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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. The 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. At that time, the
EPA will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Section 3002 of RCRA requires
hazardous waste generators to report, at
least every 2 years, the quantity and
nature of hazardous waste generated
and managed during that reporting
cycle. Section 3004 requires treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs)
to report any waste received. This is
mandatory reporting. The information is
collected via the Hazardous Waste
Report (EPA Form 8700–13 A/B). This
form is also known as the ‘‘Biennial
Report’’ form.
Section 3010 of RCRA requires any
person who generates or transports
regulated waste or who owns or
operates a facility for the treatment,
storage, or disposal of regulated waste to
notify the EPA of their activities,
including the location and general
description of activities and the
regulated wastes handled. The entity is
then issued an EPA Identification
number. Entities use the Notification
Form (EPA Form 8700–12) to notify
EPA of their hazardous waste activities.
This form is also known as the
‘‘Notification’’ form.
Section 3005 of RCRA requires TSDFs
to obtain a permit. To obtain the permit,
the TSDF must submit an application
describing the facility’s operation. The
RCRA Hazardous Waste Part A Permit
Application form (EPA Form 8700–23)
defines the processes to be used for
treatment, storage, and disposal of
hazardous wastes; the design capacity of
such processes; and the specific
hazardous wastes to be handled at the
facility. This form is also known as the
‘‘Part A’’ form.
Form Numbers: EPA form numbers
8700–12, 8700–13A/B, and 8700–23.
Respondents/affected entities:
Business or other for-profit as well as
State, Local, or Tribal governments.
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Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (RCRA Sections 3002, 3304,
3005, 3010).
Estimated number of respondents:
64,005.
Frequency of response: Biennially and
on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 647,425
hours per year. Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $28,488,775 (per
year), includes $28,164,958 and
$323,817 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: The burden
hours are likely to stay substantially the
same.
Dated: September 20, 2019.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OA–2015–0553; FRL–10000–83–
OA]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Updated
CEQ–EPA Presidential Innovation
Award for Environmental Educators
and the President’s Environmental
Youth Awards Application (Revision)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Updated CEQ–EPA Presidential
Innovation Award for Environmental
Educators and the President’s
Environmental Youth Awards
Application (Revision)’’ (EPA ICR No.
2524.03, OMB Control No. 2090–0031)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
revision of the ICR, which is currently
approved through April 30, 2022. 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: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 6, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OA–2015–0553, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
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method), by email to oei.docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
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:
Javier Araujo, Office of the
Administrator, Office of Environmental
Education, MC–1704A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–2642; fax
number: 202–564–2753; email address:
araujo.javier@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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting 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. 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. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
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the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The purpose of this
information collection request is to
collect information from applicants to
select recipients for the Presidential
Innovation Award for Environmental
Educators (PIAEE) program and the
President’s Environmental Youth
Awards (PEYA) program. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA
or the Agency), in conjunction with the
White House Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ), established the PIAEE
program to meet the requirements of
Section 8(e) of the National
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.
5507(e)). The Agency established the
PEYA program to meet the requirements
of Section 8(d) of the National
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.
5507(d)).
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: K–12
teachers who teach on a full-time basis
in a public school that is operated by a
local education agency, including
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. For this program, a local
education agency is one as defined by
section 198 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (now
codified at 20 U.S.C. 7801(26)).
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Required to obtain information from the
applicants for PIAEE and PEYA program
and assess certain aspects of programs
as established under Section 8(e) of the
National Environmental Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 5507(e)) and Section 8(d) of
the National Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(d)) respectively.
Estimated number of respondents: 75
(total) for the PIAEE program and 200
(total) for the PEYAEE program.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 1,870 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: For the PIAEE
program, $32,960 (per year) for 75
applicants. For the PEYA program,
$49,220 (per year) for 200 applicants.
There are no capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There has
been a change in the number of
respondents due to the addition of
activities related to PEYA application.
The individual cost per respondent has
risen, due to increases in labor rate
estimates.
Dated: August 28, 2019.
Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett,
Associate Administrator, Office of Public
Engagement and Environmental Education.
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AGENCY:
applications, reports, and other
correspondence required pursuant to
the delegated NESHAPs must be
submitted to both EPA, Region III and
to the Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality, unless the
delegated standard specifically provides
that such submittals may be sent to EPA
or a delegated State. In such cases, the
submittals should be sent only to the
Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality. A copy of EPA’s letter to
Virginia follows:
On September 12, 2019, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
sent the Commonwealth of Virginia
(Virginia) a letter acknowledging that
Virginia’s delegation of authority to
implement and enforce the National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAPs) and New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS) had been
updated, as provided for under
previously approved delegation
mechanisms. To inform regulated
facilities and the public, EPA is making
available a copy of EPA’s letter to
Virginia through this notice.
DATES: On September 12, 2019, EPA
sent Virginia a letter acknowledging that
Virginia’s delegation of authority to
implement and enforce Federal
NESHAPs had been updated.
