Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for the Underground Injection Control Program, 26281-26282 [2018-12073]
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[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0359; FRL–9979–01–
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Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for the
Underground Injection Control
Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Information Collection Request for the
Underground Injection Control
Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 0370.26, OMB
Control No. 2040–0042) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, the
EPA is soliciting public comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described in
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
December 31, 2018. 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.
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Comments must be submitted on
or before August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OW–2014–0359 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to OW-Docket@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle
Carey, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water/Drinking Water
Protection Division, 4606M,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
2322; fax number: (202) 564–3756;
email address: carey.kyle@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The telephone number for the Docket
Center is 202–566–1744. For additional
information about EPA’s public docket,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it 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. The EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
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as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, the
EPA will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The EPA developed the
Underground Injection Control (UIC)
Program, under the authority of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, to establish a
federal-state regulatory system to protect
underground sources of drinking water
(USDWs) from injection fluids and
injection-related activities. Injected
fluids include hazardous waste, oil field
brines or produced water, mineral
processing fluids, various types of
industrial fluids, automotive, sanitary
and other wastes, and carbon dioxide
injected for geologic sequestration.
Owners or operators of injection wells
must obtain permits, conduct
environmental monitoring, maintain
records, and report results to the EPA or
the state agency (if the state has UIC
primary enforcement responsibility
(primacy)). States must report to the
EPA on permittee compliance and
related information. This required
information is reported using
standardized forms and annual reports.
The governing regulations are codified
in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 40 CFR parts 144 through 148.
Reporting data are used by UIC
authorities to ensure the protection of
USDWs.
Form Numbers: 7520–1, 7520–2A,
7520–2B, 7520–3, 7520–4, 7520–6,
7520–7, 7520–8, 7520–9, 7520–10,
7520–11, 7520–12, 7520–14, 7520–16,
and 7520–17.
Respondents/affected entities:
Owners or operators of underground
injection wells and state UIC primacy
agencies.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (40 CFR parts 144 through
148).
Estimated number of respondents:
40,187 (total).
Frequency of response: annual, semiannual, and quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 1,290,586
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $226,276,957
(per year), includes $167,334,210
annualized capital or operation and
maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 423,460 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to changes
in the injection well inventory,
primarily, a significant reduction in the
number of Class II and Class VI permit
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applications expected to be prepared
and reviewed; a decrease in the number
of Class V inventory forms that are
anticipated to be submitted; and a
decrease in the number of Class I and
Class VI well operators that the EPA
estimates will be submitting
information. Furthermore, the EPA has
revised the operator reporting forms,
which has resulted in additional burden
reductions for operators of all well
classes. These decreases are partially
offset by an increase in burden due to
changes in the number of Class III
permit applications.
Dated: May 25, 2018.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking
Water.
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Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Acid Rain
Program Under Title IV of the Clean Air
Act Amendments (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Acid Rain Program under Title IV of
the Clean Air Act Amendments
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1633.17, OMB
Control No. 2060–0258) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through November 30, 2018.
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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2009–0022, 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
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SUMMARY:
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Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation,
(6204M), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–343–9220; fax number:
202–343–2361; email address:
vansickle.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC.
The telephone number for the Docket
Center is 202–566–1744. For additional
information about EPA’s public docket,
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it 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. 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. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was
established under Title IV of the 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments to address
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acid deposition by reducing emissions
of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen
oxides (NOX). This information
collection extension is necessary to
continue implementation of the Acid
Rain Program. It includes burden and
costs associated with developing and
modifying permits, complying with
NOX permitting requirements,
monitoring emissions, transferring
allowances, participating in the annual
allowance auctions, and participating in
the program as an opt-in source.
Form Numbers: Agent Notice of
Delegation #5900–172, Certificate of
Representation #7610–1, General
Account Form #7610–5, Allowance
Transfer Form #7610–6, Retired Unit
Exemption #7610–20, Allowance
Deduction #7620–4, Acid Rain Permit
Application #7610–16, Acid Rain NOX
Compliance Plan #7610–28, Acid Rain
NOX Averaging Plan #7610–29, New
Unit Exemption #7610–19, Opt-In
Permit Application #7610–26, Opt-In
Utilization Report #7620–9.
Respondents/affected entities:
Electricity generating plants, industrial
sources, and other persons.
Respondents’ Obligation To Respond:
Voluntary and mandatory (Clean Air
Act sections 403, 407, 408, 410, 412,
and 416).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,234 (total); includes 1,184 sources and
50 non-source entities participating in
allowance trading activities.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
quarterly, and annually.
Total Estimated Burden: 1,873,880
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total Estimated Cost: $276,159,952
(per year); includes $139,339,770
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 249,525 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The decrease is principally due to
source retirements, which have both
reduced the estimated overall number of
affected sources and shifted the
estimated mix of monitoring
methodologies used. The other factors
contributing to the decrease in burden
are reductions in the estimated numbers
of allowance transfer and deduction
submissions, expected opt-in sources,
and allowance auction bids.
Dated: May 23, 2018.
Reid P. Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office
of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and
Radiation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0359; FRL-9979-01-OW]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for the Underground Injection Control
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Information
Collection Request for the Underground Injection Control Program'' (EPA
ICR No. 0370.26, OMB Control No. 2040-0042) to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so,
the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through December 31, 2018. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2014-0359 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Carey, Office of Ground Water and
Drinking Water/Drinking Water Protection Division, 4606M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-2322; fax number: (202) 564-3756; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it 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. 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. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The EPA developed the Underground Injection Control (UIC)
Program, under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act, to
establish a federal-state regulatory system to protect underground
sources of drinking water (USDWs) from injection fluids and injection-
related activities. Injected fluids include hazardous waste, oil field
brines or produced water, mineral processing fluids, various types of
industrial fluids, automotive, sanitary and other wastes, and carbon
dioxide injected for geologic sequestration. Owners or operators of
injection wells must obtain permits, conduct environmental monitoring,
maintain records, and report results to the EPA or the state agency (if
the state has UIC primary enforcement responsibility (primacy)). States
must report to the EPA on permittee compliance and related information.
This required information is reported using standardized forms and
annual reports. The governing regulations are codified in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR parts 144 through 148. Reporting
data are used by UIC authorities to ensure the protection of USDWs.
Form Numbers: 7520-1, 7520-2A, 7520-2B, 7520-3, 7520-4, 7520-6,
7520-7, 7520-8, 7520-9, 7520-10, 7520-11, 7520-12, 7520-14, 7520-16,
and 7520-17.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of underground
injection wells and state UIC primacy agencies.
Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (40 CFR parts 144
through 148).
Estimated number of respondents: 40,187 (total).
Frequency of response: annual, semi-annual, and quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 1,290,586 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $226,276,957 (per year), includes
$167,334,210 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 423,460 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to changes in the injection well
inventory, primarily, a significant reduction in the number of Class II
and Class VI permit
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applications expected to be prepared and reviewed; a decrease in the
number of Class V inventory forms that are anticipated to be submitted;
and a decrease in the number of Class I and Class VI well operators
that the EPA estimates will be submitting information. Furthermore, the
EPA has revised the operator reporting forms, which has resulted in
additional burden reductions for operators of all well classes. These
decreases are partially offset by an increase in burden due to changes
in the number of Class III permit applications.
Dated: May 25, 2018.
Peter Grevatt,
Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
[FR Doc. 2018-12073 Filed 6-5-18; 8:45 am]
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