Notice2022-21169
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Continuous Release Reporting Requirement Including Analysis for Use of Continuous Release Reporting Form (Renewal)
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September 29, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Continuous Release Reporting Requirement Including Analysis for Use of Continuous Release Reporting Forms (EPA ICR Number 1445.15, OMB Control Number 2050-0086) 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 November 30, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 24, 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 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59077-59078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21169]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2015-0100; FRL-10265-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Continuous Release Reporting Requirement
Including Analysis for Use of Continuous Release Reporting Form
(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), Continuous Release Reporting
Requirement Including Analysis for Use of Continuous Release Reporting
Forms (EPA ICR Number 1445.15, OMB Control Number 2050-0086) 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 November 30,
2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on February 24, 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 31,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2015-0100, 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.
The 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#0860676e6e656966267f6d666c71486d7869266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f59d9a939398949bdb82909b918cb5908594db929a83">[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: Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, in the
first FR notice (87 FR 10361 published on February 24, 2022, EPA
solicited comments and information pertaining to the Continuous Release
Reporting Requirements (CRRR) under Section 103(a) of CERCLA, as
amended. CRRR requires the person in charge of a vessel or facility
immediately to notify the National Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous
substance release into the environment if the amount of the release
equals or exceeds the substance's reportable quantity (RQ) (found in
Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4). If the source and chemical composition of
the continuous release do not change and the level of the continuous
release does not significantly increase, a follow-up written report to
EPA Headquarters one year after submission of the initial written
report is also required. The person in charge must notify the NRC and
EPA Region of a change in the source or composition of the release, and
under section 103(a) of CERCLA, a significant increase must be reported
immediately to the NRC. Finally, any change in information submitted in
support of a continuous release notification must be reported to EPA
Headquarters. Section 103(f)(2) of CERCLA provides facilities relief
from per-occurrence notification release requirements if the subject
release is continuous and stable in quantity and rate.
CRRR allows the Federal government to determine whether a Federal
response action is required to control or mitigate any potential
adverse effects to public health, welfare or the environment. The
release information is also available to EPA program offices and other
Federal agencies who evaluate the potential need for additional
regulations, new permitting requirements for specific substances or
sources, or improved emergency response planning. State and local
government authorities and facilities subject to the CRRR use the
release information for local emergency response planning. The public,
which has access to release information through the Freedom of
Information Act, may request release information on what types of
releases are occurring in different localities and what actions, if
any, are being taken to protect public health, welfare and the
environment.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100-10, Continuous Release Reporting Form.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are not defined. The use and release of hazardous
substances are pervasive throughout industry. EPA expects many
different industrial categories to report hazardous substance releases
under the provisions of the CRRR. No one industry sector or group of
sectors is disproportionately affected by the information collection
burden.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory if respondents want
reduced reporting for continuous releases.
Estimated number of respondents: 4,250, including 25 State and
local government agencies.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 38,625 hours (average per year, including
75 hours for State and local government agencies). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,487,450 (average per year), including
$8,200 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs (average per
year) and $4,178 in State and local government agency costs (average
per year).
Changes in Estimates: Compared to the previous ICR renewal, the
estimated respondent unit burden per CRRR submission has remained the
same and the estimated annual total respondent burden has decreased by
88 percent,
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from an estimated 334,472 average annual hours in the previous ICR
renewal to an estimated 38,625 average annual hours in this renewal.
This ICR renewal was updated to reflect the review of available
information gathered while moving the program submissions from EPA
Regions to a central location at EPA HQ. The previous ICRs had
overestimated the burden on both industry and governments. The typical
facility does not make an average of eight separate submissions, as
previously estimated, but rather, one. While the burden to generate a
CRRR submission remains the same, the overall submissions and number of
chemicals reported are reduced. This reduces the labor burden for both
industry and governments.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-21169 Filed 9-28-22; 8:45 am]
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