Notice2021-26966
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board: Request for Nominations
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December 14, 2021
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Abstract
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites the public to nominate experts to be considered for a three-year appointment to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board (the "Board"). Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (the "e-Manifest Act" or the "Act"), EPA has established the Board to provide practical and independent advice, consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the activities, functions, policies, and regulations associated with the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System. In accordance, with the e-Manifest Act, the EPA Administrator or designee will serve as Chair of the Board. This notice solicits nominations for possible consideration of candidates to potentially serve in the following positions on the Board: an expert in information technology (IT); an industry representative member with experience in using or representing users of the manifest system; and a state representative member responsible for processing manifests.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 14, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71060-71062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26966]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0826; FRL-9339-01-OLEM]
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory Board:
Request for Nominations
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites the
public to nominate experts to be considered for a three-year
appointment to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest System Advisory
Board (the ``Board''). Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic
Manifest Establishment Act (the ``e-Manifest Act'' or the ``Act''), EPA
has established the Board to provide practical and independent advice,
consultation, and recommendations to the EPA Administrator on the
activities, functions, policies, and regulations associated with the
Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest (e-Manifest) System. In accordance,
with the e-Manifest Act, the EPA Administrator or designee will serve
as Chair of the Board. This notice solicits nominations for possible
consideration of candidates to potentially serve in the following
positions on the Board: an expert in information technology (IT); an
industry representative member with experience in using or representing
users of the manifest system; and a state representative member
responsible for processing manifests.
DATES: Nominations of candidates considered for appointment must be
received on or before January 13, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations identified with ``BOARD NOMINATION''
in the subject line to Tamue Gibson, the Acting Designated Federal
Officer (DFO) of the e-Manifest Advisory Board at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dcbbb5beafb3b2f2a8bdb1a9b99cb9acbdf2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3848a81908c8dcd97828e9686a3869382cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tamue Gibson, Acting Designated
Federal Officer (DFO), Phone: 202-564-7642; or by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11767873627e7f3f65707c6474517461703f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04636d66776b6a2a7065697161446174652a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On June 30, 2018, EPA established a national system for tracking
hazardous waste shipments electronically. This system, known as ``e-
Manifest,'' supports the modernization of the nation's cradle-to-grave
hazardous waste tracking process while saving valuable time, resources,
and dollars for industry and states.
EPA established the e-Manifest system according to the Hazardous
Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, enacted into law on
October 5, 2012. The ``e-Manifest Act'' authorizes the EPA to implement
a national electronic manifest system and requires that the costs of
developing and operating the new e-Manifest system be recovered from
user fees charged to those who use hazardous waste manifests to track
off-site shipments of their wastes.
This system enables users of the uniform hazardous waste manifest
forms (EPA Form 8700-22 and Continuation Sheet 8700-22A) to have the
option to more efficiently track their hazardous waste shipments
electronically, in lieu of the paper manifest, from the point of
generation, during transportation, and to the point of receipt by an
off-site facility that is permitted to treat, store, recycle, or
dispose of the hazardous waste. Electronic manifests obtained from the
national system augment or replace the paper forms that have
historically been used for this purpose, and that result in substantial
paperwork costs and other inefficiencies. Congress intended that EPA
develops a system that, among other things, meets the needs of the user
community and decreases the administrative burden associated with the
current paper-based manifest system on the user community. By enabling
the transition from a paper-intensive process to an electronic system,
EPA estimates e-Manifest will ultimately save state and industry users
more than $50 million annually, once electronic manifests are widely
adopted. The system also serves as a national reporting hub and
database for all manifests and shipment data. To ensure that these
goals are met, the Act directs EPA to establish a Board to assess the
effectiveness of the electronic manifest system and make
recommendations to the Administrator for improving the system.
In addition, the e-Manifest Act directs EPA to develop a system
that attracts sufficient user participation and service revenues to
ensure the viability of the system. As a result, the Act provides EPA
broad discretion to establish reasonable user fees, as the
Administrator determines are necessary, to pay costs incurred in
developing, operating, maintaining, and upgrading the system, including
any costs incurred in collecting and processing data from any paper
manifest submitted to the system.
e-Manifest aligns with the Agency's E-Enterprise business strategy.
E-Enterprise for the Environment is a transformative 21st century
strategy--jointly governed by states and EPA--for modernizing
government agencies' delivery of environmental protection. Under this
strategy, the Agency will streamline its business processes and systems
to reduce reporting burden on states and regulated facilities and
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of regulatory programs for
EPA, states, and tribes.
