[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48157-48162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22934]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6432-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
Plans
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 document announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB): Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, EPA ICR No. 0328.08, OMB Control No. 2050-
0021, expiring December 31, 1999. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of
the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without
charge from the U.S. EPA, Oil Program Center, 401 M Street, SW (5203G),
Washington, D.C. 20460. Materials relevant to this ICR may be inspected
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), by
visiting the Public Docket, located at 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway
(ground floor), Arlington, Virginia 22202. The docket number for this
notice is SPCC-11. The telephone number for the Public Docket is (703)
603-9232. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket material.
Comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection
notice should be addressed to the Public Docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Paul Fleischman, (703) 603-8769.
Facsimile number: (703) 603-9116. Electronic address:
[email protected]. Note that questions concerning the notice, but
not comments will be accepted electronically. As noted above, comments
should be sent to the Public Docket.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected Entities
The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
regulation applies only to non-transportation-related facilities that
could reasonably be expected to discharge oil into or upon the
navigable waters of the U.S., or adjoining shorelines, and that have:
(1) A total underground buried oil storage capacity of more than 42,000
gallons; or (2) a total aboveground oil storage capacity of more than
660 gallons in a single container.
The specific private industry sectors expected to be affected by
this action include: (1) Petroleum and coal products manufacturing
(NAICS 324); (2) petroleum bulk stations and terminals (NAICS 42271);
(3) crude petroleum and natural gas extraction (NAICS 211111); (4)
transportation (including pipelines), warehousing, and marinas (NAICS
482-486/488112-48819/4883/4889/492-493/71393); (5) electric power
generation, transmission, and distribution (NAICS 2211); (6) other
manufacturing (NAICS 31-33); (7) gasoline stations/automotive rental
and leasing (NAICS 4471/5321); (8) heating oil dealers (NAICS 454311);
(9) coal mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying (NAICS 2121/
2123/213114/213116); (10) heavy construction (NAICS 234); (11)
elementary and secondary schools, colleges (NAICS 6111-6113); (12)
hospitals/nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 622-623); and
(13) crop and animal production (NAICS 111-112).
Title: ``Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
Plans,'' OMB Control Number 2050-0021. EPA Control Number 328.08.
Expiration date: December 31, 1999.
Abstract
Under section 311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA's SPCC regulation
requires facilities to prepare and implement SPCC Plans to help
``minimize the potential for oil discharges.'' This regulation is
codified at 40 CFR part 112. The SPCC Plan must be ``a carefully
thought-out plan, prepared in accordance with good engineering
practices.'' Preparation of the SPCC Plan requires that a facility's
staff analyze how the facility will prevent oil discharges, thereby
encouraging appropriate facility design and operations. The information
in the SPCC Plan also promotes efficient response in the event of a
discharge. Finally, proper maintenance of the SPCC Plan will promote
important spill-reducing measures, facilitate leak detection, and
generally ensure that the facility is at peak capability for deterring
discharges. The specific activities and reasons for the information
collection are described below.
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New Plan
Preparation of the Plan, required under Sec. 112.3, involves
several tasks, mostly conducted by the facility's technical personnel.
These tasks include: field investigations to understand facility design
and possible failures and to predict the flow paths of spilled oil and
the potential harm that the spilled oil would have on navigable waters;
a regulatory review to ensure that personnel are fully aware of all
requirements and limitations imposed in the rule; an evaluation of
current spill prevention and control practices the facility employs;
preparation of the Plan according to the specification of Sec. 112.7,
and certification by a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)
Modification of Plan
Under Sec. 112.5(a) the SPCC Plan must be amended whenever there is
a change in the facility's design, construction, operation, and
maintenance that materially affects the facility's potential to
discharge oil into navigable waters or onto adjoining shorelines. The
amended Plan must also be certified by a P.E.
Triennial Review
Under Sec. 112.5(b), owners or operators of regulated facilities
must review and evaluate the Plan at least once every three years. This
involves review of spill prevention and control procedures being
implemented under the current Plan, as well as a regulatory review.
Facility owners/operators must amend the SPCC Plan within six months of
the review to include more effective prevention and control technology
if: (1) Such technology will significantly reduce the likelihood of a
spill event; and (2) such technology has been field-proven at the time
of the review. If amended, the Plan must also be certified by a P.E.
