Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals (Renewal), 15421-15422 [2022-05769]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / Notices approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 13, 2021 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 April 18, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2021–0121, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243–05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0833; email address: ali.muntasir@ 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 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: Owners and operators of new or existing industrial, commercial, VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 256001 or institutional boilers are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as the applicable specific standards in 40 CFR part 63 subpart JJJJJJ. This includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests, biennial tune-ups, and periodic compliance reports and results, maintaining records of fuel usage, and any period during which the control system is inoperative. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with the standards. Form Numbers: 5900–568. Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of new or existing industrial, commercial, or institutional boilers. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJJJJJ). Estimated number of respondents: 64,344 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, annually, biennially. Total estimated burden: 1,140,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $214,000,000 (per year), includes $78,700,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in burden from the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations. The primary reason for the decrease in burden is a decrease in the estimated number of respondents using liquid-fueled boilers. U.S. Energy Information Administration data indicates the consumption of fuel oil in the commercial sector has decreased by 33 percent in the past 9 years and is anticipated to decrease by 1 percent per year for the next three years. This ICR assumes that this decrease in consumption corresponds to an equivalent decrease in the number of small and large boilers firing liquid fuels and adjusts the number of small liquid-fired and large liquid-fired boilers and respondents accordingly. This ICR assumes that, due to the decrease in respondents over the past nine years, no new liquid-fired boilers were constructed during that time period. The decrease in the estimated number of respondents firing liquid fuels resulted in a decrease in labor burden for the small and large liquidfired categories. The estimated decrease in the number of respondents firing liquid fuels also results in a decrease of the number of liquid-fired sources required to do periodic stack testing and PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15421 operate ESPs. This results in a significant decrease in periodic stack testing and O&M costs for large liquidfired boilers constructed since the rule was promulgated in June 2010. This ICR assumes that growth in the small and large solid-fueled categories will continue according to past trends. The increase in the estimated number of respondents firing solid fuels resulted in an increase in labor burden and capital/ O&M costs for the small and large solidfired categories. This ICR also corrects mathematical errors in the calculation of O&M costs for respondents firing solid fuels and required to perform triennial stack testing for Hg, CO, and PM. This correction results in an increase of capital and O&M costs. However, the overall results of the adjustments to this ICR is a decrease in burden and capital and O&M costs. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2022–05705 Filed 3–17–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–RCRA–2007–0932, FRL–9675–01– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals (EPA ICR Number 2486.03, OMB Control Number 2050–0212) 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, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on October 12, 2021 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. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 15422 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 53 / Friday, March 18, 2022 / Notices Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– RCRA–2007–0932, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Fitzgerald, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–0512; email address: fitzgerald.kristin@ 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. For further information and updates on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. Abstract: Some pharmaceuticals are regulated as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when discarded. In 2019 EPA promulgated regulations for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities and reverse distributors (84 FR 5816, February 22, 2019). Healthcare facilities (for both humans and animals) and reverse distributors now manage their hazardous waste pharmaceuticals under a new set of sector-specific standards in lieu of the existing hazardous waste generator regulations. These regulations are found in 40 CFR 266, subpart P, and are mandatory. The new requirements include labeling containers holding non-creditable hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES1 DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:27 Mar 17, 2022 Jkt 256001 hazardous waste pharmaceuticals with the words ‘‘Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals’’. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors must also track or manage rejected shipments by sending a copy of the manifest to the designated facility that returned or rejected the shipment. Additionally, healthcare facilities and reverse distributors must submit exception reports for a missing copy of a manifest. Reverse distributors are required to amend their contingency plan under 40 CFR 262 subpart M. A reverse distributor must submit an unauthorized hazardous waste report if it receives waste it is not authorized to receive. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are the private sector. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Section 3001). Estimated number of respondents: 8,163. Frequency of response: Annual. Total estimated burden: 40,045 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $3,580,140 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 3,532 hours compared to the currently approved ICR due to a decrease in the universe. The universe estimates are based on real data for this renewal. 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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15421-15422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05769]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2007-0932, FRL-9675-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Management Standards for Hazardous Waste 
Pharmaceuticals (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), Management Standards for 
Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals (EPA ICR Number 2486.03, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0212) 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, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on October 12, 2021 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.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 18, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2007-0932, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or 
by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 
Code 2821T, 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Fitzgerald, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-566-0512; 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. For further information and updates on EPA Docket 
Center services, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 
The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744.
    Abstract: Some pharmaceuticals are regulated as hazardous waste 
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when discarded. 
In 2019 EPA promulgated regulations for the management of hazardous 
waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities and reverse distributors 
(84 FR 5816, February 22, 2019). Healthcare facilities (for both humans 
and animals) and reverse distributors now manage their hazardous waste 
pharmaceuticals under a new set of sector-specific standards in lieu of 
the existing hazardous waste generator regulations. These regulations 
are found in 40 CFR 266, subpart P, and are mandatory. The new 
requirements include labeling containers holding non-creditable 
hazardous waste pharmaceuticals and evaluated hazardous waste 
pharmaceuticals with the words ``Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals''. 
Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors must also track or 
manage rejected shipments by sending a copy of the manifest to the 
designated facility that returned or rejected the shipment. 
Additionally, healthcare facilities and reverse distributors must 
submit exception reports for a missing copy of a manifest. Reverse 
distributors are required to amend their contingency plan under 40 CFR 
262 subpart M. A reverse distributor must submit an unauthorized 
hazardous waste report if it receives waste it is not authorized to 
receive.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are the private sector.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (RCRA Section 3001).
    Estimated number of respondents: 8,163.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 40,045 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $3,580,140 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 3,532 hours 
compared to the currently approved ICR due to a decrease in the 
universe. The universe estimates are based on real data for this 
renewal.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-05769 Filed 3-17-22; 8:45 am]
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