EPA has established the Board in accordance with the provisions of
the e-Manifest Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5
U.S.C. app.2. The Board is in the public interest and supports EPA in
performing its duties and responsibilities. Pursuant to the e-Manifest
Act the Board is comprised of nine members, of which one member is the
Administrator (or a designee), who will serve as Chair of the Board,
and eight members are individuals appointed by the EPA Administrator:
<bullet> At least two of whom have expertise in information
technology (IT);
<bullet> At least three of whom have experience in using, or
represent users of, the manifest system to track the transportation of
hazardous waste under federal and state manifest programs; and
<bullet> At least three state representatives responsible for
processing those manifests.
The Board will meet publicly at least annually to provide
recommendations on matters related to the operational activities,
functions, policies, and/or regulations of the EPA under the e-Manifest
Act. Pursuant to the e-Manifest Act, the Board will assist the Agency
in evaluating the effectiveness of the e-Manifest IT system and
associated user fees; identifying key issues associated with the
system, including the need (and timing) for user fee adjustments;
recommending system enhancements; and providing independent advice on
matters and policies related to the e-Manifest program. The e-Manifest
Board provides recommendations on matters related to the operational
activities, functions, policies, and regulations of the EPA under the
e-Manifest Act, including proposing actions to encourage the use of the
electronic (paperless) system, and actions related to the E-Enterprise
strategy that intersect with e-Manifest. These intersections may
include issues such as business-to-business communications, performance
standards for mobile devices, and Cross Media Electronic Reporting Rule
(CROMERR) compliant e-signatures.
II. Nominations
Any interested person and/or organization may nominate qualified
individuals for membership. EPA values and welcomes diversity. To
obtain nominations of diverse candidates, the agency encourages
nominations of all genders and all racial and ethnic groups. All
nominations will be considered; however, applicants need to be aware of
the representation from specific sectors required by the e-Manifest
Act.
Nominees who represent states and industry should have a
comprehensive knowledge of hazardous waste
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generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal under RCRA
Subtitle C at the federal, state, and local levels. Nominees who
represent states should have comprehensive knowledge of state programs
that use manifest data. Nominees who represent industry should be
familiar with e-Manifest and have strong knowledge of existing industry
systems/devices/approaches and business operations to provide valuable
input on e-Manifest integration into current industry data systems.
IT nominees should have core competencies and experience in large-
scale systems and application development, integration, and
implementation. This may include competency and experience with:
Managing complex systems used by multiple user communities; ensuring
data availability, integrity, and quality; user help desk and support;
as well as expertise relevant to the complexities of an electronic
manifest system. Examples of this expertise may include, but are not
limited to: Expertise with web-based and mobile technologies,
particularly those that support large scale operations for
geographically diverse users; expertise in IT security, including
perspective on federal IT security requirements; expertise in
electronic signature and user management approaches; expertise with
scalable hosting solutions such as cloud-based hosting; and expertise
in user experience. Existing knowledge of, or willingness to gain an
understanding of, EPA shared services and enterprise architecture is a
plus.
Another plus for any nominee is experience in setting and/or
managing fee-based systems in general.
Additional criteria used to evaluate nominees will include:
<bullet> Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication
skills;
<bullet> Demonstrated experience developing group recommendations;
<bullet> Willingness to commit time to the Board and demonstrated
ability to work constructively on committees;
<bullet> Absence of financial conflicts of interest;
<bullet> Impartiality (including avoiding the appearance of a loss
of impartiality); and
<bullet> Background and experiences that would help contribute to
the diversity of perspectives on the Board, e.g., geographic, economic,
social, cultural, educational backgrounds, professional affiliations,
and other considerations.
Nominations must include a resume, which provides the nominee's
background, experience, and educational qualifications, as well as a
brief statement (one page or less) describing the nominee's interest in
serving on the Board and addressing the other criteria previously
described. Nominees are encouraged to provide any additional
information that they feel would be useful for consideration, such as:
Availability to participate as a member of the Board; how the nominee's
background, skills, and experience would contribute to the diversity of
the Board; and any concerns the nominee has regarding membership.
Nominees should be identified by name, occupation, position, current
business address, email, and telephone number.
Interested candidates may self-nominate. The agency will
acknowledge receipt of nominations. Persons selected for membership
will receive compensation for travel and a nominal daily compensation
(if appropriate) while attending meetings in person. Additionally,
candidates selected to serve as Information Technology (IT) ``Expert''
Members will be designated as Special Government Employees (SGEs) or
consultants. Candidates designated as SGEs will be required to fill out
the ``Confidential Financial Disclosure Form for Environmental
Protection Agency Special Government Employees'' (EPA Form 3310-48).
This confidential form provides information to the EPA ethics officials
to determine whether there is a conflict between the SGE's public
duties and their private interests, including an appearance of a loss
of impartiality as defined by federal laws and regulations.
One example of a potential conflict of interest may be for IT
professional(s) serving in an organization which is awarded any related
e-Manifest system development contract(s).
Dated: December 6, 2021.
Carolyn Hoskinson,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Office of Land
and Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2021-26966 Filed 12-13-21; 8:45 am]
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