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OMB Control No: 2050-0223	ICR Reference No: 202312-2050-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202011-2050-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OLEM	Agency Tracking No: 2609.03
Title: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/28/2023

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	21,186	14
Time Burden (Hours)	173,083	2,179
Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,511,426	785,324

Abstract: The EPA published a final rule to regulate the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities as solid waste under RCRA Subtitle D (see 80 FR 21302, April 17, 2015). EPA established national minimum criteria for existing and new CCR landfills and CCR surface impoundments and all lateral expansions to include location restrictions, design and operating criteria, groundwater monitoring and corrective action, closure requirements and post-closure care, and recordkeeping, notification, and internet posting requirements. Since the final rule, several court decisions have required accelerated closure timelines for many units and forced closures for many units previously categorized as lined. In 2020, EPA published the Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System: Disposal of CCR; A Holistic Approach to Closure Part B: Alternate Demonstration for Unlined Surface Impoundments Rule which allows for units to receive variances for unlined surface impoundments (see 85 FR 72506, November 12, 2020). This ICR includes the voluntary action that states may take to obtain permit program approval. With this renewal, this ICR also incorporates the burden currently covered by OMB Control No. 2050-0053.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 6906, 6907, 6912, 6944, 6945 Name of Law: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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:
	88 FR 26537	05/01/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 89690	12/28/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Owners and Operators
State/Tribal Governments

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	21,186	14	747	20,425
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	173,083	2,179	170,904	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	15,511,426	785,324	14,726,102	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden increased significantly from the previous ICR mainly due to the fact that EPA merged the burden associated with the information collection requirements related to the disposal of CCR from existing ICR 2050-0053 to this ICR. The annual respondent burden in this current ICR is estimated to be 173,083 hours, which is an increase of 170,904 hours from the previously finalized/approved ICR of 2,179 hours. The annual non-labor cost burden in this current ICR is estimated to be $15,511,426, which is an increase of $14,726,102 from the previously finalized/approved ICR of $785,324.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $121,648

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Chris McMinimy 703 308-0105 mcminimy.chris@epa.gov

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