Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous Waste Management Programs (Renewal), 48307 [2018-20634]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 185 (Monday, September 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20634]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0200, FRL-9984-25-OEI]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Final Authorization for Hazardous 
Waste Management Programs (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Final Authorization for Hazardous 
Waste Management Programs (EPA ICR Number 0969.11, OMB Control Number 
2050-0041) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 
proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
September 30, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on May 8, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a 
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless 
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 24, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0200, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
RCRA Docket (2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, (mail code 5303P), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: 703-308-5477; fax number: 703-308-8433; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: In order for a State to obtain final authorization for a 
State hazardous waste program or to revise its previously authorized 
program, it must submit an official application to the EPA Regional 
office for approval. The purpose of the application is to enable the 
EPA to properly determine whether the State's program meets the 
requirements of Sec.  3006 of RCRA. A State with an approved program 
may voluntarily transfer program responsibilities to EPA by notifying 
the EPA of the proposed transfer, as required by section 271.23. 
Further, the EPA may withdraw a State's authorized program under 
section 271.23.
    State program revision may be necessary when the controlling 
Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority is modified or 
supplemented. In the event that the State is revising its program by 
adopting new Federal requirements, the State shall prepare and submit 
modified revisions of the program description, Attorney General's 
statement, Memorandum of Agreement, or such other documents as the EPA 
determines to be necessary. The State shall inform the EPA of any 
proposed modifications to its basic statutory or regulatory authority 
in accordance with section 271.21. If a State is proposing to transfer 
all or any part of any program from the approved State agency to any 
other agency, it must notify the EPA in accordance with section 271.21 
and submit revised organizational charts as required under section 
271.6, in accordance with section 271.21. These paperwork requirements 
are mandatory under Sec.  3006(a). The EPA will use the information 
submitted by the State in order to determine whether the State's 
program meets the statutory and regulatory requirements for 
authorization.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State/territorial governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Sec.  3006(a)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 50.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 9,996 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $386,618 (per year), includes $386,618 in 
annualized labor and $0 in annualized capital or operation & 
maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is decrease of 3,864 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This is due to the decrease in the number of States 
revising their base RCRA programs from 10 to 6.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-20634 Filed 9-21-18; 8:45 am]
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