Notice2023-11007
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (Renewal)
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Published
May 24, 2023
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (EPA ICR Number 2696.01, OMB Control Number 2080-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 September 15, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33611-33612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11007]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601; FRL-11002-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (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 Storage Tank Finder
Application (EPA ICR Number 2696.01, OMB Control Number 2080-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 September 15, 2022 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 23, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601, 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#cd89a2aea6a8b992829f898da8bdace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d69424e46485972627f696d485d4c034a425b">[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 (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: Alexander Hall, Office of Research and
Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response,
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive,
Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: (513) 569-7374; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e666f6262206f626b766f606a6b7c4e6b7e6f20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9af2fbf6f6b4fbf6ffe2fbf4feffe8daffeafbb4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a new ICR. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on September 15, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. Supporting
documents that explain in detail the information that the EPA will
collect 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 Building, 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: The EPA recently developed the Underground Storage Tank
(UST) Finder application (hereafter ``UST Finder''). UST Finder is a
publicly available web map application containing a comprehensive,
state- sourced national map of UST and leaking underground storage tank
(LUST) data. UST Finder is available via EPA's GeoPlatform at <a href="https://gispub.epa.gov/ustfinder">https://gispub.epa.gov/ustfinder</a>. UST Finder provides users access to
information on the attributes and locations of active and closed USTs,
UST facilities, and LUSTs in states in a geographic information system
(GIS) environment. This information collection relates to information
that state and territorial agencies already collect from UST and LUST
owners and operators as part of their customary business practice to
manage their compliance and enforcement programs. To successfully
implement, maintain, and improve the data quality and usability of UST
Finder, the Agency seeks to gather, on a voluntary basis, information
from state and territorial agencies that oversee UST/LUST programs.
Specifically, EPA will request that these agencies provide location and
other relevant data about USTs and LUSTs that is already being
collected and managed by states and territories.
This information collection is voluntary and does not require the
agencies to collect additional data on USTs/LUSTs beyond the data
elements that are already being collected through their previously
implemented programs. States and territories will decide the extent of
information to be provided.
The EPA intends to implement four options for collecting the UST/
LUST
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data from states and territories: (1) by developing an Exchange server
or other automated service through which states can ``push'' their data
to the EPA, (2) by developing a link to the agencies' pre-existing
electronic service used to maintain public websites such that the EPA
can ``pull'' the data, (3) by allowing states and territories to submit
existing databases or spreadsheets through an approved file sharing
method, or (4) by EPA obtaining publicly available data from state and
territory public agency websites (an option that will be exercised if
states and territories do not voluntarily submit their data). For all
data transfer options, the EPA will standardize, curate, and enter
records into the UST Finder application.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: States and territories with
delegated authority to operate UST and LUST programs under 40 CFR parts
280, 281, 282, and 40 CFR 302.4.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total). This includes the 50
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands.
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 3,470 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $175,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: This is a new information collection,
therefore, there are no previous burden estimates. The estimated burden
reflects assumptions based on Agency experience from the development of
the UST Finder application and consultation with affected entities. No
comments were received on the burden previously published in the
Federal Register. Should the EPA request to extend this information
collection 3 years from now, changes in burden will be evaluated at
that time.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-11007 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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