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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: EPA has already received
approval from OMB for its information
collection request, entitled ‘‘EPA
Information Collection Request Number
1360.08, Underground Storage Tanks:
Technical and Financial Requirements,
and State Program Approval
Procedures.’’ This approval grants EPA
authority to collect information from
owners and operators, as specified in 40
CFR part 280, that may otherwise be
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act,
including owner and operator
requirements to bring a tank into
service, pursuant to 40 CFR 280.22, and
owner and operator requirements to
notify the implementing agency of any
decision to permanently close or make
a change-in-service at an UST system,
pursuant to 40 CFR 280.71. Although
OMB has approved this information
collection request, EPA, Region 9, is
seeking additional approval from OMB
to revise and expand the scope of the
original information collection request
beyond what EPA originally envisioned
when it initially sought the ICR.
EPA Region 9’s Underground Storage
Tanks Program Office (R9 USTPO) is
planning to undertake an effort to
increase the rate of compliance in
Region 9. R9 USTPO has direct
implementation responsibilities in
Indian country and our data has shown
a low rate of compliance. While Indian
country is our highest priority because
of our direct implementation
responsibility, we have also reviewed
data that suggest facilities outside
Indian country are also of concern. In
FY 08, the rate of compliance in Region
9 Indian country was 36% and outside
of Indian country the average was 68%.
An information request pursuant to
RCRA section 9005 directed to UST
facility owners and operators in order to
determine compliance will help to
increase the rate of compliance.
As a result, R9 USTPO would like to
send an information request letter in
accordance with RCRA Section 9005
and 40 CFR 280.34 annually to
approximately 500 UST facilities. This
letter will request that the facility owner
or operator send to the R9 USTPO the
compliance records that they are already
required to keep, but have not
previously been asked to submit to the
Agency. The information request letter
authority was codified in 40 CFR 280.34
of the UST regulations and this
regulation and other provisions of the
UST regulations also contain specific
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ongoing facility reporting and record
keeping obligations. In accordance with
40 CFR 280.34(c), these records should
be kept either on-site or must be readily
available at an alternative site and, thus,
should be easy to locate. The
information is routinely reviewed
during inspections, but we believe there
is suspected non-compliance that
warrants additional collection and
believe that these requests will
encourage owners and operators to
maintain regulatory compliance and
will allow the R9 USTPO to better
ensure compliance with regulatory
requirements for those facilities. The R9
USTPO seeks to continue this request
for records from facilities indefinitely
and would monitor whether our efforts
to increase compliance are successful.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 2 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:
Underground storage tank owners and
operators within EPA Region 9
(Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada,
Pacific Islands, 147 Tribes).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$29,025, includes $4,025 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: This is a
new collection.
Dated: March 1, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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AGENCY
[FRL–9276–3]
A Method To Assess Climate-Relevant
Decisions: Application in the
Chesapeake Bay
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of peerreview panel workshop.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the cancellation of a March 11, 2011
external peer review meeting of the draft
document titled, ‘‘A Method to Assess
Climate-Relevant Decisions: Application
in the Chesapeake Bay’’ (EPA/600/R–10/
096a), announced earlier (76 FR 4345,
January 25, 2011). EPA has received the
written reviews from the external peer
review members as well as public
comments received during the public
comment period from August 31 to
November 1, 2010 (announced in 75 FR
168, August 31, 2010). EPA has
concluded that a public peer review
meeting is not warranted as the
comments from the peer reviewers and
the public are not controversial or
conflicting and can be readily
accommodated. Consistent with EPA
practices, we will post all of the peer
reviewer’s comments and those of the
public along with EPA’s responses
when the final report is released
publicly, within the next 120 days.
DATES: March 11, 2011. The peer review
panel workshop scheduled to begin at
8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. at the Navy
League Building, 2300 Wilson
Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201, has
been cancelled.
SUMMARY:
Dated: February 28, 2011.
Darrell A. Winner,
Acting Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9276-3]
A Method To Assess Climate-Relevant Decisions: Application in the
Chesapeake Bay
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of peer-review panel workshop.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the cancellation of a March 11, 2011 external peer review meeting of
the draft document titled, ``A Method to Assess Climate-Relevant
Decisions: Application in the Chesapeake Bay'' (EPA/600/R-10/096a),
announced earlier (76 FR 4345, January 25, 2011). EPA has received the
written reviews from the external peer review members as well as public
comments received during the public comment period from August 31 to
November 1, 2010 (announced in 75 FR 168, August 31, 2010). EPA has
concluded that a public peer review meeting is not warranted as the
comments from the peer reviewers and the public are not controversial
or conflicting and can be readily accommodated. Consistent with EPA
practices, we will post all of the peer reviewer's comments and those
of the public along with EPA's responses when the final report is
released publicly, within the next 120 days.
DATES: March 11, 2011. The peer review panel workshop scheduled to
begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. at the Navy League Building, 2300
Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201, has been cancelled.
Dated: February 28, 2011.
Darrell A. Winner,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. 2011-5043 Filed 3-4-11; 8:45 am]
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