Notice2022-04106
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Injection Control Program (Renewal)
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February 28, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11068-11069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04106]
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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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#642b3349200b070f0110240114054a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7e3129533a111d151b0a3e1b0e1f50191108">[email protected]</span></a>, 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
<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: 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5b6b4a7b0acfbbeacb9b095b0a5b4fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98fbf9eafde1b6f3e1f4fdd8fde8f9b6fff7ee">[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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> 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 <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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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