Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (Final Rule)

ICR 201712-2050-001

OMB: 2050-0039

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Modified
Supporting Statement A
2018-05-10
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
2050-0039 201712-2050-001
Historical Active 201605-2050-001
EPA/OLEM 0801.22
Requirements for Generators, Transporters, and Waste Management Facilities under the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System (Final Rule)
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 05/14/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 12/29/2017
Per 5 CFR 1320.3(f)(1), the agency is reminded to display a current OMB Control number on all forms and instructions, both paper and electronic versions. In addition, the agency must adhere to 1320.7(b) and provide a statement to the public on all forms and instructions, both paper and electronic versions. Upon resubmission, the agency should re-estimate the burden for paper and electronic submissions based on the usage from respondents.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
05/31/2019 36 Months From Approved 05/31/2019
2,020,017 0 1,763,362
2,639,210 0 3,473,577
38,784,093 0 3,067,511

Section 3002(a)(5) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “...establish requirements respecting...use of a manifest system and any other reasonable means necessary to assure that all such hazardous waste generated is designated for treatment, storage, or disposal, and arrives at treatment, storage, or disposal facilities...for which a permit has been issued...” Under this authority, EPA published regulations for a manifest system on February 26, 1980 (45 FR 12724). EPA established requirements for manifest completion, transmittal, and recordkeeping for hazardous waste generators at 40 CFR Part 262, Subpart B, for transporters at Part 263, Subpart B, and for treatment, storage, and disposal facilities (TSDFs) at Parts 264 and 265, Subpart E. EPA also requires the use of the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (UHWM or manifest). Since then, EPA has modified the manifest regulations on a number of occasions. On February 7, 2014, EPA finalized a rule to establish new requirements that will authorize the use of electronic manifests (or e-Manifests) as a means to track offsite shipments of hazardous waste from a generator’s site to the site of the receipt and disposition of the hazardous waste (79 FR 7518-7563). The final e-Manifest rule also implemented the provisions of the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, P.L. 112-195, which directs EPA to establish a national electronic manifest system (or e-Manifest system). EPA is now finalizing a rule (called the “final fee rule”) establishing the methodology the Agency will use to determine and revise the user fees applicable to the electronic and paper manifests to be submitted to the national electronic manifest system (e-Manifest system) that EPA is developing under the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act. After the e-Manifest system’s implementation date, certain users of the hazardous waste manifest will be required to pay a prescribed fee for each electronic and paper manifest they use and submit to the national system so that EPA can recover the costs of developing and operating the national e-Manifest system. EPA is also finalizing several amendments to the regulations governing the use of electronic hazardous waste manifests and the completion of manifests. This ICR describes the hazardous waste manifest regulations, including the e-Manifest final rule and final fee rule. It also estimates the annual hour and cost burden to respondents and EPA under these requirements for both paper and electronic manifests.

US Code: 42 USC 3004 Name of Law: SWDA
   US Code: 42 USC 3003 Name of Law: SWDA
   US Code: 42 USC 6901 Name of Law: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
   PL: Pub.L. 112 - 195 Oct 5, 2012 Name of Law: Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act
   US Code: 42 USC 3002 Name of Law: SWDA
  
PL: Pub.L. 112 - 195 Oct. 5, 2012 Name of Law: Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act

2050-AG80 Final or interim final rulemaking 83 FR 420 01/03/2018

No

3
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Paper Manifests 8700-22, 8700-22A Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest ,   Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (Continuation Sheet)
e-Manifest Users Guide
e-Manifest - Electronic Manifests

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 2,020,017 1,763,362 931,813 0 -675,158 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 2,639,210 3,473,577 807,892 0 -1,642,259 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 38,784,093 3,067,511 36,270,683 0 -554,101 0
No
No
This ICR estimates an 834,367 hour decrease from the currently approved ICR. This decrease results from both adjustments due to Agency discretion and program changes as follows. The adjustments due to Agency discretion result from the fact that EPA revised the number of generators preparing manifests for federal hazardous waste shipments as well as the number of manifests per generator in this ICR. The program changes result from the fact that the previous ICR considered only the existing paper-based manifest system, whereas this ICR addresses the existing paper-based manifest system as well as to electronic manifesting, which results in substantial savings to respondents. These savings are partially offset, however, because the e-Manifest Act extends the scope of the e-Manifest program to wastes subject to manifest tracking under state law. As such, the scope of this ICR was broadened to include electronic manifests accompanying state hazardous waste. Further, this ICR estimates user fees for paper and electronic manifests in accordance with the final fee rule (fees are reflected as O&M costs in this ICR).

$35,801,511
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Bryan Groce 703 308-8750 [email protected]

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
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12/29/2017


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