Oil Discharge
Under Sec. 112.4, in the event of certain oil discharges, facility
owner/operators must submit information to the Regional Administrator
within 60 days. Discharges of oil that trigger the reporting
requirements are: (1) A single spill event of more than 1,000 U.S.
gallons into navigable waters; or (2) two or more spills (in a twelve
month period) of harmful quantities as defined in 40 CFR part 110.
Submitting a Plan after a discharge involves time to collect the
required information, as well as time for review by management. The
facility must also submit a copy of this information to the appropriate
state agency in charge of water pollution control activities. After the
Regional Administrator and the appropriate state agency have reviewed
the Plan, the Regional Administrator may require amendment of the SPCC
Plan. The amended Plan must be certified by a P.E. prior to
implementation. Facilities may appeal a decision made by the Regional
Administrator requiring an amendment to an SPCC Plan.
Recordkeeping
Under Sec. 112.3, the facility owner/operator must maintain a copy
of the SPCC Plan at the facility, or under certain circumstances, at
the nearest field office. The Plan must be available for review during
normal working hours. In addition, facilities must maintain (and
update) records of Plan-specific inspections as outlined under
Sec. 112.7(e).
Purpose of Data Collection
EPA does not collect the information required by the Oil Pollution
Prevention regulation (i.e., the SPCC Plan) on a routine basis.
Preparation, implementation, and maintenance of the SPCC Plan by the
facility help prevent oil discharges, and mitigate environmental damage
caused by such discharges. Therefore, the primary user of the data is
the facility itself. For example:
(i) As facility staff accumulate the necessary data, they must
analyze the facility's capability to prevent oil discharges, facilitate
safety awareness, and promote appropriate modifications to facility
design and operations;
(ii) Because facility staff keep the required information in a
single document, they can respond efficiently in the event of a
discharge;
(iii) To implement the Plan according to the specifications of
Sec. 112.7, the facility must meet certain design and operational
standards that reduce the likelihood of an oil discharge;
(iv) Inspection records help facilities to promote important
maintenance, facilitate leak detection, and demonstrate compliance with
the SPCC requirements; and
(v) When facility staff review the Plan every three years, they
ensure implementation of more effective spill prevention control
technology.
Although the facility is the primary data user, EPA also uses the
data in certain situations. EPA primarily uses SPCC plan data to ensure
that facilities comply with the regulation, including design and
operation specifications and inspection requirements. EPA reviews SPCC
Plans: (1) When facilities submit the Plans because of oil discharges,
and (2) as part of EPA's inspection program. State and local
governments also use the data, which is not necessarily available
elsewhere and can greatly assist local emergency preparedness planning
efforts. Coordination with state governments is facilitated when, after
certain spill events, a facility sends a copy of the SPCC Plan and
additional information on the spill to the relevant state agency.
As part of the Agency's efforts to reduce the overall paperwork
burden on regulated facilities, EPA would like to solicit comments on
how the Agency could best reduce the total paperwork burden hours for
this rule while maintaining an effective level of environmental
protection.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
EPA would also like to solicit public comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques,
or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Additionally, the Agency has recently proposed revisions to the
SPCC rule to reduce the burden imposed on regulated facilities
(December 2, 1997, 62 FR 63812). Proposed revisions would: (1) Give
facility owners or operators flexibility to use alternative formats for
SPCC Plans; (2) allow the use of certain records maintained pursuant to
usual and customary business practices, or pursuant to the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, to be used in
lieu of records mandated by the SPCC requirements; (3) reduce the
information required to be submitted after certain spill events; and
(4) extend the period in which SPCC Plans must be reviewed and
evaluated. EPA is now working to finalize the 1997 proposal, as well as
two earlier
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proposals affecting SPCC requirements, specifically, a proposal from
October 22, 1991 (56 FR 54612), and one from February 17, 1993 (58 FR
8824).
Burden Statement
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;
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.
This document first presents the estimated number of existing and
new storage and production facilities regulated under the Oil Pollution
Prevention Regulation. Next, the estimated burden hours and costs to
facilities to perform required actions are presented. Costs are
composed of facility labor costs and any associated capital and
operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. Finally, the estimated
total annual burden hours and costs for all facilities to comply with
the requirements of this regulation are presented. The burden hours
shown for each action represent the hours in both the existing ICR and
the corresponding hours in the ICR renewal, where there are
differences. Costs have been updated to June 1999 dollars.
