United States              Solid Waste and         EPA530-F-99-036
               Environmental Protection Agency   Emergency Response           June 1999
                                    (5305W)             http://www.epa.gov

               Office of Sol id Waste
c/EPA     Environmental
               Fact Sheet
               Ideas To Reduce Reporting

               Requirements at Hazardous Waste

               Facilities

 Background
   The Paperwork Reduction Act establishes a 40 percent reduction goal for
 federal agencies to reduce their reporting and recordkeeping burdens on the
 regulated community, states, and the public by September 2001. "Burden" is the
 time that the regulated community, states, and private citizens spend submit-
 ting information to federal agencies, such as the Environmental Protection
 Agency (EPA), keeping records on file and/or developing the information they
 report. To meet the goals of the Paperwork Reduction Act, EPA aims to reduce
 the regulatory burden associated with the hazardous waste management
 regulations while protecting human health and the environment.

 Action
   EPA is publishing a Notice of Data Availability in compliance with the
 Paperwork Reduction Act. The Agency reviewed its hazardous waste reporting
 and recordkeeping requirements, and developed ideas for streamlining them.
 After obtaining input from a small number of state  experts, EPA developed the
 following burden reduction ideas:

    !  Allowing electronic reporting and recordkeeping for all information that is
      kept by facilities and sent to EPA;

    !  Reducing reporting requirements for generators and treatment, storage,
      and disposal facilities (TSDFs);

    !  Lengthening the periods between facility self-inspections;

    !  Streamlining personnel training in hazardous waste requirements;

    !  Streamlining the land disposal restrictions notification, determination,
      and certification requirements, and;

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   !  Reducing the amount of information collected in the Agency's Biennial
      Report.

   The Agency is requesting comment on these ideas. Comments may be
submitted electronically to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by post mail to: RCRA
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 5305G,
Washington, DC 20460. All comments must include reference number F-1999-
IBRA-FFFFF.

For More Information
   This fact sheet, the notice, and related background documents are available
on the Internet at  . Documents include a summary of burden estimates; other
burden reduction ideas not included in the NODA; a list of hazardous waste
reporting requirements; and a list of nonregulatory burden ideas. For additional
information or to order paper copies of any documents, call the RCRA Hotline.
Callers within the Washington Metropolitan Area must dial 703-412-9810 or
TDD 703-412-3323 (hearing impaired). Long-distance callers may call 1-800-
424-9346 or TDD 1-800-553-7672. The RCRA Hotline operates weekdays, 9:00
a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Send written requests to: RCRA Information Center (5305W),
US EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

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