[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 152 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21211]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6139-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request Up for
Renewal
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): EPA Worker Protection Standard for
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response, EPA ICR #1426.03,
OMB Control #2050-0105, Expiration 1/31/99. Before submitting ICR to
OMB and Budget (OMB) for review and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 3, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 401 M. Street,
SW, MS 5101, Washington, DC 20460.
Remit Comments to: Sella M. Burchette, S EPA/ERT, 2890 Woodbridge
Ave., Blg 18, MS 101, Edison, NJ 08837-3679.
To obtain a copy at no charge, please contact Sella Burchette at
(732) 321-6726/FAX: (732) 321-6724/or electronically at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities affected by this action are those State
and local employees engaged in hazardous waste operations and emergency
response in the 27 States that do not have Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) approved State plans.
Title: EPA Worker Protection Standard for Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response, EPA ICR #1426.03, OMB Control #2050-
0105, Expiration 1-31-99. This is a request for renewal, without
change, of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 126 (f) of the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) require EPA to set worker protection
standards for State and local employees engaged in hazardous waste
operations and emergency response in the 27 States that do not have
Occupational Safety and Health Administration approved State plans. The
EPA coverage, required to be identical to the OSHA standards, extends
to three categories of employees: those in clean-ups at uncontrolled
hazardous waste sites, including corrective actions at Treatment,
Storage and Disposal (TSD) facilities regulated under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); employees working at routine
hazardous waste operations at RCRA TSD facilities; and employees
involved in emergency response operations without regard to location.
This ICR renews the existing mandatory recordkeeping collection of
ongoing activities including monitoring of any potential employee
exposure at uncontrolled hazardous waste site, maintaining records of
employee training, refresher training, medical exams, and reviewing
emergency response plans.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
The EPA would like to solicit comments 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 estimates of the burden
of the proposed collection of information;
(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 though the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technology collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual recordkeeping burden for this
collection is estimated to average 10.64 hours per site or event. The
estimated number of respondents is approximated at 100 RCRA regulated
TSD facilities or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites; 23,900 State and
local police departments, fire departments or hazardous materials
response teams. The estimated total burden hours on respondents:
255,427. The frequency of collection: continuous maintenance or
records.
Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspect of the
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to the address listed above.
Dated: July 30, 1998.
Larry Reed,
Acting Office Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
[FR Doc. 98-21211 Filed 8-6-98; 8:45 am]
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