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I. General Information
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
Pesticide Product Registration;
producer, food manufacturer, or
Receipt of Applications for New Uses
pesticide manufacturer. The following
(July 2019)
list of North American Industrial
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
Agency (EPA).
provides a guide to help readers
ACTION: Notice.
determine whether this document
SUMMARY: EPA has received applications applies to them. Potentially affected
to register new uses for pesticide
entities may include:
products containing currently registered
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
active ingredients. Pursuant to the
• Animal production (NAICS code
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
112).
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
providing notice of receipt and
311).
opportunity to comment on these
B. What should I consider as I prepare
applications.
my comments for EPA?
DATES: Comments must be received on
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
or before October 11, 2019.
information to EPA through
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
identified by the docket identification
the part or all of the information that
(ID) number and the File Symbol of the
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
EPA registration number of interest as
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
shown in the body of this document, by
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
instructions for submitting comments.
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
Do not submit electronically any
complete version of the comment that
information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) includes information claimed as CBI, a
or other information whose disclosure is copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
restricted by statute.
must be submitted for inclusion in the
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
public docket. Information so marked
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
will not be disclosed except in
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
accordance with procedures set forth in
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
40 CFR part 2.
• Hand Delivery: To make special
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
arrangements for hand delivery or
When preparing and submitting your
delivery of boxed information, please
comments, see the commenting tips at
follow the instructions at https://
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
www.epa.gov/dockets/where-sendcommenting-epa-dockets.
comments-epa-dockets.
Additional instructions on
II. Registration Applications
commenting or visiting the docket,
EPA has received applications to
along with more information about
register
new uses for pesticide products
dockets generally, is available at https://
containing currently registered active
www.epa.gov/dockets/about-epaingredients. Pursuant to the provisions
dockets.
of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing
Michael Goodis, Registration Division
notice of receipt and opportunity to
(7505P), main telephone number: (703)
comment on these applications. Notice
305–7090, email address:
of receipt of these applications does not
RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing
imply a decision by the Agency on these
address for each contact person is:
applications.
Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 A. New Uses
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
1. EPA Registration Numbers: 66330–
20460–0001. As part of the mailing
39 and 66330–38. Docket ID number:
address, include the contact person’s
EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0387. Applicant:
name, division, and mail code. The
IR–4 Project Headquarters, Rutgers, The
division to contact is listed at the end
State University of New Jersey, 500
of each application summary.
College Road East, Suite 201W,
Princeton, NJ 08540. Active ingredient:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Acequinocyl. Product type: Insecticide.
Proposed use: New tolerances on
bushberry subgroup 13–07B. Contact:
RD.
2. EPA File Symbols: 71512–GO;
71512–UN. Docket ID number: EPA–
HQ–OPP–2019–0458. Applicant: ISK
Biosciences Corporation, 7470 Auburn
Rd, Suite A, Concord, OH 44077. Active
ingredient: Cyclaniliprole. Product type:
Insecticide. Proposed use: Non-food,
outdoor, residential uses. Contact: RD.
3. EPA Registration number: 71512–
27. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–OPP–
2019–0458. Applicant: ISK Biosciences
Corporation, 7470 Auburn Rd, Suite A,
Concord, OH 44077. Active ingredient:
Cyclaniliprole. Product type:
Insecticide. Proposed use: Non-food,
outdoor, residential uses. Contact: RD.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: August 8, 2019.
Delores Barber,
Director, Information Technology and
Resources Management Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPA–2007–0584; FRL–9999–51–
OLEM]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Oil
Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention,
Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
Plans
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans’’ (EPA
ICR No. 0328.18, OMB Control No.
2050–0021) 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 May 31, 2020. 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 November 12, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OPA–2007–0584, referencing the Docket
ID numbers provided for each item in
the text, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), 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:
Wendy Hoffman, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of
Emergency Management, Mail Code
5104A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–564–8794; fax number:
(202) 564–2625; 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.
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
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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 authority for EPA’s oil
pollution prevention requirements is
derived from section 311(j)(1)(C) of the
Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990. EPA’s regulation
is codified at 40 CFR part 112. An SPCC
Plan will help an owner or operator
identify the necessary procedures,
equipment, and resources to prevent an
oil spill and to respond to an oil spill
in a timely manner. If implemented
effectively, the SPCC Plan is expected to
prevent oil spills and reduce the impact
and severity of oil spills. Although the
owner or operator is the primary data
user, EPA may also require the owner or
operator to submit data to the Agency in
certain situations to ensure facilities
comply with the SPCC regulation and to
help allocate response resources. State
and local governments may use the data,
which are not generally available
elsewhere and can assist local
emergency preparedness planning
efforts. EPA does not require an owner
or operator to submit their SPCC Plan
but may request the SPCC Plan during
a facility inspection or an oil spill
incident for review. The SPCC
regulation requires the owner or
operator to maintain a complete copy of
the Plan at the facility if the facility is
normally attended at least four hours
per day or at the nearest field office if
the facility is not so attended. The rule
also requires that the Plan be available
to the Regional Administrator for on-site
review during normal working hours (40
CFR 112.3(e)).
