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        <RIN>2050-AE50</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200304</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2050</CODE>
            <NAME>Solid Waste and Emergency Response</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SWER</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[EPA plans to reduce the burden imposed by the RCRA reporting and recordkeeping requirements to help meet the Federal Governmentwide goal established by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

In June 1999, EPA published a Notice of Data Availability (NODA) in the Federal Register (64 FR 32859) to seek comment on a number of burden reduction ideas. After reviewing the comments received on the NODA, EPA proposed (67 FR 2518, 1/17/02) to implement many of these ideas. The proposal was designed to eliminate duplicative and nonessential paperwork. 

The main ideas for the final rulemaking are: (1) eliminating or modifying one-third of the 334 RCRA-required notices and reports that are sent by the regulated community to states and EPA; (2) eliminating the RCRA emergency response training requirements that overlap with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements; (3) eliminating the need for facilities to record personnel descriptions; (4) decreasing the owner/operator self-inspection frequency of hazardous waste tanks to weekly; (5) providing states and EPA with the opportunity to lengthen owner/operator self-inspection frequencies on a case-by-case basis for containers, containment buildings, and tanks; (6) eliminating the Land Disposal Restrictions generator waste determinations, recycler notifications and certifications, hazardous debris notifications and characteristic waste determinations, and streamlining the characteristic waste notification procedures; and (7) modifying the groundwater monitoring requirements for hazardous waste facilities. 

Burden is the time that a state employee, member of the regulated community, or private citizen spends generating and reporting information to us and keeping records. EPA is responding to the Paperwork Reduction Act by reducing paperwork burden. This rule does not have federalism implications. Because the changes are equivalent to or less stringent than the existing Federal program, States would not be required to adopt and seek authorization for them, which means that the Executive Order 13132 does not apply. Under section 3006 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, federal regulatory requirements may authorize states to administer the RCRA hazardous waste program within the state. This rule may have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in the material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities. We calculate the reporting and recordkeeping burden reduction savings for this as 929,000 hours and $120 million. We established a workgroup which receives input/comments on burden from program offices at EPA (both headquarters and regional), States, the regulated community, and the public on their RCRA reporting and recordkeeping requirements versus the burden they impose. We are considering the following: Reducing the reporting requirements for generators and treatment, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs); allowing weekly hazardous waste tank inspections; reducing the burden of RCRA personnel training requirements and eliminating overlaps with Occupational Safety and Health Administration training requirements. We also plan to eliminate and streamline the land disposal restrictions paperwork requirements. States, more specifically facilities and businesses within the States, that regulate and maintain records of their hazardous wastes will be regulated under this rule.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 260.31</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 261.4</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 261.38</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264.16</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264.52</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264.56</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264.73</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 264.98 et seq</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265.16</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265.52</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265.56</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265.73</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 265.98 et seq</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 266.103</CFR>
            <CFR>40 CFR 268.7, 268.9</CFR>
            <CFR>...</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6907</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6912(a)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6921</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6922</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6923</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6924</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6925</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6926</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6927</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6930</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6934</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6935</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6937</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6938</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 6939</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>...</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <RPLAN_INFO>
            <STMT_OF_NEED><![CDATA[The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 establishes a federal government-wide goal to reduce the paperwork and reporting burden it imposes. The RCRA Burden Reduction Initiative Proposed Rulemaking makes the regulatory changes necessary to meet this goal.]]></STMT_OF_NEED>
            <LEGAL_BASIS><![CDATA[This action is not required by statute or court order.]]></LEGAL_BASIS>
            <ALTERNATIVES><![CDATA[Reducing recordkeeping and reporting will require changes in our regulations. There was no alternative to doing a rulemaking. The Agency sought opinions from the regulated community on various burden reduction possibilities.]]></ALTERNATIVES>
            <COSTS_AND_BENEFITS><![CDATA[Our cost-benefit analysis showed a savings of $120 million and 929,000 hours. The rule will have minimal impact on the protectiveness of the RCRA regulations. It will eliminate or streamline paperwork requirements that are unnecessary because they add little to the protectiveness of the RCRA regulations.]]></COSTS_AND_BENEFITS>
            <RISKS><![CDATA[The rule will have no risk impacts.]]></RISKS>
        </RPLAN_INFO>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Notice of Data Availability </TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/18/1999</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>64 FR 32859</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/17/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 2518</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN No. 4084</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <NAICS_LIST>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>323</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Printing and Related Support Activities</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>324</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Chemical Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>326</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>331</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Primary Metal Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>332</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>334</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>562</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Waste Management and Remediation Services</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Robert</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Burchard</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 308-8450</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 308-8433</FAX>
                <EMAIL>burchard.robert@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5302W,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
        </AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
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