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Data submitted under the GHGRP that
is classified as CBI is protected under
the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart
B. The EPA is determining through a
series of rulemaking actions the data
elements that will be eligible for
treatment as CBI. However, according to
CAA section 114(c), ‘‘emissions data’’
cannot be classified as CBI. The EPA has
proposed that inputs to emissions
equations meet the definition of
‘‘emissions data’’ and cannot be
afforded the protections of CBI. The
EPA has deferred the reporting deadline
for data elements that are used as inputs
to emissions equations to provide the
EPA time needed to fully evaluate and
resolve issues regarding the reporting
and potential release of these data (76
FR 53057, August 25, 2011).
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1.96 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the EPA’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
1. Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 11,290.
2. Frequency of response: Annual,
quarterly.
3. Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 43.
4. Estimated total annual burden
hours: 1,000,914 hours. This includes
estimated total respondent hours of
942,344 hours and estimated total EPA
hours of 58,570 hours.
5. Estimated total annual costs:
$98,082,191. This includes an estimated
cost of $28,086,090 for capital
investment as well as maintenance and
operational costs, an estimated
respondent burden cost of $56,141,455,
and an estimated EPA cost of
$13,854,646.
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Are there changes in the estimates from
the last approval?
There is a decrease of 764,890 hours
in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with the combined
burden in the currently approved ICRs
for the GHGRP identified in the ICRs
currently approved by OMB (2060–
0629, –0646, –0647, –0649, –0650,
–0651, and –0680). This decrease
reflects the completion of one-time
activities that occurred in the first year
of data collection as well as adjustments
in the number of respondents based on
facilities that reported information to
the EPA. This change is the result of an
adjustment.
What is the next step in the process for
this ICR?
The 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, the 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
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: April 27, 2012.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104; FRL–9516–7]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Brownfields Program—
Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
SUMMARY:
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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2012–0104, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
docket.superfund@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields and
Land Revitalization, (5105T),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
566–2745; fax number (202) 566–1476;
email address: Lentz.Rachel@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On February 10, 2012 (77 FR 7143), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one
comment during the comment period,
which was not relevant to this ICR, and
is not addressed in the ICR. Any
additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public
docket for this ICR under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104, which is
available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Superfund Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room
is 202–566–1744, and the telephone
number for the Superfund Docket is
202–566–9744.
Use the EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that the EPA’s policy
is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at www.regulations.gov as the
DATES:
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EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential
business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: Brownfields Program—
Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.04,
OMB Control No. 2050–0192.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on July 31, 2012. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. An Agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The OMB control numbers for the EPA’s
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act (Pub. L. 107–118) (‘‘the Brownfields
Amendments’’) was signed into law on
January 11, 2002. The Act amends the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA), as amended, and
authorizes the EPA to award cooperative
agreements to states, tribes, local
governments, and other eligible entities
to assess and clean up brownfields sites.
Under the Brownfields Amendments, a
brownfield site means real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of
which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. For funding purposes, the
EPA uses the term ‘‘brownfield
property(ies)’’ synonymously with the
term ‘‘brownfield sites.’’ The
Brownfields Amendments authorize the
EPA to award several types of
cooperative agreements to eligible
entities on a competitive basis.
Under subtitle A of the Small
Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act, States,
tribes, local governments, and other
eligible entities can receive assessment
cooperative agreements to inventory,
characterize, assess, and conduct
planning and community involvement
related to brownfields properties;
cleanup cooperative agreements to carry
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out cleanup activities at brownfields
properties; cooperative agreements to
capitalize revolving loan funds and
provide subgrants for cleanup activities;
and job training cooperative agreements
to support the creation and
implementation of environmental job
training and placement programs. Under
Subtitle C of the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act, State and tribes can
receive cooperative agreements to
establish and enhance their response
programs. The cooperative agreements
support activities necessary to establish
or enhance four elements of state and
tribal response programs and to meet
the public record requirements under
the statute. The four elements eligible
for funding include: (a) Timely survey
and inventory of brownfield sites in the
State or in the tribal land; (b) oversight
and enforcement authorities or other
mechanisms and resources; (c)
mechanisms and resources to provide
meaningful opportunities for public
participation; and (d) mechanisms for
approval of a cleanup plan and
verification and certification that
cleanup is complete. States and tribes
that receive funding under subtitle C
must establish a public record system
during the funding period unless an
adequate public record system is
already established.
Cooperative agreement recipients
(recipients) have general reporting and
record keeping requirements as a
condition of their cooperative agreement
that result in burden. A portion of this
reporting and record keeping burden is
authorized under 40 CFR Parts 30 and
31 and identified in the EPA’s general
grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030–
0020). The EPA requires Brownfields
program recipients to maintain and
report additional information to the EPA
on the uses and accomplishments
associated with the funded brownfields
activities. The EPA uses several forms to
assist recipients in reporting the
information and to ensure consistency
of the information collected. The EPA
uses this information to meet Federal
stewardship responsibilities to manage
and track how program funds are being
spent, to evaluate the performance of
the Brownfields Cleanup and Land
Revitalization Program, to meet the
Agency’s reporting requirements under
the Government Performance Results
Act, and to report to Congress and other
program stakeholders on the status and
accomplishments of the program.
