Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements Under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) (Renewal), 66706-66707 [2018-27960]
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Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number 202–564–3262; fax number:
202–565–2494; email address:
benforado.jay@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents that 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: EPA relies on scientific
information. Citizen science and
crowdsourcing techniques will allow
the Agency to collect qualitative and
quantitative data that might help inform
scientific research, assessments, or
environmental screening; validate
environmental models or tools; or
enhance the quantity and quality of data
collected across the country’s diverse
communities and ecosystems to support
the Agency’s mission. Information
gathered under this generic clearance
will be used by the Agency to support
the activities listed above and might
provide unprecedented avenues for
conducting breakthrough research.
Collections under this generic ICR will
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be from participants who actively seek
to participate on their own initiative
through an open and transparent
process (the Agency does not select
participants or require participation);
the collections will be low-burden for
participants; collections will be low-cost
for both the participants and the Federal
Government; and data will be available
to support the scientific research
(including assessments, environmental
screening, tools, models, etc.) of the
Agency, states, tribal or local entities
where data collection occurs. EPA may,
by virtue of collaborating with nonfederal entities, sponsor the collection
of this type of information in connection
with citizen science projects. When
applicable, all such collections will
comply with Agency policies and
regulations related to human subjects
research and will follow the established
approval paths through EPA’s Human
Subjects Research Review Official.
Finally, personally identifiable
information (PII) will only be collected
when necessary and in accordance with
applicable federal procedures and
policies. If a new collection is not
within the parameters of this generic
ICR, the Agency will submit a separate
information collection request to OMB
for approval.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Participants/respondents will be
individuals, not specific entities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents:
17,500 (total) people.
Frequency of response: The frequency
of responses will range from once to on
occasion.
Total estimated burden: 389,083
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $13,784,949 (per
year), includes $525,000 annualized
capital for operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in estimates: The dollar
figures have been updated to reflect
current wages.
Dated: December 17, 2018.
Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta,
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Science.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–SFUND– 2004–0006; FRL–9988–
07–OEI]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Community Right-to-Know Reporting
Requirements Under Sections 311 and
312 of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA) (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Community Right-to-Know Reporting
Requirements under Sections 311 and
312 of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
(EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB
Control Number 2050–0072), to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through December 31, 2018.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
July 18, 2018 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. 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 January 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2004–0006, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
superfund.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 via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency
Management, Mail Code 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (202) 564–
8794; email address: hoffman.wendy@
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.
Abstract: The authority for these
requirements is sections 311 and 312 of
the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act
(EPCRA), 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012).
EPCRA Section 311 requires owners and
operators of facilities subject to OSHA
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
to submit a list of chemicals or MSDSs
(for those chemicals that exceed
thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part
370) to the State Emergency Response
Commission (SERC) or Tribal
Emergency Response Commission
(TERC), Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) or Tribal Emergency
Planning Committee (TEPC) and the
local fire department (LFD) with
jurisdiction over their facility. This is a
one-time requirement unless a facility
becomes subject to the regulations or
has updated information on the
hazardous chemicals that were already
submitted by the facility. EPCRA
Section 312 requires owners and
operators of facilities subject to OSHA
HCS to submit an inventory form (for
those chemicals that exceed the
thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part
370) to the SERC (or TERC), LEPC (or
TEPC), and LFD with jurisdiction over
their facility. This inventory form, Tier
II (Emergency and Hazardous Chemical
Inventory Form), is to be submitted on
March 1 of each year and must include
the inventory of hazardous chemicals
present at the facility in the previous
calendar year.
On July 13, 2012, EPA published a
final rule to add some new data
elements to the facility identification
and contact information sections of the
Tier I and Tier II inventory forms. EPA
also revised some existing data elements
in the chemical reporting section of the
Tier II form to ease reporting for
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facilities and make the forms more userfriendly for state and local agencies. The
data elements that EPA added to the
forms were requested by state and local
agencies to improve their emergency
response plans and response
coordination during an emergency. The
additional data elements, including
general facility identification and
contact information for the parent
company, owner or operator of the
company, facility emergency
coordinator etc., are readily available to
facilities and usually do not change
from year to year. The burden and costs
for adding these data elements,
including one-time burden for
familiarization by respondents and
software updates by state agencies, as
well as the additional annual burden,
are approved under OMB Control
Number 2050–0206. The facility-level
burden to complete the new and revised
data elements of per facility approved
under OMB Control Number is being
added to this ICR.
Respondents/affected entities:
Manufacturers and non-manufacturers
required to have available a Material
Safety Data Sheet (or Safety Data Sheet)
under the OSHA HCS.
Form Numbers: Tier II Emergency and
Hazardous Chemical Inventory Form,
EPA Form No. 8700–30.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (Sections 311 and 312 of
EPCRA).
Estimated number of respondents:
465,692 (includes 3,052 SERCs and
LEPCs).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 6,963,565
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $301,067,822
(per year), includes $5,415,824 in
annualized capital and operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an
increase of 1,048,311 hours compared to
the previous ICR approved by OMB.
