Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (Renewal), 25043-25044 [2019-11268]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 104 / Thursday, May 30, 2019 / Notices information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 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: The Emission Guidelines (EG) (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce) for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators were proposed on February 27, 1995; promulgated on September 15, 1997; and revised on both October 6, 2009 and April 4, 2011. The Federal Plan Requirements for these regulations (40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH) were proposed on July 6, 1999; promulgated on August 15, 2000; and revised on May 13, 2013. Subpart Ce requires either states or tribes to develop plans to implement the EG. If approvable state or tribal plans were not developed, the EPA was required to develop a Federal plan (Subpart HHH) to implement the Emission Guidelines for such states and tribes. The Federal plan is an interim measure to ensure that emissions standards are implemented until states assume their role as the preferred implementers of the EG. The 2013 rule finalized amendments to the HMIWI federal plan to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, for those states that did not have an approved revised/new state plan in place within 2 years after promulgation of the EG. The regulations in 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH apply to each existing individual hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) that either commenced construction prior to December 2, 2008 or commenced modification prior to April 6, 2010. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH. In general, all Emission Guidelines require initial notifications, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 May 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to the Emission Guidelines. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: The regulations in 40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH apply to each existing individual hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator (HMIWI) that commenced construction prior to December 2, 2008 or commenced modification prior to April 6, 2010. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ce and 40 CFR part 62, subpart HHH). Estimated number of respondents: 58 existing respondents, consisting of 31 privately-owned, 5 Federally-owned, and no State/locally-owned HMIWI facilities, plus 22 States requiring State Plan Inventories (total). Frequency of response: Semiannually and annually. Total estimated burden: 34,600 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $4,620,000 (per year), which includes $479,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years. There is no change in the labor hour figures in this ICR compared to the previous ICR. The number of sources subject to these regulations has remained constant. There is an increase in the number of responses; however, this increase is not due to any program changes. We have revised the number of responses to correctly account for the ‘report of annual inspection’ for state and federal respondents. The previous ICR only counted these reports for small rural HWIMIs, but the regulations require all HWIMIs to submit this report. The burden did not change, as these costs were already correctly accounted for in Table 1. The labor costs have increased due to an update in labor rates. This ICR reflects the on-going PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25043 burden and costs for the 58 existing respondents. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11266 Filed 5–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0756, FRL–9994–15– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (EPA ICR Number 0801.23, OMB Control Number 2050–0039) 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 May 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 8, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. Ten comments were submitted to the public docket for this ICR. 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 July 29, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OLEM–2018–0756, to (1) EPA, either online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, 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 oira_ submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1 jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES 25044 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 104 / Thursday, May 30, 2019 / Notices 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: Bryan Groce, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Program Implementation and Information Division, (5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308–8750; fax number: (703) 308–0514; email address: groce.bryan@epa.gov. 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: This Information Collection Request covers recordkeeping and reporting activities for the hazardous waste manifest paper and electronic system, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (Pub. L. 112–195). EPA’s authority to require use of a manifest system stems primarily from RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections 3003(a)(3) and 3004). Regulations are found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant organizations and generators), part 263 (transporters), and parts 264 and 265 (TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes that are being shipped and the treatment, storage, or disposal facility (TSDF) to which the wastes are bound. Generators, transporters, and TSDFs handling hazardous waste are required to complete the data requirements for manifests and other reports primarily to: (1) Track each shipment of hazardous waste from the generator to a designated facility; (2) provide information requirements sufficient to allow the use of a manifest in lieu of a Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or bill of lading, thereby reducing the duplication of paperwork to the regulated community; (3) provide information to transporters and waste management facility workers on the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:08 May 29, 2019 Jkt 247001 hazardous nature of the waste; (4) inform emergency response teams of the waste’s hazard in the event of an accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure that shipments of hazardous waste are managed properly and delivered to their designated facilities. The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act provided EPA authority to establish the national electronic hazardous waste manifest system to track hazardous waste shipments electronically. The Act also provided EPA authority to adopt regulations that (1) allow it to accept electronic-manifests originated in the eManifest system as the legal equivalent to paper manifests; (2) require manifest users to submit paper copies of the manifest to the system for data processing; (3) collect manifests in the e-Manifest system for hazardous waste subject to federal or state law; and (4) set up user fees to offset the costs of developing and operating the e-Manifest system. Pursuant to the Act, EPA modified the manifest regulations on February 7, 2014 (The e-Manifest ‘‘One Year Rule’’), to authorize use of electronic manifests (or e-Manifests) for tracking offsite shipments of hazardous waste from a generator’s site to the site of the receipt and disposition of the hazardous waste. On January 3, 2018, EPA finalized the e-Manifest User Fee Final Rule which established the fee methodology that EPA uses to determine the user fees applicable to the electronic and paper manifests submitted to the national system. EPA launched the e-Manifest system on June 30, 2018. TSDF and other receiving facilities must submit manifests, both paper and electronic, to EPA. In addition to fees for RCRA wastes, EPA is charging TSDFs and other facilities receiving state-only regulated wastes a fee for each manifest submitted to the system. Regulations regarding copy submission requirements for interstate shipments and the applicability of e-Manifest system and fees to facilities receiving state-only regulated wastes are found in 40 CFR part 260 (Hazardous Waste Management System). Regulations regarding imposition of user fees on receiving facilities for their manifest submissions, with references to key fee methodology, fee dispute, and fee sanction requirements are found in Parts 264 and 265. Form Numbers: Form 8700–22 and 8700–22A. Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit. Respondent’s obligation to respond: mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)). PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Estimated number of respondents: 215,677. Frequency of response: Each Shipment. Total estimated burden: 2,502,500 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $129,951,112 (per year), includes $25,768,668 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 136,710 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB, resulting from EPA’s updates to the annual number of paper and electronic manifests offered into transportation. EPA ascertained data on the actual number of manifests as compiled by the e-Manifest system. In addition, there was a decrease of $12,951,112 in O&M costs from the currently approved ICR, resulting from EPA’s adjustment to the user fees paid by destination facilities. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–11268 Filed 5–29–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2018–0757, FRL–9993–85– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Hazardous Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and Special Waste Processes and Types (EPA ICR Number 1572.12, OMB Control Number 2050– 0050) 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 May 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 10, 2019 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30MYN1.SGM 30MYN1

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[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0756, FRL-9994-15-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Requirements for Generators, 
Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous 
Waste Manifest System (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), Requirements for Generators, 
Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities Under the RCRA Hazardous 
Waste Manifest System (EPA ICR Number 0801.23, OMB Control Number 2050-
0039) 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 May 
31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on February 8, 2019 during a 60-day comment period. Ten 
comments were submitted to the public docket for this ICR. 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 July 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0756, 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.

