Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal); EPA No. 1981.03, OMB No. 2050-0172, 67558-67560 [E6-19756]

Download as PDF pwalker on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES 67558 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 22, 2006 / Notices Title: NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen Decarburization Vessels (Renewal). ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1060.14, OMB Control Number 2060– 0038. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006. 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, and 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 New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for electric arc furnaces were proposed on October 21, 1974 (39 FR 37466) and promulgated on September 23, 1975 (40 FR 43850). These standards apply to the following affected facilities in steel plants that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels: Electric arc furnaces (EAFs) and dust handling systems commencing construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal and on or before August 17, 1983. A review of 40 CFR part 60, subpart AA in 1980 resulted in the promulgation of a new standard (NSPS 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAa). The review of NSPS subpart AA found that fugitive emissions capture technology had improved since promulgation of NSPS subpart AA, and that argonoxygen decarburization (AOD) vessels are a significant source of particulates in specialty steel shops. NSPS, subpart AAa was proposed on August 17, 1983 and promulgated on October 31, 1984. The new standard established new standards applicable to EAFs, AOD vessels, and dust handling systems constructed, modified, or reconstructed after August 17, 1983. On March 2, 1999, the Agency promulgated a direct final rule to amend subparts AA and AAa in response to a petition made by the Common Sense Initiative Council, established under a charter approved pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which approved daily visible emissions observations as an alternative to static pressure monitoring at an EAF with a VerDate Aug<31>2005 22:25 Nov 21, 2006 Jkt 211001 direct shell evacuation system, and clarified some definitions. In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS. Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records. 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, and are identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 308 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: plants with electric arc furnaces, AOD vessels, and dust handling systems that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty steels. Estimated Number of Respondents: 97. Frequency of Response: Initially and semiannually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 60,112 hours (rounded). Estimated Total Cost: $5,286,222, which includes $4,140 annualized capital startup costs, $194,250 annual PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Operating and Maintenance (O&M) costs, and $5,087,832 annual labor cost. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 288 hours from the most recently approved ICR due primarily to a change made in the number of operational days from 365 to 350 which offsets any increase that resulted from the increase on the number of average respondents per year from 95.3 to 96.6. The labor hours for management, clerical, as well as for technical employees have been updated. The decrease in the annualized capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs from $285,750 to $198,390 is due to a decrease on the number of respondents using continuous opacity monitors (COMs) for compliance with the stack emissions requirements. This is an update to the most recently approved ICR (i.e., ICR 1060.13) which did not account for this type of burden change as a result of the 2005 amendments to the standard. The operation and maintenance costs for the renewal of this ICR decreased due to a decrease in the number of sources using COMs as a result of electing to comply with the alternative option of daily opacity shop observations by a certified visible emission observer couple with the use of bag leak detection systems (BLDS). Dated: November 15, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–19754 Filed 11–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0073; FRL–8245–8] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal); EPA No. 1981.03, OMB No. 2050–0172 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 E:\FR\FM\22NON1.SGM 22NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 22, 2006 / Notices nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 22, 2006. Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2003–0073 to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to, a-andr-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Air Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 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 Solid Waste and Emergency Response, 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; e-mail address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov. ADDRESSES: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On July 14, 2006, (71 FR 40093), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA did not receive any comments. 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–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 EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at https:// 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 pwalker on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Aug<31>2005 22:25 Nov 21, 2006 Jkt 211001 submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal). ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1981.03, OMB Control No. 2050–0172. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2006. 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: 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 OffSite 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 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 67559 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 Locoal Emergency Planning Committee’s (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. Burden Statement: For this ICR period, EPA estimates a total of 2,150 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 2,480 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 4,965 hours annually. The total burden for the members of the public, state and local agencies is 9,595 hours. 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 E:\FR\FM\22NON1.SGM 22NON1 67560 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 22, 2006 / Notices 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: State and local agencies; members of the public. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,220. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,595. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $296,603, which includes $100 annualizied capital or O&M costs and $296,500 annual labor costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 6,245 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR. This adjustment is due to using actual data of the state and local officials requesting OCA data and the public visiting reading rooms. The previous ICR estimated that all 50 states plus U.S. territories and D.C. and at least 1,000 of the 1,500 active LEPCs will be requesting OCA data. However, EPA only received requests for OCA data from 9 LEPCs and 240 state officials in the past three years. The public burden and costs have also decreased from the previous ICR, due to the actual number of people that have visited the federal, state and local reading rooms. Dated: November 15, 2006. Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E6–19756 Filed 11–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [IL228–1; FRL–8245–4] Notice of Prevention of Significant Deterioration Final Determination for Indeck Elwood, LLC Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final action. pwalker on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces that on September 27, 2006, the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) of the EPA denied in part, and remanded in part, a petition for review of a federal Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permit issued to Indeck-Elwood, LLC by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). VerDate Aug<31>2005 22:25 Nov 21, 2006 Jkt 211001 The effective date for the EAB’s decision is September 27, 2006. Pursuant to Section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of this permit decision, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit within 60 days of January 22, 2007. DATES: The documents relevant to the above action are available for public inspection during normal business hours at the following address: Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard (AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. To arrange viewing of these documents, call Constantine Blathras at (312) 886– 0671. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constantine Blathras, Air and Radiation Division, Air Programs Branch, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard (AR– 18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. Anyone who wishes to review the EAB decision can obtain it at https:// www.epa.gov/eab/. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notification of EAB Final Decision The IEPA, acting under authority of a PSD delegation agreement, issued a PSD permit to Indeck-Elwood, LLC on October 10, 2003, granting approval to construct a coal-fired steam electric generating station in Elwood, Will County, Illinois. The American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, the Clean Air Task Force, Lake County Conservation Alliance, and the Sierra Club filed a petition for review with the EAB on November 17, 2003. The EAB denied in part, and remanded in part, the petition on September 27, 2006. The EAB remands the permit on the following issues: The inclusion of Source-Wide Condition 9, which allows Indeck Elwood to construct a power plant with less capacity than addressed by the permit applicant; IEPA’s soils and vegetation analysis; the permit’s substitution of work and operational practices for Best Available Control Technology numeric limits during start-up, shut-down, and malfunction events; and the permit’s particulate matter emissions limits and the absence of a limitation for condensable particulate matter. On all other issues, review is denied. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: November 13, 2006. Jo Lynn Traub, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. [FR Doc. E6–19785 Filed 11–21–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–8245–2] Secondary Containment Grant Guidelines for States; Solid Waste Disposal Act, Subtitle I, as Amended by Title XV, Subtitle B of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: SUMMARY: By this notice, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) is advising the public that on November 15, 2006 EPA issued the secondary containment grant guidelines and made the guidelines available on EPA’s Web site at: https:// www.epa.gov/oust/fedlaws/epact_05. htm#Final. In this notice, EPA is publishing the secondary containment grant guidelines in their entirety. EPA developed the secondary containment grant guidelines as required by section 9003(i)(1) of Subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by section 1530 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. DATES: On November 15, 2006, EPA issued and posted the secondary containment grant guidelines on EPA’s Web site. EPA is notifying the public via this notice that the secondary containment grant guidelines are available as of November 22, 2006. ADDRESSES: EPA posted the secondary containment grant guidelines on our Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/oust/ fedlaws/epact_05.htm#Final. You may also obtain paper copies from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), EPA’s publications distribution warehouse. You may request copies from NSCEP by calling 1–800–490– 9198; writing to U.S. EPA/NSCEP, Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242–0419; or faxing your request to NSCEP at 301– 604–3408. Ask for: Grant Guidelines To States For Implementing The Secondary Containment Provision Of The Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (EPA 510–R–06–001, November 2006). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Miller, EPA’s Office of Underground Storage Tanks, at miller.paul@epa.gov or (703) 603–7165. E:\FR\FM\22NON1.SGM 22NON1

