[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 137 (Monday, July 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44046-44047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18026]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6837-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Land Disposal Restrictions No-Migration 
Variances

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Land Disposal Restrictions 
No-Migration Variances, OMB Control Number 2050-0062, EPA ICR No. 
1353.06 expiring on August 31, 2000. The ICR describes the nature of 
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download a copy of the ICR off the 
Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1353.06. 
For technical questions about the ICR contact David A. Eberly on 703-
308-8645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Land Disposal Restrictions No-Migration Variances, OMB 
Control Number 2050-0062, EPA ICR No. 1353.06, expiring August 31, 
2000. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: To receive a variance from the hazardous waste land 
disposal prohibitions, owner/operators of hazardous waste storage or 
disposal facilities may petition the Environmental Protection Agency to 
allow land disposal of a specific restricted waste at a specific site. 
The EPA Regional Offices will review the petitions and determine if 
they successfully demonstrate ``no migration.'' The applicant must 
demonstrate that hazardous wastes can be managed safely in a particular 
land disposal unit, so that ``no migration'' of any hazardous 
constituents occurs from the unit for as long as the waste remains 
hazardous. If EPA grants the variance, the waste is no longer 
prohibited from land disposal in that particular unit. If the owner/
operator fails to make this demonstration, or chooses not to petition 
for the variance, best demonstrated available technology (BDAT) 
requirements of 40 CFR 268.40 must be met before the hazardous wastes 
are placed in a land disposal unit.
    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 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on February 
22, 2000 (65 FR 8699); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 3,137 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 1.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Response: once every three years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,137 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $72.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1353.06 and OMB Control No. 2050-0062 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information, Collection Strategies Division (2822),

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1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460;
    and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 1, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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