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RIN: 2050-AE50

Publication ID: Fall 2000

Title: Office of Solid Waste Burden Reduction Project
Abstract: 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). The information collection burden for the regulations EPA implements under RCRA in 1995 (the PRA baseline) was 12.6 million hours. To meet EPA's PRA 2001 goal (a 40% reduction), EPA needs to eliminate five million hours to reach a figure 7.5 million hours. 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 is drafting a proposed rulemaking to implement many of these ideas. The proposals are designed to eliminate duplicative and non-essential paperwork. The main ideas being considered for the proposed rulemaking are: (1) allowing electronic reporting for all RCRA-required notices and reports; (2) allowing all RCRA-required records to be kept electronically; (3) eliminating or modifying one-third of the 334 RCRA-required notices and reports that are sent by the regulated community to states and EPA; (4) eliminating the RCRA emergency response training requirements that overlap with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements, eliminating the need for facilities to record personnel descriptions, and reducing to three years the retention time for personnel records; (5) changing the owner/operator inspection frequency of hazardous waste tanks to weekly, thus making the inspection frequency consistent with containers and containment buildings; (6) providing states and EPA with the opportunity to lengthen owner/operator self-inspection frequencies on a case-by case-basis (through the permitting process); (7) 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 (8) modifying the groundwater monitoring requirements for hazardous waste facilities.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 00
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907 42 USC 6912(a) 42 USC 6921 to 6927 42 USC 6930 42 USC 6934 42 USC 6935 42 USC 6937 to 6939 42 USC 6944 42 USC 6949(a) 42 USC 6974 PL 104-13

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice	06/18/1999	64 FR 32859
NPRM	12/00/2000

Additional Information: SAN No. 4084 Applicable SIC codes: Chemicals and Allied Products (28), Primary Metal Industries (33), Fabricated Metals (34), Industrial Machinery and Equipment (35), Electrical Equipment (36), Transportation Equipment (37), Other Manufacturing, Transportation and Utilities (40-49), Wholesale Trade (50-51), Services (70-89) and Other SIC Groups
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Sectors Affected: 323 Printing and Related Support Activities; 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 334 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; 562 Waste Management and Remediation Services
Agency Contact: Robert Burchard Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5302W, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8450 Fax:703 308-8433 Email: burchard.robert@epamail.epa.gov