This increase in burden is attributable
mainly to the 15.66 percent increase in
the estimated number of facilities
subject to Tier II reporting, based on a
recount of the number of facilities in the
E-Plan database and information
provided by EPA Regions, and the
additional burden for Inventory
Reporting Activity from the
consolidation of 2050–0206 with this
ICR. A small portion of the change in
burden is attributable to the correction
of math errors in the previous ICR
renewal.
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Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Underground Injection Control
Program; Hazardous Waste Injection
Restrictions; Petition for Exemption
Reissuance—Class I Hazardous Waste
Injection; ANGUS Chemical Company
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a
UIC no migration petition reissuance.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
reissuance of an exemption to the Land
Disposal Restrictions, under the 1984
Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments to the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, has
been granted to ANGUS for two Class I
hazardous waste injection wells located
at their Sterlington, Louisiana site. The
company has adequately demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the EPA by the
petition reissuance application and
supporting documentation that, to a
reasonable degree of certainty, there will
be no migration of hazardous
constituents from the injection zone for
as long as the waste remains hazardous.
This final decision allows the
underground injection by ANGUS of the
specific restricted hazardous waste
(D002) identified in this exemption
reissuance request, into Class I
hazardous waste injection wells IW–1
and IW–2 until December 31, 2027,
unless the EPA moves to terminate this
exemption. Additional conditions
included in this final decision may be
reviewed by contacting the EPA Region
6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public
notice was issued August 28, 2018, and
the public comment period closed on
October 15, 2018, and no comments
were received. This decision constitutes
final Agency action and there is no
Administrative appeal.
DATES: This action is effective as of
November 19, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition
reissuance and all pertinent information
relating thereto are on file at the
following location:
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 6, Water Division, Safe
Drinking Water Branch (6WQ–S),
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas
75202–2733.
SUMMARY:
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[EPA-HQ-SFUND- 2004-0006; FRL-9988-07-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Community Right-to-Know Reporting
Requirements Under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Community Right-to-Know Reporting
Requirements under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) (EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB
Control Number 2050-0072), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through December 31, 2018. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on July 18, 2018 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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 January 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2004-0006, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to superfund.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 via email
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency
Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-8794; email address: hoffman.wendy@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.
Abstract: The authority for these requirements is sections 311 and
312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA),
1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012). EPCRA Section 311 requires owners and
operators of facilities subject to OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
(HCS) to submit a list of chemicals or MSDSs (for those chemicals that
exceed thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 370) to the State Emergency
Response Commission (SERC) or Tribal Emergency Response Commission
(TERC), Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) or Tribal Emergency
Planning Committee (TEPC) and the local fire department (LFD) with
jurisdiction over their facility. This is a one-time requirement unless
a facility becomes subject to the regulations or has updated
information on the hazardous chemicals that were already submitted by
the facility. EPCRA Section 312 requires owners and operators of
facilities subject to OSHA HCS to submit an inventory form (for those
chemicals that exceed the thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 370) to
the SERC (or TERC), LEPC (or TEPC), and LFD with jurisdiction over
their facility. This inventory form, Tier II (Emergency and Hazardous
Chemical Inventory Form), is to be submitted on March 1 of each year
and must include the inventory of hazardous chemicals present at the
facility in the previous calendar year.
On July 13, 2012, EPA published a final rule to add some new data
elements to the facility identification and contact information
sections of the Tier I and Tier II inventory forms. EPA also revised
some existing data elements in the chemical reporting section of the
Tier II form to ease reporting for facilities and make the forms more
user-friendly for state and local agencies. The data elements that EPA
added to the forms were requested by state and local agencies to
improve their emergency response plans and response coordination during
an emergency. The additional data elements, including general facility
identification and contact information for the parent company, owner or
operator of the company, facility emergency coordinator etc., are
readily available to facilities and usually do not change from year to
year. The burden and costs for adding these data elements, including
one-time burden for familiarization by respondents and software updates
by state agencies, as well as the additional annual burden, are
approved under OMB Control Number 2050-0206. The facility-level burden
to complete the new and revised data elements of per facility approved
under OMB Control Number is being added to this ICR.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and non-manufacturers
required to have available a Material Safety Data Sheet (or Safety Data
Sheet) under the OSHA HCS.
Form Numbers: Tier II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory
Form, EPA Form No. 8700-30.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (Sections 311 and 312
of EPCRA).
Estimated number of respondents: 465,692 (includes 3,052 SERCs and
LEPCs).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 6,963,565 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $301,067,822 (per year), includes $5,415,824
in annualized capital and operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 1,048,311 hours
compared to the previous ICR approved by OMB. This increase in burden
is attributable mainly to the 15.66 percent increase in the estimated
number of facilities subject to Tier II reporting, based on a recount
of the number of facilities in the E-Plan database and information
provided by EPA Regions, and the additional burden for Inventory
Reporting Activity from the consolidation of 2050-0206 with this ICR. A
small portion of the change in burden is attributable to the correction
of math errors in the previous ICR renewal.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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