Notice2022-19529
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing To Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation
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Published
September 9, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing to Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation (EPA ICR Number 2650.02, OMB Control Number 2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 2, 2022 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 174 (Friday, September 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55428-55429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19529]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0440; FRL-10202-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Gathering Data on Results of Annual and
Triennial Testing To Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal
Underground Storage Tank Regulation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Gathering Data on Results of
Annual and Triennial Testing to Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015
Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation (EPA ICR Number 2650.02,
OMB Control Number 2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a request for approval of a new collection.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on
June 2, 2022 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 October 11,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA- HQ-
OLEM-2022-0440, 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#36595f4457694543545b5f45455f595876595b541853594618515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="137c7a61724c6066717e7a60607a7c7d537c7e713d767c633d747c65">[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: Elizabeth McDermott, Prevention
Division, Office of Underground Storage Tanks, (Mail Code 5401R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0646; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d499b790b1a6b9bba0a0fa91b8bdaeb5b6b1a0bc94b1a4b5fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c113f18392e3133282872193035263d3e3928341c392c3d723b332a">[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>.
Abstract: This information collection request will allow EPA to
employ a contractor to compile data from private companies providing
compliance testing to owners of federally regulated underground storage
tank systems (USTs). The completed dataset of test results will allow
EPA to evaluate the effectiveness of several of the newly required
measures to prevent fuel releases included in the 2015 federal UST
regulation: spill containment liquid tightness testing, containment
sump liquid tightness testing (for containment sumps used for
interstitial monitoring of piping of single-wall construction),
overfill equipment inspections, and two types of annual leak detection
equipment testing. EPA is interested in quantitatively assessing if
passing rates improve between initial and subsequent rounds of testing
in the 15 states from which data will be collected. EPA will use the
data to identify if, and by how much, testing required by the
regulation impacts equipment performance over time. EPA will use this
information to enhance national UST program performance. EPA will share
the information gathered from this collection with all state
implementing agencies, who could use the results to better inform their
future regulations, policies, and guidance for preventing UST releases.
Sharing this information will help states implement their programs
better, which will help EPA execute national UST program goals and
better protect human health and the environment.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: UST testing and compliance
companies, UST facility owners and operators.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 60.
Frequency of response: One-time collection.
Total estimated burden: 1,275 hours per year. Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $53,398.75 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
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Changes in the Estimates: This is a request for a new collection.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-19529 Filed 9-8-22; 8:45 am]
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