SPCC Plan Preparation. Under section
112.3(a) or (b), the owner or operator of
an onshore or offshore facility subject to
this section must prepare in writing and
implement an SPCC Plan in accordance
with section 112.7 and any other
applicable sections in the regulation.
Section 112.7 requires that the Plan be
prepared in accordance with good
engineering practices. The section also
requires that the Plan have the full
approval of management at a level of
authority to commit the necessary
resources to fully implement the Plan.
Specific provisions in this section,
among others, require the owner or
operator to predict the direction, rate of
flow, and total quantity of oil which
could be discharged from the facility as
result of each type of major equipment
failure (section112.7(b)); provide for
appropriate containment and/or
diversionary structures or equipment to
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prevent a discharge (section112.7(c));
provide for Professional Engineer (PE)
certification or a qualified facility
certification (section112.7(d)); and
conduct inspections and tests and
maintain records (section112.7(e)).
Plan Certification. Under section
112.3(d), a SPCC Plan must be reviewed
and certified by a licensed PE for it to
be effective to satisfy the requirements
except as provided by 40 CFR 112.6,
Qualified Facilities Plan Requirements.
Under section 112.6, the owner or
operator of a qualified facility may selfcertify the Plan if the facility meets the
eligibility criteria in section 112.3(g).
SPCC Plan Maintenance. Under
section 112.5, the owner or operator
must complete a review and evaluation
of the SPCC Plan at least once every five
years. As a result of this review and
evaluation, the owner or operator must
amend the Plan within six months of
the review to include more effective
prevention and control technology if the
technology has been field-proven at the
time of the review and will significantly
reduce the likelihood of a discharge of
oil.
Recordkeeping. Under section
112.7(e), an owner or operator must
conduct inspections and tests and
maintain records. The inspections and
tests must be conducted in accordance
with written procedures the facility or
the certifying engineer developed for the
facility. The written procedures and a
record of the inspections and tests must
be signed by the appropriate supervisor
or inspector and kept with the SPCC
Plan for a period of three years. Records
of inspections and tests may be kept
under usual and customary business
practices.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
the owners or operators of facilities that
are required to have a Spill Prevention,
Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC)
Plan under the Oil Pollution Prevention
regulation (40 CFR part 112). The
applicability, definitions, and general
requirements for all facilities and all
types of oil are located in section 112.1
of the regulations and apply to any
owner or operator of a nontransportation-related onshore or
offshore facility engaged in drilling,
producing, gathering, storing,
processing, refining, transferring,
distributing, using or consuming oil and
oil products, which due to its location,
could reasonably be expected to
discharge oil into navigable waters or
adjoining shorelines in quantities that
may be harmful. (See 40 CFR 112.1(a)
through (d) for further information
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about the applicability of the oil
pollution prevention regulations.)
Entities potentially affected by this
action are in the following industries:
Oil and gas extraction, farms, electric
utilities, petroleum refining and related
industries, chemical manufacturing,
food manufacturing, manufacturing
facilities using and storing animal fats
and vegetable oils, metal manufacturing,
real estate rental and leasing, retail and
wholesale trade, transportation,
petroleum bulk stations and terminals,
fuel oil dealers, hospitals and other
health care, accommodation and food
services, gasoline stations, finance and
insurance, mining, warehousing and
storage, pipelines, and government and
military installations, among others.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory, pursuant to 40 CFR 112.3(e).
Estimated number of respondents:
541,000 (total). This figure will be
updated as needed during the 60-day
OMB review period.
Frequency of response: Facilities must
prepare and implement an SPCC Plan
before beginning operations and review,
evaluate and update the SPCC Plan
every five years. In the event of certain
discharges of oil into navigable waters,
a facility owner or operator must submit
certain information to the Regional
Administrator within 60 days.
Total estimated burden: 6.2 million
hours (per year). This figure will be
updated as needed during the 60-day
OMB review period. Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $797 million
(per year), includes $184 million
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs. These figures will be
updated with most recent available
wage rates from BLS and to account for
any changes in O&M costs, burden and
number of respondents.
Changes in Estimates: The above
burden estimates are based on the
current approved ICR, OMB Control No.
