Notice2022-04210
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request: Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), as Amended, EPA ICR 1981.08, OMB Control Number 2050-0172
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Published
March 1, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information under section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended (EPA No. 1981.08, OMB Control Number 2050-0172), 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 in Supplementary Information. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2022. 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 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11425-11426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04210]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073; FRL9343-01-OLEM]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request:
Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information Under the
Clean Air Act (CAA), as Amended, EPA ICR 1981.08, OMB Control Number
2050-0172
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), Distribution of Offsite
Consequence Analysis Information under section 112(r)(7)(H) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended (EPA No. 1981.08, OMB Control Number
2050-0172), 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 in Supplementary
Information. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through November 30, 2022. 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 May 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0073, to: EPA 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#3857514a59674b4d5a55514b4b5157567857555a165d5748165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d12140f1c220e081f10140e0e1412133d12101f5318120d531a120b">[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.
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#e0888f86868d818ece97858e8499a0859081ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335b5c55555e525d1d44565d574a735643521d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that 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">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Out of an abundance of caution for members of the
public and our staff, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room is closed
to the public, with limited exceptions, to reduce the risk of
transmitting COVID-19. Our Docket Center staff will continue to provide
remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. 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.
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: This ICR is the renewal of the ICR developed for the
final rule, Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management
Programs Under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of
Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information. CAA section 112(r)(7)
required EPA to promulgate reasonable regulations and appropriate
guidance to provide for the prevention and detection of accidental
releases and for responses to such releases. The regulations include
requirements for submittal of a risk management plan (RMP) to EPA. The
RMP includes information on offsite consequence analyses (OCA) as well
as other elements of the risk management program.
On August 5, 1999, the President signed the Chemical Safety
Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
(CSISSFRRA). The Act required the President to promulgate regulations
on the distribution of OCA information (CAA section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)).
The President delegated to EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) the
responsibility to promulgate regulations to govern the dissemination of
OCA information to the public. The final rule was published on August
4, 2000 (65 FR 48108). The regulations imposed minimal information and
recordkeeping requirements.
In accordance with the final rule, the Federal Government
established 55 reading rooms at Federal facilities geographically
distributed across the United States and its territories. At these
reading rooms, members of the public are able to read, but not
mechanically copy or remove, paper copies of OCA information for up to
10 stationary sources per calendar month. At these reading rooms, the
members of the public may also have access to OCA information that the
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) in whose jurisdiction the
person lives or works is authorized to provide.
The final rule also authorizes and encourages state and local
government officials to have access to OCA information for their
official use, and to provide members of the public with read-only
access to OCA sections of RMPs for sources located within the
jurisdiction of the LEPC where the person lives or works and for any
other stationary sources with vulnerability zones extending into the
LEPC's jurisdiction.
EPA also established a Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS) that
informs any person located in any state whether an address specified by
that person might be within the vulnerable zone of one or more
stationary sources, according to the data reported in RMPs. The VZIS is
available on the internet. Members of the public who do not have access
to the internet are able to obtain the same information by regular mail
request to the EPA.
The burden estimates, numbers and types of respondents, wage rates
and unit and total costs for this ICR renewal will be revised and
updated, if needed, during the 60-day comment period while the ICR
Supporting Statement is undergoing review at OMB.
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Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State and local agencies and the
public.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a
benefit (40 CFR 1400).
Estimated number of respondents: 315 (total).
Frequency of response: As necessary.
Total estimated burden: 367 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $16,252 (per year), includes $23 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: Any change in burden or cost resulting
from the 60-day OMB review period will be described and explained in
this section when the updated ICR Supporting Statement is completed.
Donna Salyer,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-04210 Filed 2-28-22; 8:45 am]
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