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RIN: 2050-AE50

Publication ID: Fall 2002

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 government-wide 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.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260 40 CFR 261 40 CFR 264 40 CFR 265 40 CFR 266 40 CFR 268 40 CFR 270
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6907 42 USC 6912(a) 42 USC 6921 42 USC 6922 42 USC 6923 42 USC 6924 42 USC 6925 42 USC 6926 42 USC 6927 42 USC 6930 42 USC 6934 42 USC 6935 42 USC 6937 42 USC 6938 42 USC 6939 ...

Legal Deadline: None

Statement of Need: 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.

Summary of the Legal Basis: This action is not required by statute or court order.

Alternatives: 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.

Anticipated Costs and Benefits: 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.

Risks: The rule will have no risk impacts.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Notice of Data Availability	06/18/1999	64 FR 32859
NPRM	01/17/2002	67 FR 2518
Final Action	05/00/2003

Additional Information: SAN No. 4084
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes
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