2012. 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 July 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2005–0007 by one of the
following methods:
• www.regulations.gov: Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: (202) 566–9744.
• Mail: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–
0007. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
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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 www.regulations.gov
or email. The 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 email
comment directly to EPA without going
through www.regulations.gov your email
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sella M. Burchette, U.S. Environmental
Response Team, MS 101, Building 205,
Edison, NJ 08837, telephone number:
721–321–6726; fax number: 732–321–
6724; email address:
burchette.sella@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–
2005–0007 established a public docket
for each of the ICRs identified in this
document (see the Docket ID. numbers
for each ICR that are provided in the
text, which is available for online
viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in
person viewing at the Superfund 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 Superfund
Docket is 202–566–0276.
Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a
copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
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the docket ID number identified in this
document.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
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. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of 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 the
estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those State
and local employees engaged in
hazardous waste operations and
emergency response in the 27 States that
do not have Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA)
approved State plans.
Title: EPA Worker Protection
Standards for Hazardous Waste
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Operation and Emergency Response
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1426.09,
OMB Control No. 2050–0105.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on 06/61/12. This is
a request renewal of a currently
approved collection. 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: Section 126(f) of the
Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA)
requires EPA to set worker protection
standards for State and local employees
engaged in hazardous waste operations
and emergency response in the 27 States
that do not have Occupational Safety
and Health Administration approved
State plans. The EPA coverage, required
to be identical to the OSHA standards,
extends to three categories of
employees: Those engaged in clean-ups
at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites,
including corrective actions at
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD)
facilities regulated under the Resource
Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA);
employees working at routine hazardous
waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities;
and employees involved in emergency
response operations without regard to
location. This ICR renews existing
mandatory record keeping collection of
ongoing activities including monitoring
of any potential employee exposure at
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites,
maintaining records of employee
training, refresher training, medical
exams and reviewing emergency
response plans.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection is estimated to average
10.64 hours per response. Burden means
to total time, effort, and 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
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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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
255,427 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$3,528,888, which is entirely for labor.
There are no capital investment or
maintenance and operational costs.
These burden estimates reflect what is
currently approved by OMB, without
change. EPA will provide revised
burden estimates when the second
comment period for this ICR is opened.
However, as the universe and
regulations have not changed, EPA does
not anticipate any substantive changes
to the burden figures.
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: May 16, 2012.
James E. Woolford,
Director, Office of Superfund Remediation
and Technology Innovation.
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AGENCY
[FRL–9678–3; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–
2012–0276]
An Assessment of Potential Mining
Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of
Bristol Bay, AK
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
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The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
a public comment period for the draft
document titled, ‘‘An Assessment of
Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon
Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’
(EPA–910–R–12–004a–d). The
document was prepared by the EPA’s
Region 10 (Pacific Northwest and
Alaska), EPA’s Office of Water, and
EPA’s Office of Research and
Development. The EPA conducted this
assessment to determine the
significance of Bristol Bay’s ecological
resources and evaluate the potential
impacts of large-scale mining on these
resources. EPA will use the results of
this assessment to inform the
consideration of options consistent with
its role under the Clean Water Act. The
assessment is intended to provide a
scientific and technical foundation for
future decision making; EPA will not
address use of its regulatory authority
until the assessment becomes final and
has made no judgment about whether
and how to use that authority at this
time.
DATES: The public comment period
began Friday, May 18, 2012, and ends
Monday, July 23, 2012. Technical
comments should be in writing and
must be received by EPA by Monday,
July 23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘An Assessment
of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon
Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska’’ is
available primarily via the Internet on
the EPA Region 10 Bristol Bay Web site
at www.epa.gov/bristolbay as well as on
the National Center for Environmental
Assessment’s Web site under the Recent
Additions and the Data and Publications
menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A printed
copy of the assessment will be placed at
public locations in Bristol Bay and in
Anchorage, AK. These locations are
listed on the Region 10 Web site. A
limited number of paper copies are
available from the Information
Management Team, NCEA; telephone:
703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347–
8691. If you are requesting a paper copy,
please provide your name, your mailing
address, and the document title, ‘‘An
Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts
on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay,
Alaska.’’ Please also indicate if a paper
copy of the full set of appendices is
needed.
Comments on the report may be
submitted electronically via
www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail,
by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed
instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0007, FRL-9678-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response (Renewal)
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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on June 1, 2012. 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 July 24, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0007 by one of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov.
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2005-0007. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
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 www.regulations.gov or email. The
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 email comment
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sella M. Burchette, U.S. Environmental
Response Team, MS 101, Building 205, Edison, NJ 08837, telephone
number: 721-321-6726; fax number: 732-321-6724; email address:
burchette.sella@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0007 established a public
docket for each of the ICRs identified in this document (see the Docket
ID. numbers for each ICR that are provided in the text, which is
available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Superfund 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 Superfund Docket
is 202-566-0276.
Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing
of the contents of the 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 in this
document.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it 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. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of 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 the estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those State and local employees engaged in hazardous waste operations
and emergency response in the 27 States that do not have Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) approved State plans.
Title: EPA Worker Protection Standards for Hazardous Waste
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Operation and Emergency Response (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1426.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0105.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on 06/61/12.
This is a request renewal of a currently approved collection. 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: Section 126(f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) requires EPA to set worker
protection standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous
waste operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not
have Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State
plans. The EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA
standards, extends to three categories of employees: Those engaged in
clean-ups at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, including corrective
actions at Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated
under the Resource Conservation and recovery Act (RCRA); employees
working at routine hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities;
and employees involved in emergency response operations without regard
to location. This ICR renews existing mandatory record keeping
collection of ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential
employee exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste sites, maintaining
records of employee training, refresher training, medical exams and
reviewing emergency response plans.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection is estimated to average 10.64 hours per
response. Burden means to total time, effort, and 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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 24,000.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 255,427 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $3,528,888, which is entirely for
labor. There are no capital investment or maintenance and operational
costs.
These burden estimates reflect what is currently approved by OMB,
without change. EPA will provide revised burden estimates when the
second comment period for this ICR is opened. However, as the universe
and regulations have not changed, EPA does not anticipate any
substantive changes to the burden figures.
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: May 16, 2012.
James E. Woolford,
Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
[FR Doc. 2012-12838 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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