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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0073; FRL–8197–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Distribution of
Offsite Consequence Analysis
Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H)
of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA ICR
No. 1981.03, OMB Control No. 2050–
0172
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR is scheduled to expire on December
31, 2006. 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 September 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2003–0073, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: (202) 566–1741.
• Mail: Air Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center;
Public Reading Room, Room B102; EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–
0073. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
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protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov
Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system, which means EPA will not
know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the
body of your comment. If you send an
e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through www.regulations.gov
your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as
part of the comment that is placed in the
public docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy
Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, Regulation and Policy
Development Division, 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2620;
e-mail address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
What Information Is EPA Particularly
Interested in?
How Can I Access the Docket and/or
Submit Comments?
What Should I Consider When I
Prepare My Comments for EPA?
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR 2003–0073, which is available
for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC
Public Reading Room is open from 8
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 Air Docket is 202–566–
1742.
Use https://www.regulations.gov to
obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the docket ID number identified in this
document.
You may find the following
suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as
possible and provide specific examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
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Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the
(ii) Proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the
(iii) Information will have practical
utility;
(iv) 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;
(v) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(vi) 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. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
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and local agencies who decide to obtain
OCA information must send a written
request on their official letterhead to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–
EPA certifying that they are covered
0073
persons under Public Law 106–40, and
Affected entities: Entities potentially
that they will use the information for
affected by this action are Entities
official use only. EPA will then provide
potentially affected by this action are
paper copies of OCA data to those
State and local agencies and members of agencies as requested. The rule
the public.
authorizes and encourages state and
Title: Entities potentially affected by
local agencies to set up reading rooms.
this action are State and local agencies
The local reading rooms would provide
and members of the public.
read-only access to OCA information for
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1981.03,
all the sources in the LEPC’s jurisdiction
OMB Control No. 2050–0172.
and for any source where the vulnerable
ICR status: This ICR is currently
zone extends into the LEPC’s
scheduled to expire on December 31,
jurisdiction.
2006. An Agency may not conduct or
Members of the public requesting to
sponsor, and a person is not required to view OCA information at federal
respond to, a collection of information,
reading rooms would be required to sign
unless it displays a currently valid OMB in and self certify. If asking for OCA
control number. The OMB control
information from federal reading rooms
numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 for the facilities in the area where they
of the CFR, after appearing in the
live or work, they would be required to
Federal Register when approved, are
provide proof that they live or work in
listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
that area. Members of the public are
either by publication in the Federal
required to give their names, telephone
Register or by other appropriate means,
number, and the names of the facilities
such as on the related collection
for which OCA information is being
instrument or form, if applicable. The
requested, when they contact the central
display of OMB control numbers in
office to schedule an appointment to
certain EPA regulations is consolidated
view OCA information.
in 40 CFR part 9.
An agency may not conduct or
Abstract: This ICR is the renewal of
sponsor, and a person is not required to
the ICR developed for the final rule,
respond to, a collection of information
Accidental Release Prevention
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
Requirements; Risk Management
control number. The OMB control
Programs Under the Clean Air Act
numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Consequence Analysis Information.
The EPA would like to solicit
CAA section 112(r)(7) required EPA to
comments to:
promulgate reasonable regulations and
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
appropriate guidance to provide for the
collection of information is necessary
prevention and detection of accidental
for the proper performance of the
releases and for responses to such
functions of the agency, including
releases. The regulations include
whether the information will have
requirements for submittal of a risk
practical utility;
management plan (RMP) to EPA. The
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
RMP includes information on offsite
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
consequence analyses (OCA) as well as
proposed collection of information,
other elements of the risk management
including the validity of the
program.
methodology and assumptions used;
On August 5, 1999, the President
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
signed the Chemical Safety Information, clarity of the information to be
Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory
collected; and
Relief Act (CSISSFRRA). The Act
(iv) Minimize the burden of the
required the President to promulgate
collection of information on those who
regulations on the distribution of OCA
are to respond, including through the
information (CAA section
use of appropriate automated electronic,
112(r)(7)(H)(ii)). The President delegated mechanical, or other technological
to EPA and the Department of Justice
collection techniques or other forms of
(DOJ) the responsibility to promulgate
information technology, e.g., permitting
regulations to govern the dissemination
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: For this ICR
of OCA information to the public. The
period, EPA estimates a total of 3,270
final rule was published on August 4,
hours (annually) for local agencies
2000 (65 FR 48108). The regulations
requesting OCA data from EPA and
imposed minimal requirements on the
providing read-only access to the
public, state and local agencies that
public. For the state agencies, the total
request OCA data from EPA. The state
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annual burden for requesting OCA data
from EPA and providing read-only
access to the public, is 3,816 hours. For
the public to display photo
identification, sign a sign-in sheet,
certify that the individual has not
received access to OCA information for
more than 10 stationary sources for that
calendar month, and to request
information from the vulnerable zone
indicator system (VZIS), EPA estimates
a total of 8,754 hours annually. The total
burden for the members of the public,
state and local agencies is 15,840 hours
and $413,380 annually (47,520 hours for
three years and $1,240,140).
