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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0052; FRL–9518–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Risk Management Program
Requirements and Petitions To Modify
the List of Regulated Substances
Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air
Act (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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before July 25, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2003–0052, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail code: 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: Sicy
Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, Mail code 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564–
8019; fax number: 202–564–2625; email
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 February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9237), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
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–2003–0052, which is
available for online viewing at
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www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air 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 Air Docket is 202–566–
1742.
Use 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 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 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: Risk Management Program
Requirements and Petitions to Modify
the List of Regulated Substances under
Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1656.14,
OMB Control No. 2050–0144.
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 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 1990 Clean Air Act
(CAA) Amendments added section
112(r) to provide for the prevention and
mitigation of accidental releases.
Section 112(r) mandates that EPA
promulgate a list of ‘‘regulated
substances’’ with threshold quantities
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and establish procedures for the
addition and deletion of substances
from the list of regulated substances.
Processes at stationary sources that
contain more than a threshold quantity
of a regulated substance are subject to
accidental release prevention
regulations promulgated under CAA
section 112(r)(7). These two rules are
codified as 40 CFR part 68. Part 68
requires that sources with more than a
threshold quantity of a regulated
substance in a process develop and
implement a risk management program
and submit a risk management plan to
EPA. The compliance schedule for the
Part 68 requirements, established by
rule on June 20, 1996, requires the
implementation of the source risk
management programs and the
submission of initial Risk Management
Plan (RMP)’s by June 21, 1999, and at
least every five years after the initial
submission. Sources must resubmit
earlier than their next five-year deadline
if they undergo certain changes to their
covered processes as specified in Part
68. Therefore, after the initial
submission, some sources re-submitted
their RMPs prior to the next 5-year
deadline because they had process
changes that required an earlier update.
These sources were then assigned a new
five-year resubmission deadline based
on the date of their revised plan
submission. Most covered sources had
no significant changes to their covered
processes and therefore resubmitted
their updated RMP on June 21, 2004.
This same pattern continued through
the next submission cycle—some
sources updated and resubmitted their
RMP prior to their next five-year
deadline and were assigned a new (offcycle) five-year deadline, but a majority
of sources submitted their updated RMP
on or near the next scheduled five-year
resubmission deadline (June 2009).
Similarly, while most sources’ next
submission is due in June 2014, because
of off-cycle resubmission deadlines
assigned to sources who have
resubmitted RMPs prior to their next 5year resubmission date, only a portion
of the RMP-regulated universe has a
submission deadline of June 21, 2014.
Other than the costs for gathering
information and filling out the on-line
RMP form, the regulations require
sources to maintain on-site
documentation, perform a compliance
audit every three years, provide
refresher training to employees, perform
a hazard analysis at least every five
years, etc. Some of these activities are
expected to occur annually or are ongoing. Some are required every three
years or every five years, unless there
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are changes at the facility. Therefore, the
burden and costs incurred by sources
vary from ICR to ICR. The five-year
resubmission deadline set by the
regulations or assigned by EPA based on
the latest RMP resubmission also will
cause the burden to vary from ICR to
ICR.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 18 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:
Chemical manufacturers, petroleum
refineries, water treatment systems, nonchemical manufacturers, states.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
13,558 facility respondents and 15
implementing agencies.
Frequency of Response: Every five
years, unless the facilities need to
update their previous submission.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
80,546.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$6,736,212 in labor costs. There are no
capital or O&M costs associated with
this ICR.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 13,436 hours for all sources
and states from the previous ICR. The
burden varies from ICR to ICR due to
different resubmission deadlines based
on the sources’ RMP re-submission
deadline and other regulatory deadlines.
Therefore, the burden changes each year
depending on how many sources have
to submit their RMP and comply with
certain prevention program
requirements. The number of sources
subject to the regulations fluctuates
regularly, and is lower than in the
previous ICR (13,718 sources in the
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previous ICR vs. 13,558 in this ICR
period).
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012–15370 Filed 6–22–12; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0257; FRL–9518–6]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Reinforced
Plastic Composites Production
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (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
collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before July 25, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2011–0257, to: (1) EPA online,
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to:
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, mail code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460; and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Learia Williams, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs
Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–4113; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; email address:
williams.learia@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to both
EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0257, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center 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
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566–1752.
