Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Injection Control Program (Renewal), 11068-11069 [2022-04106]

Download as PDF 11068 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. The adjustment decrease in burden from the most recently-approved ICR is due to a decrease in the number of sources. Consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts have shown that a number of cell chlor-alkali plants have shut down since the previous ICR renewal, leading to a decrease in respondent labor hours and the number of responses. There are no capital or operation and maintenance costs associated with this ICR. The overall result is a decrease in burden. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2022–04133 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0359; FRL–9615–01– OMS] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Injection Control Program (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program (EPA ICR Number 0370.27, OMB Control Number 2040–0042) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 25, 2021, 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 30, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Feb 25, 2022 Jkt 256001 HQ–OW–2014–0359, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to OWDocket@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 or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Carey, Drinking Water Protection Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. 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: 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. These rules are designed to ensure that Americans receive safe drinking water, and ensure fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 dioxide injected for geologic sequestration. Owners or operators of injection wells must obtain permits, conduct environmental monitoring, maintain records, and report results to EPA or the state agency (if the state has UIC primary enforcement responsibility (primacy)). States must report to EPA on permittee compliance and related information. This mandatory information is reported using standardized forms and annual reports. 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, 7520–11, 7520–16, 7520–17, 7520–18, and 7520–19. 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: 37,677 (total). Frequency of response: Annual, semiannual, quarterly. Total estimated burden: 1,631,360 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $363,309,464 (per year), includes $276,069,465 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 339,100 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase is due to adjustments that include an increase in the number of Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class VI permit applications expected to be prepared and reviewed by UIC permitting authorities during the upcoming ICR period. The overall increase is partially offset by an inventory adjustment that results in a decrease in the number of current operators that will perform monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping activities over the life of an injection project (due to decreases in the injection well inventory). Programmatic changes that result in minor changes to the burden estimate include revisions to the reporting forms and changes in reporting of primacy state program information, including implementing electronic reporting options (which will reduce the burden to primacy agencies) and anticipated approval of Class VI UIC Program primacy for several states, which will increase state burden (by E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2022 / Notices shifting burden from EPA to the approved states). Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2022–04106 Filed 2–25–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2022–0132; FRL–9411–01– OCSPP] Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information for January 2022 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA is required under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to make certain information publicly available and to publish information in the Federal Register pertaining to submissions, including notice of receipt of a Premanufacture notice (PMN), Significant New Use Notice (SNUN) or Microbial Commercial Activity Notice (MCAN), including an amended notice or test information; an exemption application (Biotech exemption); an application for a test marketing exemption (TME), both pending and/or concluded; a notice of commencement (NOC) of manufacture (including import) for new chemical substances; and a periodic status report on new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. This document covers the period from 01/01/2022 to 01/31/2022. DATES: Comments identified by the specific case number provided in this document must be received on or before March 30, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2022–0132, and the specific case number for the chemical substance related to your comment, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Due to the public health concerns related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Feb 25, 2022 Jkt 256001 closed to visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: Jim Rahai, Project Management and Operations Division (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 564–8593; email address: rahai.jim@ epa.gov. For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary A. What action is the Agency taking? This document provides the receipt and status reports for the period from 01/01/2022 to 01/31/2022. The Agency is providing notice of receipt of PMNs, SNUNs, and MCANs (including amended notices and test information); an exemption application under 40 CFR part 725 (Biotech exemption); TMEs, both pending and/or concluded; NOCs to manufacture a new chemical substance; and a periodic status report on new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. EPA is also providing information on its website about cases reviewed under the amended TSCA, including the section 5 PMN/SNUN/MCAN and exemption notices received, the date of receipt, the final EPA determination on the notice, and the effective date of EPA’s determination for PMN/SNUN/ MCAN notices on its website at: https:// www.epa.gov/reviewing-new-chemicalsunder-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca/ status-pre-manufacture-notices. This information is updated on a weekly basis. B. What is the Agency’s authority for taking this action? Under TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., a chemical substance may be either an ‘‘existing’’ chemical substance or a ‘‘new’’ chemical substance. Any chemical substance that is not on EPA’s TSCA Inventory of Chemical Substances (TSCA Inventory) is classified as a ‘‘new chemical substance,’’ while a chemical substance that is listed on the TSCA Inventory is classified as an ‘‘existing PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11069 chemical substance.’’ (See TSCA section 3(11).) For more information about the TSCA Inventory please go to: https:// www.epa.gov/tsca-inventory. Any person who intends to manufacture (including import) a new chemical substance for a non-exempt commercial purpose, or to manufacture or process a chemical substance in a non-exempt manner for a use that EPA has determined is a significant new use, is required by TSCA section 5 to provide EPA with a PMN, MCAN, or SNUN, as appropriate, before initiating the activity. EPA will review the notice, make a risk determination on the chemical substance or significant new use, and take appropriate action as described in TSCA section 5(a)(3). TSCA section 5(h)(1) authorizes EPA to allow persons, upon application and under appropriate restrictions, to manufacture or process a new chemical substance, or a chemical substance subject to a significant new use rule (SNUR) issued under TSCA section 5(a)(2), for ‘‘test marketing’’ purposes, upon a showing that the manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, and disposal of the chemical will not present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. This is referred to as a test marketing exemption, or TME. For more information about the requirements applicable to a new chemical go to: https://www.epa.gov/oppt/newchems. Under TSCA sections 5 and 8 and EPA regulations, EPA is required to publish in the Federal Register certain information, including notice of receipt of a PMN/SNUN/MCAN (including amended notices and test information); an exemption application under 40 CFR part 725 (biotech exemption); an application for a TME, both pending and concluded; NOCs to manufacture a new chemical substance; and a periodic status report on the new chemical substances that are currently under EPA review or have recently concluded review. C. Does this action apply to me? This action provides information that is directed to the public in general. D. Does this action have any incremental economic impacts or paperwork burdens? No. E. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting confidential business information (CBI). Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that E:\FR\FM\28FEN1.SGM 28FEN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0359; FRL-9615-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Underground Injection Control Program 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Underground Injection Control 
(UIC) Program (EPA ICR Number 0370.27, OMB Control Number 2040-0042) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 
2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on August 25, 2021, 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 30, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2014-0359, to EPA online using https://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 or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Carey, Drinking Water Protection 
Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, 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 
https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004. 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: 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. These rules are designed to ensure that Americans receive 
safe drinking water, and ensure fair treatment and meaningful 
involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, 
or income. 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 EPA or the state agency (if the state 
has UIC primary enforcement responsibility (primacy)). States must 
report to EPA on permittee compliance and related information. This 
mandatory information is reported using standardized forms and annual 
reports. 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, 7520-11, 7520-16, 7520-17, 7520-18, and 7520-19.
    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: 37,677 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual, semi-annual, quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 1,631,360 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $363,309,464 (per year), includes 
$276,069,465 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 339,100 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to adjustments that include an 
increase in the number of Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class VI 
permit applications expected to be prepared and reviewed by UIC 
permitting authorities during the upcoming ICR period. The overall 
increase is partially offset by an inventory adjustment that results in 
a decrease in the number of current operators that will perform 
monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping activities over the life of an 
injection project (due to decreases in the injection well inventory). 
Programmatic changes that result in minor changes to the burden 
estimate include revisions to the reporting forms and changes in 
reporting of primacy state program information, including implementing 
electronic reporting options (which will reduce the burden to primacy 
agencies) and anticipated approval of Class VI UIC Program primacy for 
several states, which will increase state burden (by

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shifting burden from EPA to the approved states).

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-04106 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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