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OMB Control No: 2050-0035	ICR Reference No: 201409-2050-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201303-2050-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OLEM	Agency Tracking No: 0820.13
Title: Hazardous Waste Generator Standards (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 10/19/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/16/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2015
Responses	80,746	0	106,394
Time Burden (Hours)	253,519	0	275,842
Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,040	0	54,696

Abstract: This ICR targets five areas in part 262: hazardous waste determination requirements; pre-transport requirements for both large (LQG) and small (SQG) quantity generators; air emission standards for LQGs; recordkeeping and reporting requirements; and the export from and the import to the United States of hazardous waste for treatment and disposal.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 3002 Name of Law: Solid Waste Disposal Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 33547	06/11/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 61640	10/13/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Hazardous Waste Generator Standards

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	80,746	106,394	-25,648
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	253,519	275,842	-22,323
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	40,040	54,696	-14,656

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Three factors explain the overall change in the total estimated burden. First, there was a decrease in the number of SQGs and LQGs. In estimating the hourly burden for the 2010 ICR, the Agency estimated both a low and high end estimate for SQGs but provided a high end for purposes of estimated hourly burden. In this ICR, both a new methodology is used, and the Agency provides a more realistic (and reliable) estimate of the SQG universe by taking the average of both the low and high end SQG universes. Second, the Agency re-examined the time required to develop and maintain LQG contingency plans by surveying several states familiar with this activity. This resulted in an increase of 38.5 percent per facility, or an overall increase of 15,504 hours or 187 percent between 2011 and 2014 for the affected contingency plan functions. Third, the number of generators exporting and importing hazardous waste increased substantially between the 2011 and 2014 as a result of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – Spent Lead Acid Battery (SLAB) rule that became effective in July of 2010 – too late to impact the 2010 ICR. Between 2011 and 2014, the number of generators either importing or exporting hazardous waste increased from 1,293 to 3,256 for an increase of 152 percent.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $179,745

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Peggy Vyas 703 308-5477 vyas.peggy@epa.gov

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