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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 4,417.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
15,840.
Estimated total annual costs:
$413,380.
The burden and cost reported here are
from the current approved ICR. In the
package submitted to OMB, the costs
will change based on the most recent
labor and wage rates information
reported by the Bureau of Labor and
Statistics.
What Is the Next Step in the Process for
This ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
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technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Deborah Y. Dietrich,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[ER–FRL–6677–3]
Environmental Impact Statements and
Regulations; Availability of EPA
Comments
Availability of EPA comments
prepared pursuant to the Environmental
Review Process (ERP), under section
309 of the Clean Air Act and Section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act as amended. Requests for
copies of EPA comments can be directed
to the Office of Federal Activities at
202–564–7167.
An explanation of the ratings assigned
to draft environmental impact
statements (EISs) was published in FR
dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845).
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Draft EISs
EIS No. 20060141, ERP No. D–AFS–
F65064–WI, Boulder Project, Timber
Harvesting, Vegetation and Road
Management, U.S. Army COE Section
404 Permit, Chequamegon-Nicolet
National Forest, Lakewood-Laona
Ranger District, Oconto and Langlade
Counties, WI.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the Draft
EIS’s discussion of habitat requirements
and population trends for key species,
notably the northern goshawk and redshouldered hawk; the Final EIS should
present a more complete cumulative
impact analysis, covering the geographic
range of targeted species, regardless of
land ownership. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060146, ERP No. D–UAF–
K11115–HI, Hickam Air Force Base
and Bellows Air Force Station, 15th
Airlift Wing, Housing Privatization
Phase II, To Transfer the Remaining
Housing Units, and Associated
Infrastructure to Selected Offeror,
O’ahu, HI.
Summary: EPA expressed concerns
about a lack of federal commitment to
sustainable building, and requested
additional information and mitigation
measures for air quality, stormwater
pollution, and wetlands. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060147, ERP No. D–FTA–
F40434–MN, Central Corridor Project,
Develop a Light Rail Facility or a
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Busway/Bus Rapid Transit Facility,
11 miles between downtown
Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul,
Minnesota, Twin Cities Metropolitan
Area, MN.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about traffic
impacts, hazardous waste, noise
impacts, possible geologic, water, and
air issues, and alternative selection
criteria. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060173, ERP No. D–UAF–
K11021–GU, Andersen Air Force Base
(AFB), Establish and Operate an
Intelligence, Surveillance,
Reconnaissance, and Strike (ISR/
Strike) Capability, Guam.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
disposal of wastewater from the project,
and recommended the Air Force work
with Guam Waterworks Authority
towards upgrading the wastewater
treatment plant. Other concerns include
noise impacts, and impacts to
endangered species. EPA requested
additional information regarding
cumulative impacts, resource use/
impacts from 1,800 migrant laborers,
and solid waste disposal and impacts to
the Sole Source Aquifer.Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060187, ERP No. D–AFS–
F65065–WI, Long Rail Vegetation and
Transportation Management Project,
Implementation, Eagle River-Florence
Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet
National Forest, Florence and Forest
Counties, WI
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concern about whether
the preferred alternative would support
adequate habitat to support the regional
species of concern. The Final EIS
should include more information about
impacts from timber harvest to riparian
areas and adequate levels of
successional habitat for population
viability. Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20060211, ERP No. D–DOE–
G03030–00, Strategic Petroleum
Reserve Expansion, Site Selection of
Five New Sites: Chacahoula and
Clovelly, in Lafourche Parish, LA;
Burinsburg, Claiborne County, MS;
Richton, Perry County, MS; and
Stratton Ridge, Brazoria County, TX
and Existing Site Bayou Choctaw,
Iberville Parish, LA, West Hackberry,
Cameron and Calcasieu Parishes, LA;
and Big Hill, Jefferson County, TX
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns and requested
additional information about air quality,
water quality, and wetlands. EPA is
particularly interested in information
pertaining to emissions from backup
generators and other activities for each
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potential site that may require inclusion
in the general conformity applicability
analysis. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20060133, ERP No. F–NRC–
E06024–MS, Grand Gulf Early Site
Permit (ESP) Site, Construction and
Operation, Issuance of an Early Site
Permit (ESP), NUREG–1817,
Claiborne County, MS.
Summary: EPA continues to express
concerns about the uncertainty of
regulatory limits for offsite releases of
radionuclides for the current candidate
repository site. EPA recommends that
emergency preparedness issues be
evaluated regarding potential
implications of a release to plant
personnel or the public in the event of
a major unintended release. EPA also
recommends continued coordination
with Environmental Justice
communities in the area to ensure that
their concerns are addressed as the
project progresses.