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Distribution of Offsite 
Consequence Analysis Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal); EPA No. 1981.03, OMB 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 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

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nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 22, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0073 to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to, a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Air Docket, Mailcode 6102T, 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 Solid Waste and 
Emergency Response, 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; e-mail 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 July 14, 2006, (71 FR 40093), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA did not receive any comments. 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-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 EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure 
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information 
under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal).
    ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1981.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0172.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2006. 
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: 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 Locoal Emergency Planning 
Committee's (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.
    Burden Statement: For this ICR period, EPA estimates a total of 
2,150 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 2,480 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 4,965 hours annually. The total burden for the members of the 
public, state and local agencies is 9,595 hours. 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

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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: State and local agencies; members of 
the public.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,220.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,595.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $296,603, which includes $100 
annualizied capital or O&M costs and $296,500 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 6,245 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR. This adjustment is due to using actual data of the state 
and local officials requesting OCA data and the public visiting reading 
rooms. The previous ICR estimated that all 50 states plus U.S. 
territories and D.C. and at least 1,000 of the 1,500 active LEPCs will 
be requesting OCA data. However, EPA only received requests for OCA 
data from 9 LEPCs and 240 state officials in the past three years. The 
public burden and costs have also decreased from the previous ICR, due 
to the actual number of people that have visited the federal, state and 
local reading rooms.

    Dated: November 15, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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