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RCRA 3002(a)(5) (also RCRA Sections
3003(a)(3) and 3004.) Regulations are
found in 40 CFR part 262 (registrant
organizations and generators), part 263
(transporters), and parts 264 and 265
(TSDFs). The manifest lists the wastes
that are being shipped and the
treatment, storage, or disposal facility
(TSDF) to which the wastes are bound.
Generators, transporters, and TSDFs
handling hazardous waste are required
to complete the data requirements for
manifests and other reports primarily to:
(1) Track each shipment of hazardous
waste from the generator to a designated
facility; (2) provide information
requirements sufficient to allow the use
of a manifest in lieu of a Department of
Transportation (DOT) shipping paper or
bill of lading, thereby reducing the
duplication of paperwork to the
regulated community; (3) provide
information to transporters and waste
management facility workers on the
hazardous nature of the waste; (4)
inform emergency response teams of the
waste’s hazard in the event of an
accident, spill, or leak; and (5) ensure
that shipments of hazardous waste are
managed properly and delivered to their
designated facilities.
On February 7, 2014, EPA published
the electronic manifest (e-Manifest)
Final Rule. The final rule established
new manifest requirements that
authorized the use of electronic
manifests (or e-Manifests) as a means to
track off-site shipments of hazardous
waste from a generator’s site to the site
of the receipt and disposition of the
hazardous waste. EPA is taking action
now to establish the national e-Manifest
system, but unknown variables (e.g.,
funding contingencies for e-Manifest
system development) could delay the
actual deployment of the system.
Therefore, until EPA announces that the
e-Manifest system is available for use in
a subsequent Federal Register
document, all respondents under the
information collection requirements
covered in this ICR (i.e., hazardous
waste generators, transporters, and
treatment, storage, and disposal
facilities (TSDFs)) must continue to
comply with the current paper-based
manifest system and use the existing
paper manifests forms for the off-site
transportation of hazardous waste
shipments. The EPA anticipates that the
initial system will become available for
use no later than spring 2018.
Form Numbers: Form 8700–22 and
8700–22A.
Respondents/affected entities:
Business or other for-profit.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (RCRA 3002(a)(5)).

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Estimated number of respondents:
161,720.
Frequency of response: each
shipment.
Total estimated burden: 3,473,577
hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $105,622,281,
which includes $974,463 annualized
labor costs and $2,092,291 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: The burden
hours are likely to stay substantially the
same.
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2015–03153 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0926, FRL–9922–92–
OSWER]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Facility GroundWater Monitoring Requirements
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
Facility Ground-Water Monitoring
Requirements (EPA ICR No. 0959.15,
OMB Control No. 2050–0033) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through May 31, 2015. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and
a person is not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2014–0926, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to rcra-docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
SUMMARY:

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EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703–308–5477; fax number:
703–308–8433; email address:
vyas.peggy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
creates a comprehensive program for the
safe management of hazardous waste.
Section 3004 of RCRA requires owners
and operators of facilities that treat,

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store, or dispose of hazardous waste to
comply with standards established by
EPA that are to protect the environment.
Section 3005 provides for
implementation of these standards
under permits issued to owners and
operators by EPA or authorized States.
Section 3005 also allows owners and
operators of facilities in existence when
the regulations came into effect to
comply with applicable notice
requirements to operate until a permit is
issued or denied. This statutory
authorization to operate prior to permit
determination is commonly known as
‘‘interim status.’’ Owners and operators
of interim status facilities also must
comply with standards set under
Section 3004.
This ICR examines the ground-water
monitoring standards for permitted and
interim status facilities at 40 CFR parts
264 and 265, as specified. The groundwater monitoring requirements for
regulated units follow a tiered approach
whereby releases of hazardous
contaminants are first detected
(detection monitoring), then confirmed
(compliance monitoring), and if
necessary, are required to be cleaned up
(corrective action). Each of these tiers
requires collection and analysis of
ground-water samples. Owners or
operators that conduct ground-water
monitoring are required to report
information to the oversight agencies on
releases of contaminants and to
maintain records of ground-water
monitoring data at their facilities. The
goal of the ground-water monitoring
program is to prevent and quickly detect
releases of hazardous contaminants to
groundwater, and to establish a program
whereby any contamination is
expeditiously cleaned up as necessary
to protect human health and
environment.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
Business or other for-profit; and State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (RCRA 3004).
Estimated number of respondents:
818.
Frequency of response: Quarterly,
semi-annually, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 84,391 hours.
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $18,322,083,
which includes $3,770,485 annualized
labor costs and $14,551,598 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: The burden
hours are likely to stay substantially the
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Dated: February 2, 2015.
Barnes Johnson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
[FR Doc. 2015–03158 Filed 2–13–15; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0677; FRL–9922–58]

Receipt of Test Data Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

EPA is announcing its receipt
of test data submitted pursuant to a test
rule issued by EPA under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA). As
required by TSCA, this document
identifies each chemical substance and/
or mixture for which test data have been
received; the uses or intended uses of
such chemical substance and/or
mixture; and describes the nature of the
test data received. Each chemical
substance and/or mixture related to this
announcement is identified in Unit I.
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For technical information contact:
Kathy Calvo, Chemical Control Division
(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (202) 564–8089; email address:
calvo.kathy@epa.gov.
For general information contact: The
TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422
South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY
14620; telephone number: (202) 554–
1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Chemical Substances and/or Mixtures
Information about the following
chemical substance and/or mixture is
provided in Unit IV.: D-erythro-hex-2enonic acid, gamma,-lactone,
monosodium salt (CAS No. 6381–77–7).
II. Federal Register Publication
Requirement
Section 4(d) of TSCA (15 U.S.C.
2603(d)) requires EPA to publish a
notice in the Federal Register reporting
the receipt of test data submitted
pursuant to test rules promulgated
under TSCA section 4 (15 U.S.C. 2603).
III. Docket Information
A docket, identified by the docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

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OPPT–2013–0677, has been established
for this Federal Register document that
announces the receipt of data. Upon
EPA’s completion of its quality
assurance review, the test data received
will be added to the docket for the
TSCA section 4 test rule that required
the test data. Use the docket ID number
provided in Unit IV. to access the test
data in the docket for the related TSCA
section 4 test rule.
The docket for this Federal Register
document and the docket for each
related TSCA section 4 test rule is
available electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket (OPPT Docket),
Environmental Protection Agency
Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William
Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the OPPT
Docket is (202) 566–0280. Please review
the visitor instructions and additional
information about the docket available
at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
IV. Test Data Received
This unit contains the information
required by TSCA section 4(d) for the
test data received by EPA. D-erythrohex-2-enonic acid, gamma,-lactone,
monosodium salt (CAS No. 6381–77–7):
1. Chemical uses: Antioxidant in food
applications for which the vitamin
activity of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is
not required. Specifically, the
compound is most frequently used to
develop and retain the coloring and
taste in meat products. It is also used for
seafood products, fruit, and vegetable
preservation, in beverages, and as a
developing agent in photographic
applications.
2. Applicable test rule: Chemical
testing requirements for second group of
high production volume chemicals
(HPV2), 40 CFR 799.5087.
3. Test data received: The following
listing describes the nature of the test
data received. The test data will be
added to the docket for the applicable
TSCA section 4 test rule and can be
found by referencing the docket ID
number provided. EPA reviews of test
data will be added to the same docket
upon completion.
Ready Biodegredation. The docket ID
number assigned to this data is EPA–
HQ–OPPT–2007–0531.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.

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