EIS No. 20060179, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65456–WY, Moose-Gypsum Project,
Proposes to Authorize Vegetation
Treatments, Watershed
Improvements, and Travel Plan and
Recreation Updates, Pinedale Ranger
District, Bridger-Teton National
Forest, Sublette County, WY
Summary: Quantified estimates of
sediment impacts from modeling
addressed EPA concerns about erosion.
However, EPA continues to have
concerns about the adaptive
management program because there are
no quantitative measures, thresholds, or
required actions if physical and
biological objectives are not met.
EIS No. 20060189, ERP No. F–NRC–
F06027–OH, American Centrifuge
Plant, Gas Centrifuge Uranium
Enrichment Facility, Construction,
Operation, and Decommission,
License Issuance, Piketon, OH
Summary: EPA’s concerns on the
management of various materials,
facility decontamination and
decommissioning, groundwater
contamination, and the relationship of
the project to other facilities and
contaminated sites at the Portsmouth
Reservation have been resolved.
However, EPA continues to have
concerns about radionuclide air
emissions standards compliance, waste
processing capacity, construction air
emissions, and cumulative impacts to
surface water.
EIS No. 20060199, ERP No. F–AFS–
F65050–MI, Huron-Manistee National
Forests, Land and Resource
Management Plan, Implementation,
Several Counties, MI
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073; FRL-8197-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis
Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). EPA
ICR No. 1981.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0172
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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on December 31, 2006. 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 September 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0073, by one of the following methods:
https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
Fax: (202) 566-1741.
Mail: Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center; Public Reading Room,
Room B102; EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington
DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours
of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0073. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access''
system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through
www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, Regulation and Policy Development Division, 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8019; fax number:
(202) 564-2620; e-mail address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments?
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR 2003-0073, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 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 Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use https://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified in this document.
What Information Is EPA Particularly Interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the
(ii) Proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including
whether the
(iii) Information will have practical utility;
(iv) 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;
(v) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(vi) 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. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
What Should I Consider When I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used
that support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.
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What Information Collection Activity or ICR Does This Apply to?
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
Entities potentially affected by this action are State and local
agencies and members of the public.
Title: Entities potentially affected by this action are State and
local agencies and members of the public.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1981.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0172.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on December
31, 2006. 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: This ICR is the renewal of the ICR developed for the
final rule, Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management
Programs Under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of
Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information. CAA section 112(r)(7)
required EPA to promulgate reasonable regulations and appropriate
guidance to provide for the prevention and detection of accidental
releases and for responses to such releases. The regulations include
requirements for submittal of a risk management plan (RMP) to EPA. The
RMP includes information on offsite consequence analyses (OCA) as well
as other elements of the risk management program.
On August 5, 1999, the President signed the Chemical Safety
Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
(CSISSFRRA). The Act required the President to promulgate regulations
on the distribution of OCA information (CAA section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)).
The President delegated to EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) the
responsibility to promulgate regulations to govern the dissemination of
OCA information to the public. The final rule was published on August
4, 2000 (65 FR 48108). The regulations imposed minimal requirements on
the public, state and local agencies that request OCA data from EPA.
The state and local agencies who decide to obtain OCA information must
send a written request on their official letterhead to EPA certifying
that they are covered persons under Public Law 106-40, and that they
will use the information for official use only. EPA will then provide
paper copies of OCA data to those agencies as requested. The rule
authorizes and encourages state and local agencies to set up reading
rooms. The local reading rooms would provide read-only access to OCA
information for all the sources in the LEPC's jurisdiction and for any
source where the vulnerable zone extends into the LEPC's jurisdiction.
Members of the public requesting to view OCA information at federal
reading rooms would be required to sign in and self certify. If asking
for OCA information from federal reading rooms for the facilities in
the area where they live or work, they would be required to provide
proof that they live or work in that area. Members of the public are
required to give their names, telephone number, and the names of the
facilities for which OCA information is being requested, when they
contact the central office to schedule an appointment to view OCA
information.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit 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.
Burden Statement: For this ICR period, EPA estimates a total of
3,270 hours (annually) for local agencies requesting OCA data from EPA
and providing read-only access to the public. For the state agencies,
the total annual burden for requesting OCA data from EPA and providing
read-only access to the public, is 3,816 hours. For the public to
display photo identification, sign a sign-in sheet, certify that the
individual has not received access to OCA information for more than 10
stationary sources for that calendar month, and to request information
from the vulnerable zone indicator system (VZIS), EPA estimates a total
of 8,754 hours annually. The total burden for the members of the
public, state and local agencies is 15,840 hours and $413,380 annually
(47,520 hours for three years and $1,240,140).
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.
The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 4,417.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 15,840.
Estimated total annual costs: $413,380.
The burden and cost reported here are from the current approved
ICR. In the package submitted to OMB, the costs will change based on
the most recent labor and wage rates information reported by the Bureau
of Labor and Statistics.
What Is the Next Step in the Process for This ICR?
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will
issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the
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technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Deborah Y. Dietrich,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
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