[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37897-37898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15343]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0008; FRL-9517-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emergency Planning and Release
Notification Requirements Under Emergency Planning and Community Right-
To-Know Act (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 25, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0008, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-8019; fax number: (202) 564-2620; email address:
jacob.sicy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9235), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0008, which is
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available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Superfund Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
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 Reading
Room is 202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Superfund Docket
is 202-566-0276.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Emergency Planning and Release Notification Requirements
under Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Sections 302,
303, and 304 (Renewal).
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1395.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0092.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The authority for these requirements is sections 302,
303, and 304 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA), 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11002, 11003, and 11004). EPCRA established
broad emergency planning and facility reporting requirements. Section
302 requires facilities to notify their state emergency response
commission (SERC) that the facility is subject to emergency planning.
This activity has been completed; this ICR covers only new facilities
that are subject to this requirement. Section 303 requires the local
emergency planning committees (LEPCs) to prepare emergency plans for
facilities that are subject to section 302. This activity has been also
completed; this ICR only covers any updates needed for these emergency
response plans. Section 304 requires facilities to report to SERCs and
LEPCs releases in excess of the reportable quantities listed for each
extremely hazardous substance (EHS). This ICR also covers the
notification and the written follow-up required under this section. The
implementing regulations and the list of substances for emergency
planning and emergency release notification are codified in 40 CFR part
355.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.4
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Chemical manufacturers, non-chemical
manufacturers, retailers, petroleum refineries, utilities, etc.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 110,456.
Frequency of Response: Once, on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 267,206.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $13,626,107, includes $0 annualized
capital and $60,327 annualized O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The number of respondents increased by
12,000 from the previous ICR. This is due to an increase in the number
of reports of Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) hazardous substance and Extremely
Hazardous Substance (EHS) releases reported to the National Response
Center in 2011. There is a decrease of 28,550 hours from the previous
ICR due to adjustments for current burden estimates. There is a
decrease of $8,392 O&M costs which is also due to adjustments to the
estimates.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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