0328.17. In the final notice for the
renewal ICR, EPA will publish revised
burden estimates based on updates to
respondent data and unit costs. Any
change in burden will be described and
explained in this section when the
updated ICR Supporting Statement is
completed during the 60-day OMB
review period. In this notice, the
Agency is requesting comments on the
burden and costs estimated in the
current ICR. The Agency is also
requesting comments on the ICR’s
characterizations, assumptions, data
gaps, etc. that can help the Agency
develop more refined and accurate
burden estimates.
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Reggie Cheatham,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Children’s Health Protection Advisory
Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Request for Nominations to the
Children’s Health Protection Advisory
Committee.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) invites
nominations from a range of qualified
candidates for consideration for
appointment to its Children’s Health
Protection Advisory Committee
(CHPAC). The EPA anticipates filling
vacancies by January 1, 2020. The EPA
may also use sources in addition to this
Federal Register Notice to solicit
nominees.
DATES: Submit nominations by October
11, 2019 by email to EPA_CHPAC@
icfi.com or mail to Nica Louie,
Designated Federal Officer, Office of
Children’s Health Protection, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 1107T, 1301 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC, 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nica
Louie, Designated Federal Officer, U.S.
EPA; telephone (202) 564–7633 or
Louie.nica@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Children’s Health
Protection Advisory Committee is
chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92–
463. EPA established this Committee in
1997 to provide independent advice to
the EPA Administrator on a broad range
of environmental issues affecting
children’s health.
The EPA Administrator appoints
members for three-year terms with a cap
on service at six years. The Committee
meets 2–3 times annually and the
average workload is approximately 10 to
15 hours per month. EPA provides
reimbursement for travel and other
incidental expenses associated with
official government business, but
members must be able to cover expenses
prior to reimbursement.
The CHPAC is looking for
representatives from industry; tribal,
state, county and local government;
school systems; academia; health care
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providers (including pediatricians,
obstetric professionals, occupational
medicine practitioners and community
nurses); and non-governmental
organizations.
The types of experience necessary
includes children’s environmental
health and development; epidemiology
and toxicology; role of environmental
chemicals in childhood diseases such as
asthma, obesity and ADHD; prenatal
environmental exposures and adverse
health outcomes; specific environmental
exposures to chemicals such as lead,
mercury and other heavy metals that
adversely impact children’s health;
tribal children’s environmental health;
children’s environmental health
disparities; research; air quality (indoor
and outdoor); water quality; EPA
regulation development; risk
assessment; exposure assessment;
science policy; public health
information tracking; and outreach and
risk communication.
—The background and experience
that would contribute to the diversity of
perspectives on the committee (e.g.,
geographic, economic, social, cultural,
racial, ethnicity, educational, and other
considerations).
—Ability to volunteer time to attend
meetings 2–3 times a year in
Washington DC, participate in
teleconference meetings, develop
recommendations to the Administrator,
and prepare reports and advice letters.
Nominations must include:
• Brief statement describing the
nominee’s interest in serving on the
CHPAC.
• Short biography (no more than one
page) describing the professional and
educational qualifications, including a
list of relevant activities, and any
current or previous service on federal
advisory committees.
• Statement about the perspective the
nominee brings to the committee.
• Current contact information for the
nominee, including name, organization
(and position within that organization),
business address, email address, and
telephone number.
• Candidates may self-nominate; one
letter of support is welcome.
Dated: July 2, 2019.
Nica Louie,
Designated Federal Officer.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Oil
Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
(SPCC) Plans
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR), ``Spill Prevention, Control, and
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans'' (EPA ICR No. 0328.18, OMB Control No.
2050-0021) 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 May 31, 2020.
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 November 12, 2019.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA-
2007-0584, referencing the Docket ID numbers provided for each item in
the text, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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: Wendy Hoffman, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code
5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8794; fax number: (202)
564-2625; 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, 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 authority for EPA's oil pollution prevention
requirements is derived from section 311(j)(1)(C) of the Clean Water
Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. EPA's regulation is
codified at 40 CFR part 112. An SPCC Plan will help an owner or
operator identify the necessary procedures, equipment, and resources to
prevent an oil spill and to respond to an oil spill in a timely manner.
If implemented effectively, the SPCC Plan is expected to prevent oil
spills and reduce the impact and severity of oil spills. Although the
owner or operator is the primary data user, EPA may also require the
owner or operator to submit data to the Agency in certain situations to
ensure facilities comply with the SPCC regulation and to help allocate
response resources. State and local governments may use the data, which
are not generally available elsewhere and can assist local emergency
preparedness planning efforts. EPA does not require an owner or
operator to submit their SPCC Plan but may request the SPCC Plan during
a facility inspection or an oil spill incident for review. The SPCC
regulation requires the owner or operator to maintain a complete copy
of the Plan at the facility if the facility is normally attended at
least four hours per day or at the nearest field office if the facility
is not so attended. The rule also requires that the Plan be available
to the Regional Administrator for on-site review during normal working
hours (40 CFR 112.3(e)).