As of January 2000, approximately 460,027 existing facilities are
assumed to be regulated under the SPCC program with approximately 4,600
new facilities joining the program in 2000. These numbers are based on
the previous ICR estimate of approximately 460,027 existing and new
facilities as of January 1999. A one percent annual growth in the
number of facilities is assumed. For purposes of this ICR, all
facilities were grouped into two distinct categories: production
facilities (facilities whose operations and oil storage activities are
exclusively limited to oil production) and storage facilities (all
other SPCC-regulated facilities whose operations do not include oil
production). This categorization of facilities reflects differences in
the estimated burden of compliance activities depending on the nature
of the facility's operations.
The current ICR assumes that storage facilities make up 65 percent
of small facilities, 69 percent of medium facilities, and 98 percent of
large facilities. Production facilities make up 35 percent of small
facilities, 31 percent of medium facilities, and two percent of large
facilities. These ratios, as well as the Agency's estimate concerning
the number of regulated facilities, are based on the results of a 1995
survey of SPCC regulated facilities conducted by EPA. The results of
this survey are available for public review at the Public Docket. The
definitions of small, medium, and large facility are based on oil
storage capacity and are defined as follows, based on the Agency's
January 1991 ``SPCC Facilities Study'':
(i) Small facility--a facility that has aboveground storage
capacity greater than 1,320 gallons (or 660 gallons in a single
container), but less than or equal to 42,000 gallons;
(ii) Medium facility--a facility that has total (aboveground or
underground) storage capacity greater than 42,000 gallons but less than
or equal to one million gallons; and
(iii) Large facility--a facility that has total storage capacity
greater than one million gallons.
An estimate of the number of existing and new storage and
production facilities in 2000 are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2.
Exhibit 1.--Estimated Number of Existing Facilities
(2000)
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Small Medium Large Total
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Storage......................................... 236,057 58,857 13,453 308,366
Production...................................... 125,280 26,065 315 51,661
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Total....................................... 361,337 84,922 13,768 460,027
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Exhibit 2.--Estimated Number of New Facilities
(2000)
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Small Medium Large Total
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Storage......................................... 2,361 589 135 3,084
Production...................................... 1,253 261 3 1,517
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Total....................................... 3,613 849 138 4,600
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The facility cost estimates for each category of activities are
based on June 1999 hourly wage rates for managerial ($41.68), technical
($30.96), and clerical ($19.41) work. These wage rates include wages
and salaries, benefit costs, and overhead costs and reflect private
industry averages, which were estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The Agency recognizes that these wage rates may
underestimate the actual wages received by some SPCC personnel but
overestimate the actual wage rate received by other facility personnel.
Each exhibit represents separate burden estimates for small,
medium, and large storage and production facilities. Exhibits 3 through
8 summarize the estimated facility burden associated with performing
each separate task associated with an SPCC Plan. Not all of the
activities will be performed on an annual basis by all facilities.
New Plan
Exhibit 3 presents the estimated burden and costs for a facility to
perform the activities associated with preparing an SPCC Plan. All new
facilities must prepare and implement an SPCC Plan.
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Exhibit 3.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs-Preparation of New Plan
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 Total burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small............................... 6.0 25.0 4.0 35.0 $0 $0 $1,102
Medium.............................. 6.0 44.0 6.0 56.0 0 0 1,729
Large............................... 6.0 76.0 8.0 90.0 0 0 2,758
Production:
Small............................... 6.0 28.0 4.0 38.0 0 0 1,195
Medium.............................. 6.0 46.0 6.0 58.0 0 0 1,791
Large............................... 6.0 77.0 8.0 91.0 0 0 2,789
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Modification of Plan
Exhibit 4 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to
revise an SPCC Plan after any modification that materially affects the
facility's potential to discharge oil into navigable waters. An
estimated ten percent of facilities will need to modify their SPCC
Plans each year.
Exhibit 4.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Modification of Plan
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small.................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 $0 $0 $159
Medium................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 0 0 159
Large.................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 0 0 159
Production:
Small.................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 0 0 159
Medium................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 0 0 159
Large.................................................... 0.0 4.5 1.0 5.5 0 0 159
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Triennial Review
Exhibits 5 and 6 present the estimated burden hours and costs for a
facility to complete a triennial review, with and without amendment. As
a result of the review process, the facility may need to amend its
Plan, incurring additional costs. Annual burdens and costs per facility
are one-third of the values in Exhibits 5 and 6. An estimated three
percent of all existing facilities will need to amend their Plans each
year.