This ICR addresses the burden
imposed on recipients that are
associated with those reporting and
recordkeeping requirements that are
specific to cooperative agreements
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awarded under the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1.22 hours per
response. It is estimated to average 4
hours per response for Job Training
recipients, and 1.25 hours per response
for subtitle A assessment, cleanup, and
revolving loan fund and subtitle C
recipients. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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 procedures 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,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,007.
Frequency of Response: Bi-Annual for
subtitle C recipients; Quarterly for
subtitle A recipients.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3,167 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$308,911, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 13,383 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This reflects the EPA’s
updating of burden estimates for this
collection based on an increase in
number of experienced recipients
familiar with reporting requirements, a
lowered number of responses based on
previous data submission, and
improvements in the Assessment,
Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange
System (ACRES) reporting database.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0104; FRL-9516-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program--
Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2012-0104, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to docket.superfund@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields
and Land Revitalization, (5105T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
566-2745; fax number (202) 566-1476; email address:
Lentz.Rachel@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 10, 2012 (77 FR 7143), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the
comment period, which was not relevant to this ICR, and is not
addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0104, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Superfund Docket is 202-566-9744.
Use the EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that the EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as the
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EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: Brownfields Program--Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.04, OMB Control No. 2050-0192.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2012. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for the EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act (Pub. L. 107-118) (``the Brownfields Amendments'')
was signed into law on January 11, 2002. The Act amends the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), as amended, and authorizes the EPA to award cooperative
agreements to states, tribes, local governments, and other eligible
entities to assess and clean up brownfields sites. Under the
Brownfields Amendments, a brownfield site means real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or
contaminant. For funding purposes, the EPA uses the term ``brownfield
property(ies)'' synonymously with the term ``brownfield sites.'' The
Brownfields Amendments authorize the EPA to award several types of
cooperative agreements to eligible entities on a competitive basis.
Under subtitle A of the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act, States, tribes, local governments, and
other eligible entities can receive assessment cooperative agreements
to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct planning and community
involvement related to brownfields properties; cleanup cooperative
agreements to carry out cleanup activities at brownfields properties;
cooperative agreements to capitalize revolving loan funds and provide
subgrants for cleanup activities; and job training cooperative
agreements to support the creation and implementation of environmental
job training and placement programs. Under Subtitle C of the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, State and
tribes can receive cooperative agreements to establish and enhance
their response programs. The cooperative agreements support activities
necessary to establish or enhance four elements of state and tribal
response programs and to meet the public record requirements under the
statute. The four elements eligible for funding include: (a) Timely
survey and inventory of brownfield sites in the State or in the tribal
land; (b) oversight and enforcement authorities or other mechanisms and
resources; (c) mechanisms and resources to provide meaningful
opportunities for public participation; and (d) mechanisms for approval
of a cleanup plan and verification and certification that cleanup is
complete. States and tribes that receive funding under subtitle C must
establish a public record system during the funding period unless an
adequate public record system is already established.
Cooperative agreement recipients (recipients) have general
reporting and record keeping requirements as a condition of their
cooperative agreement that result in burden. A portion of this
reporting and record keeping burden is authorized under 40 CFR Parts 30
and 31 and identified in the EPA's general grants ICR (OMB Control
Number 2030-0020). The EPA requires Brownfields program recipients to
maintain and report additional information to the EPA on the uses and
accomplishments associated with the funded brownfields activities. The
EPA uses several forms to assist recipients in reporting the
information and to ensure consistency of the information collected. The
EPA uses this information to meet Federal stewardship responsibilities
to manage and track how program funds are being spent, to evaluate the
performance of the Brownfields Cleanup and Land Revitalization Program,
to meet the Agency's reporting requirements under the Government
Performance Results Act, and to report to Congress and other program
stakeholders on the status and accomplishments of the program.
This ICR addresses the burden imposed on recipients that are
associated with those reporting and recordkeeping requirements that are
specific to cooperative agreements awarded under the Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.22
hours per response. It is estimated to average 4 hours per response for
Job Training recipients, and 1.25 hours per response for subtitle A
assessment, cleanup, and revolving loan fund and subtitle C recipients.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, 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 procedures 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, Local, and Tribal
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,007.
Frequency of Response: Bi-Annual for subtitle C recipients;
Quarterly for subtitle A recipients.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,167 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $308,911, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 13,383 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This reflects the EPA's updating of burden
estimates for this collection based on an increase in number of
experienced recipients familiar with reporting requirements, a lowered
number of responses based on previous data submission, and improvements
in the Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES)
reporting database.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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