Notice2024-08830
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (Renewal)
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Published
April 25, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (EPA ICR Number 1360.18, OMB Control Number 2050-0068) 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 April 30, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 11, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31746-31747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08830]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0367; FRL-11867-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial
Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (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), Underground Storage Tanks:
Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval
Procedures (EPA ICR Number 1360.18, OMB Control Number 2050-0068) 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 April 30,
2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on July 11, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OLEM-2018-0368 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. 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, 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#3d505e59584f5052494913585154475c5f5849557d584d5c135a524b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc1cfc8c9dec1c3d8d882c9c0c5d6cdcec9d8c4ecc9dccd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through April 30, 2024. 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 July 11, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 44125). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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: Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for Underground
Storage Tank (UST) systems, as may be necessary, to protect human
health and the environment, and procedures for approving state programs
in lieu of the federal program. EPA promulgated technical and financial
requirements for owners and operators of USTs at 40 CFR part 280, and
state program approval procedures at 40 CFR part 281. This ICR is a
comprehensive presentation of all information collection requirements
contained at 40 CFR parts 280 and 281.
The data collected for new and existing UST system operations and
financial requirements are used by owners and operators and/or EPA or
the implementing agency to monitor results of testing, inspections, and
operation of UST systems, as well as to demonstrate compliance with
regulations. EPA believes strongly that if the minimum requirements
specified under the regulations are not met, neither the facilities nor
EPA can ensure that UST systems are being managed in a manner
protective of human health and the environment.
EPA uses state program applications to determine whether to approve
a state program. Before granting approval, EPA must determine that
programs will be no less stringent than the federal program and contain
adequate enforcement mechanisms.
Form Numbers: 600-25; 7530-1.
Respondents/affected entities: Facilities that own and operate
underground storage tanks (USTs), states that implement the UST
programs, and tribes.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 280).
Estimated number of respondents: 193,876.
Frequency of response: Once, on occasion, annual.
Total estimated burden: 8,332,975 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $689,689,686 (per year), includes
$406,006,490 annualized capital and operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 389,217 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden hours compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. There is a total decrease in burden hours because the
overall number of underground storage tanks decreased while the
requirements for each tank owner remained the same.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-08830 Filed 4-24-24; 8:45 am]
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