Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; RCRA Section 3007 Survey for Drum Reconditioning Facilities, 31199-31200 [2024-07972]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 24, 2024 / Notices Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OLEM–2023–0584, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–0453; vyas.peggy@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on December 11, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 85883). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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: Owners and operators of affected facilities are required to comply with reporting and record keeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR part 264, subpart A and 40 CFR 265, Subpart A), as well as for the specific requirements at 40 CFR part 264, subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Apr 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 subpart CC. This includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/Affected Entities: Business or other for-profit. Respondent’s Obligation To Respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 264, subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC). Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,760. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Total Estimated Burden: 775,000 hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total Estimated Cost: $111,000,000 (per year), which includes $13,500,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2024–08693 Filed 4–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2023–0573; FRL–11875– 01–OLEM] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; RCRA Section 3007 Survey for Drum Reconditioning Facilities Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), RCRA Section 3007 Survey for Drum Reconditioning Facilities (EPA ICR Number 2800.01, OMB Control Number 2050–NEW), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 days for public comments. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31199 Comments must be submitted on or before June 24, 2024. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OLEM–2023–0573, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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: Patrick Wise, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management Division (MC 5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–0520; email address: wise.patrick@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new 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. This notice allows 60 days for public comments. 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 DATES: E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 31200 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 24, 2024 / Notices the use of appropriate forms of information technology. 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 the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: This information collection will provide the EPA with necessary information about the operations of drum reconditioners and similar facilities that clean out and recondition used industrial containers. The Agency needs this information to determine whether future regulatory or nonregulatory action is needed to address environmental issues identified in the EPA’s Drum Reconditioner Damage Case Report, published in September 2022. The data collected through this ICR will advance the Agency’s mission of protecting human health and the environment by determining the current engineering controls and standard practices employed at these facilities, and by collecting additional information about the environmental impacts these facilities may have on surrounding communities and the wider environment. All information submitted to the agency in response to the ICR that is claimed as confidential will be managed in accordance with applicable laws and EPA’s regulations governing treatment of confidential business information at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Any information determined to constitute a trade secret will be protected under 18 U.S.C. 1905. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/Affected Entities: This ICR applies to all facilities engaged in drum and/or industrial container reconditioning and/or recycling. Respondent’s Obligation To Respond: Mandatory under section 3007 of RCRA (42 U.S.C. 6927). Estimated Number of Respondents: 216 (total). Frequency of Response: One-time response. Total Estimated Burden: 1,187 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total Estimated Cost: $121,000 (per year), which includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:48 Apr 23, 2024 Jkt 262001 Changes in the Estimates: Not applicable; this is a new ICR, so there is no previous burden. Barry N. Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency Management. [FR Doc. 2024–07972 Filed 4–23–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ORD–2023–0435; FRL–11881–01–ORD] Workshop To Inform Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of workshop. AGENCY: The Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) within U.S. EPA’s Office of Research and Development is announcing a workshop entitled ‘‘Workshop to Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to Inform EPA’s Integrated Plan for the Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards’’. This workshop is being organized by CPHEA and the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards within U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation. This will be a four-day virtual workshop and will be open to the public through a public event registration website. DATES: The workshop will be held on May 13 through May 16, 2024. Start and end times will vary each day and range from 9:50 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Registrants will have access to the workshop agenda once they register. ADDRESSES: This is a virtual workshop. An EPA contractor, ICF International, is providing logistical support for the workshop. To register, please visit the website: https://EPA-ozone-NAAQSworkshop.eventbrite.com. Interested parties can listen and ask questions via a virtual webinar. The pre-registration deadline is Friday, May 10, 2024. Please direct questions regarding workshop registration or logistics to Joshua Cleland at (401) 854–8675, or joshua.cleland@icf.com. For specific questions regarding technical aspects of the workshop see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section in this document. SUMMARY: For technical information, contact Qingyu Meng (919–541–2563 or meng.qinyu@ epa.gov) or Jeff Herrick (919–541–7745 or herrick.jeff@epa.gov). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 I. Information About the Project Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) directs the Administrator to identify and to list certain air pollutants and then to issue ‘‘air quality criteria’’ for those pollutants. These air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of such pollutant in the ambient air. . . .’’ Under section 109 of the CAA, EPA is then to establish National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for each pollutant for which EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA additionally requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health and welfare. EPA is also to periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, based on the revised air quality criteria. Photochemical oxidants, including ozone, are one of six ‘‘criteria’’ pollutants for which EPA has established NAAQS, and ozone is the current indicator for that NAAQS. In its periodic review of the air quality criteria for these pollutants, EPA reviews the currently available science and prepares an Integrated Science Assessment (ISA). The evidence assessed and conclusions presented in the ISA directly inform the technical and policy assessments. Collectively, the ISA and any technical and policy assessments developed from the scientific and technical bases for the Administrator’s decisions on the adequacy of existing NAAQS and the appropriateness of possible alternative standards. On August 25, 2023, EPA released the Call for Information on the Integrated Science Assessment for Ozone and Related Photochemical Oxidants to announce the development of the Ozone ISA (88 FR 58264). The Notice of Workshop also seeks information from the public regarding the design and scope of the review of the air quality criteria to ensure that this review addresses key policy-relevant issues and considers the new science relevant to informing our understanding of these issues. The Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), part of EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) whose review and advisory functions are mandated by section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act, is charged with independent scientific review of the air quality criteria among other responsibilities. In conjunction with the E:\FR\FM\24APN1.SGM 24APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31199-31200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07972]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2023-0573; FRL-11875-01-OLEM]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Information 
Collection Request; Comment Request; RCRA Section 3007 Survey for Drum 
Reconditioning Facilities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), RCRA Section 3007 
Survey for Drum Reconditioning Facilities (EPA ICR Number 2800.01, OMB 
Control Number 2050-NEW), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects 
of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a 
request for approval of a new collection. This notice allows for 60 
days for public comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2023-0573, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), 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: Patrick Wise, Office of Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management 
Division (MC 5303P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0520; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a request for approval of a new 
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.
    This notice allows 60 days for public comments. 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

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the use of appropriate forms of information technology. 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 the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: This information collection will provide the EPA with 
necessary information about the operations of drum reconditioners and 
similar facilities that clean out and recondition used industrial 
containers. The Agency needs this information to determine whether 
future regulatory or non-regulatory action is needed to address 
environmental issues identified in the EPA's Drum Reconditioner Damage 
Case Report, published in September 2022. The data collected through 
this ICR will advance the Agency's mission of protecting human health 
and the environment by determining the current engineering controls and 
standard practices employed at these facilities, and by collecting 
additional information about the environmental impacts these facilities 
may have on surrounding communities and the wider environment. All 
information submitted to the agency in response to the ICR that is 
claimed as confidential will be managed in accordance with applicable 
laws and EPA's regulations governing treatment of confidential business 
information at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. Any information determined to 
constitute a trade secret will be protected under 18 U.S.C. 1905.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: This ICR applies to all facilities 
engaged in drum and/or industrial container reconditioning and/or 
recycling.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory under section 3007 of 
RCRA (42 U.S.C. 6927).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 216 (total).
    Frequency of Response: One-time response.
    Total Estimated Burden: 1,187 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $121,000 (per year), which includes $0 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Not applicable; this is a new ICR, so 
there is no previous burden.

Barry N. Breen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Land and Emergency 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-07972 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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