ADDRESSES: Copies of documents
pertaining to this action are available for
public inspection during normal
business hours at the Air and Radiation
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103–
2029. Copies of Virginia’s submittal are
also available at the Virginia
Department of Environmental Quality,
1111 East Main Street, Richmond,
Virginia 23219.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Riley Burger, (215) 814–2217, or by
email at burger.riley@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 21, 2019, Virginia notified
EPA that Virginia had updated its
incorporation by reference of Federal
NESHAPs to include many such
standards, as they were published in
final form in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) dated July 1, 2018.
On September 12, 2019, EPA sent
Virginia a letter acknowledging that
Virginia now has the authority to
implement and enforce the NESHAPs as
specified by Virginia in its notice to
EPA, as provided for under previously
approved automatic delegation
mechanisms. All notifications,
‘‘Michael G. Dowd, Director Air Division
Virginia Department of Environmental
Quality
P.O. Box 1105
Richmond, Virginia 23218
Dear Mr. Dowd:
The United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) has previously
delegated to the Commonwealth of Virginia
(Virginia) the authority to implement and
enforce various federal New Source
Performance Standards (NSPS), National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP), and National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Source Categories (MACT standards) which
are found at 40 CFR parts 60, 61 and 63,
respectively. In those actions, EPA also
delegated to Virginia the authority to
implement and enforce any future federal
NSPS, NESHAP or MACT Standards on the
condition that Virginia legally adopt the
future standards, make only allowed wording
changes, and provide specified notice to
EPA.
In a letter dated February 21, 2019,
Virginia submitted to EPA revised versions of
Virginia’s regulations which incorporate by
reference specified federal NSPS, NESHAP
and MACT standards, as those federal
standards had been published in final form
in the Code of Federal Regulations dated July
1, 2018. Virginia committed to enforcing the
federal standards in conformance with the
terms of EPA’s previous delegations of
authority and made only allowed wording
changes.
Virginia stated that it had submitted the
revisions ‘‘to retain its authority to enforce
the NSPSs and NESHAPs under the
delegation of authority granted by EPA on
August 27, 1981 (46 FR 43300) and to enforce
the MACT standards under the delegation of
authority granted by EPA on January 26, 1999
(64 FR 3938) and January 8, 2002 (67 FR
825).’’
Virginia provided copies of its revised
regulations which specify the NSPS,
NESHAP and MACT Standards which it had
adopted by reference. Virginia’s revised
regulations are entitled 9 VAC 5–50 ‘‘New
and Modified Stationary Sources,’’ and 9
VAC 5–60 ‘‘Hazardous Air Pollutant
Sources.’’ These revised regulations have an
effective date of February 20, 2019.
Based on Virginia’s submittal, EPA
acknowledges that EPA’s delegations to
Virginia of the authority implement and
enforce EPA’s NSPS, NESHAP, and MACT
Standards have been updated, as provided
for under the terms of EPA’s previous
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Delegation of Authority to the
Commonwealth of Virginia To
Implement and Enforce Additional or
Revised National Emission Standards
for Hazardous Air Pollutants Standards
and New Source Performance
Standards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of delegation of
authority.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2015-0553; FRL-10000-83-OA]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Updated CEQ-EPA Presidential Innovation
Award for Environmental Educators and the President's Environmental
Youth Awards Application (Revision)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR), ``Updated CEQ-EPA Presidential
Innovation Award for Environmental Educators and the President's
Environmental Youth Awards Application (Revision)'' (EPA ICR No.
2524.03, OMB Control No. 2090-0031) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is
currently approved through April 30, 2022. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before December 6, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2015-0553, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method),
by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
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: Javier Araujo, Office of the
Administrator, Office of Environmental Education, MC-1704A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-2642; fax number: 202-564-2753;
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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
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. 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. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of
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the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to
OMB.
Abstract: The purpose of this information collection request is to
collect information from applicants to select recipients for the
Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE)
program and the President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA) program.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency), in
conjunction with the White House Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ), established the PIAEE program to meet the requirements of
Section 8(e) of the National Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C.
5507(e)). The Agency established the PEYA program to meet the
requirements of Section 8(d) of the National Environmental Education
Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(d)).
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: K-12 teachers who teach on a full-
time basis in a public school that is operated by a local education
agency, including schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. For
this program, a local education agency is one as defined by section 198
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (now codified at
20 U.S.C. 7801(26)).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain information
from the applicants for PIAEE and PEYA program and assess certain
aspects of programs as established under Section 8(e) of the National
Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(e)) and Section 8(d) of the
National Environmental Education Act (20 U.S.C. 5507(d)) respectively.
Estimated number of respondents: 75 (total) for the PIAEE program
and 200 (total) for the PEYAEE program.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 1,870 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: For the PIAEE program, $32,960 (per year) for
75 applicants. For the PEYA program, $49,220 (per year) for 200
applicants. There are no capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There has been a change in the number of
respondents due to the addition of activities related to PEYA
application. The individual cost per respondent has risen, due to
increases in labor rate estimates.
Dated: August 28, 2019.
Elizabeth (Tate) Bennett,
Associate Administrator, Office of Public Engagement and Environmental
Education.
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