Notice2022-01590
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)
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January 27, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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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 (EPA ICR Number 1352.16, 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 20, 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4235-4236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01590]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2004-0006; FRL-9497-01-OMS]
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 (EPA ICR Number 1352.16, 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
March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on August 20, 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 February 28,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-SFUND-2004-0006; online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method) 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93fcfae1f2cce0e6f1fefae0e0fafcfdd3fcfef1bdf6fce3bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3acaab1a29cb0b6a1aeaab0b0aaacad83acaea1eda6acb3eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>. 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91f9fef7f7fcf0ffbfe6f4fff5e8d1f4e1f0bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2941464f4f444847075e4c474d50694c5948074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. For further information about the EPA's public docket, Docket
Center services and the current status, please visit us online at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>. The telephone number for the Docket Center
is 202-566-1744.
Abstract: The authority for these requirements is sections 311 and
312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012). EPCRA section 311 requires owners and
operators of facilities subject to the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to submit a
list of chemicals or Material Safety Data Sheets (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 the OSHA HCS to submit an inventory
form (for those chemicals that exceed the thresholds, specified in 40
CFR part 370) to the
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SERC (or TERC), LEPC (or TEPC), and LFD with jurisdiction over their
facility. This inventory form, the Tier II Emergency and Hazardous
Chemical Inventory Form, is to be submitted on or before March 1 of
each year and must include the inventory of hazardous chemicals present
at the facility in the previous calendar year. Currently, all states
require facilities to submit the Federal Tier II form or the state-
equivalent, including electronic submission.
Form Numbers: Tier I Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory
Form, EPA Form No. 8700-29, Tier II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical
Inventory Form, EPA Form No. 8700-30.
Respondents/affected entities: Manufacturers and non-manufacturers
required to have available a MSDS (or Safety Data Sheet (SDS)) under
the OSHA HCS.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (sections 311 and 312
of EPCRA).
Estimated number of respondents: 471,787 facilities (total). This
figure includes 3,052 LEPCs and SERCs.
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 6,963,271 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $306,735,727 (per year), includes $1,715,094
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: O&M costs were reduced from the previous
ICR renewal for two reasons. First, mailing costs were reduced by two-
thirds because electronic communications have greatly reduced the
reliance on the use of mail services. In addition, EPA no longer
assumes that filing cabinets used to store paper forms are replaced
every 15 years. Instead, EPA now believes it is more reasonable to
assume that the file cabinets are used indefinitely.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01590 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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