SPCC Plan Preparation. Under section 112.3(a) or (b), the owner or
operator of an onshore or offshore facility subject to this section
must prepare in writing and implement an SPCC Plan in accordance with
section 112.7 and any other applicable sections in the regulation.
Section 112.7 requires that the Plan be prepared in accordance with
good engineering practices. The section also requires that the Plan
have the full approval of management at a level of authority to commit
the necessary resources to fully implement the Plan. Specific
provisions in this section, among others, require the owner or operator
to predict the direction, rate of flow, and total quantity of oil which
could be discharged from the facility as result of each type of major
equipment failure (section112.7(b)); provide for appropriate
containment and/or diversionary structures or equipment to prevent a
discharge (section112.7(c)); provide for Professional Engineer (PE)
certification or a qualified facility certification (section112.7(d));
and conduct inspections and tests and maintain records
(section112.7(e)).
Plan Certification. Under section 112.3(d), a SPCC Plan must be
reviewed and certified by a licensed PE for it to be effective to
satisfy the requirements except as provided by 40 CFR 112.6, Qualified
Facilities Plan Requirements. Under section 112.6, the owner or
operator of a qualified facility may self-certify the Plan if the
facility meets the eligibility criteria in section 112.3(g).
SPCC Plan Maintenance. Under section 112.5, the owner or operator
must complete a review and evaluation of the SPCC Plan at least once
every five years. As a result of this review and evaluation, the owner
or operator must amend the Plan within six months of the review to
include more effective prevention and control technology if the
technology has been field-proven at the time of the review and will
significantly reduce the likelihood of a discharge of oil.
Recordkeeping. Under section 112.7(e), an owner or operator must
conduct inspections and tests and maintain records. The inspections and
tests must be conducted in accordance with written procedures the
facility or the certifying engineer developed for the facility. The
written procedures and a record of the inspections and tests must be
signed by the appropriate supervisor or inspector and kept with the
SPCC Plan for a period of three years. Records of inspections and tests
may be kept under usual and customary business practices.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are the owners or operators of facilities that are required
to have a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan
under the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation (40 CFR part 112). The
applicability, definitions, and general requirements for all facilities
and all types of oil are located in section 112.1 of the regulations
and apply to any owner or operator of a non-transportation-related
onshore or offshore facility engaged in drilling, producing, gathering,
storing, processing, refining, transferring, distributing, using or
consuming oil and oil products, which due to its location, could
reasonably be expected to discharge oil into navigable waters or
adjoining shorelines in quantities that may be harmful. (See 40 CFR
112.1(a) through (d) for further information
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about the applicability of the oil pollution prevention regulations.)
Entities potentially affected by this action are in the following
industries: Oil and gas extraction, farms, electric utilities,
petroleum refining and related industries, chemical manufacturing, food
manufacturing, manufacturing facilities using and storing animal fats
and vegetable oils, metal manufacturing, real estate rental and
leasing, retail and wholesale trade, transportation, petroleum bulk
stations and terminals, fuel oil dealers, hospitals and other health
care, accommodation and food services, gasoline stations, finance and
insurance, mining, warehousing and storage, pipelines, and government
and military installations, among others.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, pursuant to 40 CFR
112.3(e).
Estimated number of respondents: 541,000 (total). This figure will
be updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period.
Frequency of response: Facilities must prepare and implement an
SPCC Plan before beginning operations and review, evaluate and update
the SPCC Plan every five years. In the event of certain discharges of
oil into navigable waters, a facility owner or operator must submit
certain information to the Regional Administrator within 60 days.
Total estimated burden: 6.2 million hours (per year). This figure
will be updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period. Burden
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $797 million (per year), includes $184
million annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. These
figures will be updated with most recent available wage rates from BLS
and to account for any changes in O&M costs, burden and number of
respondents.
Changes in Estimates: The above burden estimates are based on the
current approved ICR, OMB Control No. 0328.17. In the final notice for
the renewal ICR, EPA will publish revised burden estimates based on
updates to respondent data and unit costs. Any change in burden will be
described and explained in this section when the updated ICR Supporting
Statement is completed during the 60-day OMB review period. In this
notice, the Agency is requesting comments on the burden and costs
estimated in the current ICR. The Agency is also requesting comments on
the ICR's characterizations, assumptions, data gaps, etc. that can help
the Agency develop more refined and accurate burden estimates.
Dated: August 27, 2019.
Reggie Cheatham,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2019-19671 Filed 9-10-19; 8:45 am]
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