Exhibit 5.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--No Amendment
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small.................................................... 1.0 2.4 0.5 4.0 $0 $0 $129
Medium................................................... 1.0 4.5 1.0 6.5 0 0 200
Large.................................................... 1.0 8.0 1.0 10.0 0 0 309
Production:
Small.................................................... 1.0 3.5 0.5 5.0 0 0 160
Medium................................................... 1.0 5.5 1.0 7.5 0 0 231
Large.................................................... 1.0 9.0 1.0 11.0 0 0 340
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Exhibit 6.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--Amendment
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small.................................................... 1.0 7.0 2.0 10.0 $0 $0 $297
Medium................................................... 1.0 9.0 2.0 12.0 0 0 359
Large.................................................... 1.0 12.5 2.0 15.5 0 0 468
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Production:
Small.................................................... 1.0 8.0 2.0 11.0 0 0 328
Medium................................................... 1.0 10.0 2.0 13.0 0 0 390
Large.................................................... 1.0 13.5 2.0 16.5 0 0 498
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Oil Discharge
Exhibit 7 presents estimated burden hours and costs for a facility
to submit information to the Regional Administrator in the event of
certain discharges of oil into navigable waters. It is assumed that the
probability of a facility having such a spill in any given year is 0.15
percent.
Exhibit 7.--Estimated Burden hours and Costs--Oil Discharge
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small.................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 $8 $0 $81
Medium................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 10 0 83
Large.................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 14 0 87
Production:
Small.................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 8 0 81
Medium................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 10 0 83
Large.................................................... 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 14 0 87
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Recordkeeping
Exhibit 8 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to
perform Plan maintenance and Plan-specific recordkeeping activities.
All regulated facilities are subject to these requirements.
Exhibit 8.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs--Recordkeeping
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total \1\
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Storage:
Small.................................................... 0.0 2.0 0.5 2.5 $0 $0 $72
Medium................................................... 0.0 4.5 0.5 5.0 0 0 149
Large.................................................... 0.0 9.5 0.5 10.0 0 0 304
Production:
Small.................................................... 0.0 3.0 0.5 3.5 0 0 103
Medium................................................... 0.0 3.0 0.5 3.5 0 0 103
Large.................................................... 0.0 3.0 0.5 3.5 0 0 103
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
Annual Expected Facility Burden
The total annual burden per facility reflects the sum of the annual
burdens incurred by the facility for each category of activities
outlined above. The estimated annual burden for an existing and new
facility is shown in Exhibit 9. These estimates were computed by
estimating the annual burden for both storage and production facilities
and weighting each estimate by the percentage of storage and production
facilities to compute an overall model facility estimate.
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Exhibit 9.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs Per Facility
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical Total
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 burden Capital O&M Total
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Existing:
Small.................................................... 0.3 3.8 0.8 4.9 $0 $0 $147
Medium................................................... 0.3 6.1 0.9 7.4 0 0 222
Large.................................................... 0.3 12.5 0.9 13.8 0 0 419
New:
Small.................................................... 6.0 28.8 4.6 39.4 67 0 1,232
Medium................................................... 6.0 49.1 6.6 61.7 67 0 1,899
Large.................................................... 6.0 85.8 8.6 100.4 67 0 3,074
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Total Annual Expected Facility Burdens
The total annual burdens for all existing facilities and all new
facilities are shown in Exhibit 10. The approximately 460,027 existing
facilities will incur a combined burden of about 2.6 million hours and
$42.0 million. In addition, around 4,600 new facilities will incur a
combined burden of about 208,740 hours at a cost of $6.5 million. The
total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden to the regulated
community as a result of the SPCC Program is estimated to be
approximately 2.8 million hours at a cost of about $48.5 million.
Exhibit 10.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs-All Facilities
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Burden hours Cost
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Type of facility Managerial Technical Clerical
$41.68 $30.96 $19.41 Total burden Capital O&M Total
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Existing:
Small............................... 120,987 1,370,233 282,445 1,773,666 $4,333 0 $17,413,617
Medium.............................. 28,434 519,585 80,109 628,129 1,195 0 18,828,671
Large............................... 4,610 171,923 12,988 189,521 287 0 5,767,959
New:
Small............................... 21,686 104,204 16,622 142,511 240,935 0 4,452,849
Medium.............................. 5,097 41,701 5,605 52,402 56,626 0 1,612,362
Large............................... 826 11,817 1,184 13,827 9,182 0 423,298
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No person is 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 are displayed at 40 CFR part 9.
Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspects of
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden,
to the address listed above under ADDRESSES near the top of this
document.
Dated: August 24, 1999.
Elaine F. Davies,
Deputy Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
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