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 either 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, 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: NESHAP for Reinforced Plastic
Composites Production (Renewal)
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1976.05, OMB Control Number 2060–
0509.
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.
Abstract: The affected entities are
subject to the General Provisions of the
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A,
and any changes, or additions to the
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart WWWW.
Owners or operators of the affected
facilities must submit initial
notification, performance tests, and
periodic reports and results. Owners or
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0052; FRL-9518-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Risk Management Program
Requirements and Petitions To Modify the List of Regulated Substances
Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (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 July 25, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0052, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, Mail code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
8019; fax number: 202-564-2625; email 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 February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9237), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 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-2003-0052, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air 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 Air Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use 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 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 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: Risk Management Program Requirements and Petitions to Modify
the List of Regulated Substances under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air
Act (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1656.14, OMB Control No. 2050-0144.
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 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 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments added section
112(r) to provide for the prevention and mitigation of accidental
releases. Section 112(r) mandates that EPA promulgate a list of
``regulated substances'' with threshold quantities and establish
procedures for the addition and deletion of substances from the list of
regulated substances. Processes at stationary sources that contain more
than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance are subject to
accidental release prevention regulations promulgated under CAA section
112(r)(7). These two rules are codified as 40 CFR part 68. Part 68
requires that sources with more than a threshold quantity of a
regulated substance in a process develop and implement a risk
management program and submit a risk management plan to EPA. The
compliance schedule for the Part 68 requirements, established by rule
on June 20, 1996, requires the implementation of the source risk
management programs and the submission of initial Risk Management Plan
(RMP)'s by June 21, 1999, and at least every five years after the
initial submission. Sources must resubmit earlier than their next five-
year deadline if they undergo certain changes to their covered
processes as specified in Part 68. Therefore, after the initial
submission, some sources re-submitted their RMPs prior to the next 5-
year deadline because they had process changes that required an earlier
update. These sources were then assigned a new five-year resubmission
deadline based on the date of their revised plan submission. Most
covered sources had no significant changes to their covered processes
and therefore resubmitted their updated RMP on June 21, 2004. This same
pattern continued through the next submission cycle--some sources
updated and resubmitted their RMP prior to their next five-year
deadline and were assigned a new (off-cycle) five-year deadline, but a
majority of sources submitted their updated RMP on or near the next
scheduled five-year resubmission deadline (June 2009). Similarly, while
most sources' next submission is due in June 2014, because of off-cycle
resubmission deadlines assigned to sources who have resubmitted RMPs
prior to their next 5-year resubmission date, only a portion of the
RMP-regulated universe has a submission deadline of June 21, 2014.
Other than the costs for gathering information and filling out the
on-line RMP form, the regulations require sources to maintain on-site
documentation, perform a compliance audit every three years, provide
refresher training to employees, perform a hazard analysis at least
every five years, etc. Some of these activities are expected to occur
annually or are on-going. Some are required every three years or every
five years, unless there
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are changes at the facility. Therefore, the burden and costs incurred
by sources vary from ICR to ICR. The five-year resubmission deadline
set by the regulations or assigned by EPA based on the latest RMP
resubmission also will cause the burden to vary from ICR to ICR.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 18
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: Chemical manufacturers, petroleum
refineries, water treatment systems, non-chemical manufacturers,
states.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 13,558 facility respondents and 15
implementing agencies.
Frequency of Response: Every five years, unless the facilities need
to update their previous submission.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 80,546.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $6,736,212 in labor costs. There are
no capital or O&M costs associated with this ICR.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 13,436 hours for
all sources and states from the previous ICR. The burden varies from
ICR to ICR due to different resubmission deadlines based on the
sources' RMP re-submission deadline and other regulatory deadlines.
Therefore, the burden changes each year depending on how many sources
have to submit their RMP and comply with certain prevention program
requirements. The number of sources subject to the regulations
fluctuates regularly, and is lower than in the previous ICR (13,718
sources in the previous ICR vs. 13,558 in this ICR period).
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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