Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 27, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Title: Vendor Information Systems for Innovative Treatment

Technologies (VISITT) and for Innovative Measurement and Monitoring

Technologies (VISIMMT) (EPA ICR # 1583.02). This ICR requests renewal

of a currently approved collection (OMB #2050-0114).

Abstract: The Technology Innovative Office (TIO) of the Office of

Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) is planning to continue a

voluntary and ongoing collection of data on innovative treatment

technologies to clean up contaminated waste sites. In addition, the

Agency will be expanding the data collection effort to include

information on innovative measurement and monitoring technologies for

contaminated waste sites. Specifically, TIO will request information

concerning technologies to treat soil, sludge, solids, sediments and

ground water in situ. Widely available technologies (i.e.,

incineration, solidification/stabilization, and ex situ aqueous

treatment) have been excluded.

The vendor surveys will collect both general company information

and technology-specific data. The company information includes name,

address, phone numbers, and contact names. Technology data includes

technology name, developmental status, media/wastes treated,

contaminants and concentration ranges treated, waste limitations,

factors affecting performance, summary performance data, range of unit

costs, factors influencing cost, available hardware and capacity,

treatability study capabilities, permits obtained, clients and

references.

TIO plans to use the treatment and monitoring developers and

vendors to serve as an avenue for technology developers and vendors to

inform potential users of their capabilities, and to give site cleanup

professionals the ability to assess new technologies for applicability

to specific sites. Spurring private investment in the development and

commercialization of new treatment technologies is also a major

concern.

Burden Statement: The estimated public reporting burden for this

collection of information is broken out into one of three possible

reporting options: first, for those that are submitting the vendor form

for the first time, 25 hours are estimated for each report submitted;

second, for those returning updated reports, an estimated 13 hours per

update report will be required; finally EPA has estimated that a

certain number of those receiving forms will take 1 hour to read the

material and then decide not to participate in the vendor program.

These estimates include time to read the instructions, gather existing

information, and prepare and submit the form. There are no

recordkeeping requirements.

Respondents: Entities or individuals developing or commercializing

new treatment or monitoring technologies for contaminated site cleanup

including individuals/entrepreneurs, remedial contractors, and

commercial hazardous or solid waste treaters.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 478.

Estimated No. of Responses Per Respondent: 2.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 12,000 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Annual.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy

Branch (Mail Code: 2136) 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Jonathan Gledhill, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: May 23, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-13095 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]

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