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    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: Bryan Groce, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Program Implementation and Information 
Division, (5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-8750; fax 
number: (703) 308-0514; 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: This Information Collection Request covers recordkeeping 
and reporting activities for the hazardous waste manifest paper and 
electronic system, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA) and the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act 
(Pub. L. 112-195). EPA's authority to require use of a manifest system 
stems primarily from RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections 3003(a)(3) and 
3004). Regulations are found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant 
organizations and generators), part 263 (transporters), and parts 264 
and 265 (TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes that are being shipped 
and the treatment, storage, or disposal facility (TSDF) to which the 
wastes are bound. Generators, transporters, and TSDFs handling 
hazardous waste are required to complete the data requirements for 
manifests and other reports primarily to: (1) Track each shipment of 
hazardous waste from the generator to a designated facility; (2) 
provide information requirements sufficient to allow the use of a 
manifest in lieu of a Department of Transportation (DOT) shipping paper 
or bill of lading, thereby reducing the duplication of paperwork to the 
regulated community; (3) provide information to transporters and waste 
management facility workers on the hazardous nature of the waste; (4) 
inform emergency response teams of the waste's hazard in the event of 
an accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure that shipments of hazardous 
waste are managed properly and delivered to their designated 
facilities. The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act 
provided EPA authority to establish the national electronic hazardous 
waste manifest system to track hazardous waste shipments 
electronically. The Act also provided EPA authority to adopt 
regulations that (1) allow it to accept electronic-manifests originated 
in the e-Manifest system as the legal equivalent to paper manifests; 
(2) require manifest users to submit paper copies of the manifest to 
the system for data processing; (3) collect manifests in the e-Manifest 
system for hazardous waste subject to federal or state law; and (4) set 
up user fees to offset the costs of developing and operating the e-
Manifest system.
    Pursuant to the Act, EPA modified the manifest regulations on 
February 7, 2014 (The e-Manifest ``One Year Rule''), to authorize use 
of electronic manifests (or e-Manifests) for tracking offsite shipments 
of hazardous waste from a generator's site to the site of the receipt 
and disposition of the hazardous waste. On January 3, 2018, EPA 
finalized the e-Manifest User Fee Final Rule which established the fee 
methodology that EPA uses to determine the user fees applicable to the 
electronic and paper manifests submitted to the national system. EPA 
launched the e-Manifest system on June 30, 2018. TSDF and other 
receiving facilities must submit manifests, both paper and electronic, 
to EPA. In addition to fees for RCRA wastes, EPA is charging TSDFs and 
other facilities receiving state-only regulated wastes a fee for each 
manifest submitted to the system. Regulations regarding copy submission 
requirements for interstate shipments and the applicability of e-
Manifest system and fees to facilities receiving state-only regulated 
wastes are found in 40 CFR part 260 (Hazardous Waste Management 
System). Regulations regarding imposition of user fees on receiving 
facilities for their manifest submissions, with references to key fee 
methodology, fee dispute, and fee sanction requirements are found in 
Parts 264 and 265.
    Form Numbers: Form 8700-22 and 8700-22A.
    Respondents/affected entities: Business or other for-profit.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)).
    Estimated number of respondents: 215,677.
    Frequency of response: Each Shipment.
    Total estimated burden: 2,502,500 hours per year. Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $129,951,112 (per year), includes $25,768,668 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 136,710 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB, resulting from EPA's updates to the annual number of 
paper and electronic manifests offered into transportation. EPA 
ascertained data on the actual number of manifests as compiled by the 
e-Manifest system. In addition, there was a decrease of $12,951,112 in 
O&M costs from the currently approved ICR, resulting from EPA's 
adjustment to the user fees paid by destination facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11268 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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