Notice2025-06594
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as Amended (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1981.09, OMB Control Number 2050-0172
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April 17, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended (EPA No. 1981.09, OMB Control Number 2050-0172), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2025. 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 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16125-16126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06594]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073; FRL-12669-01-OLEM]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information Under Section
112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as Amended (Renewal), EPA ICR
Number 1981.09, 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 Off-Site
Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended (EPA No. 1981.09, OMB Control Number
2050-0172), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30,
2025. 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 June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0073, to: EPA 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#e08f899281bf9395828d899393898f8ea08f8d82ce858f90ce878f96"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a3533283b05292f38373329293335341a353738743f352a743d352c">[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.
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-
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8794; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cda5a2ababa0aca3e3baa8a3a9b48da8bdace3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9c1c6cfcfc4c8c787deccc7cdd0e9ccd9c887cec6df">[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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
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
document to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: This ICR renewal is 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 off-
site consequence analyses (OCA) as well as other required program
elements.
The Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels
Regulatory Relief Act (CSISSFRRA) required the President to promulgate
regulations on the distribution of OCA information (CAA section
112(r)(7)(H)(ii)). The President delegated this responsibility to EPA
and the Department of Justice (DOJ). The final rule, published on
August 4, 2000 (65 FR 48108), 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. 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.
EPA also established a Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS)
which 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 or through a request through regular
mail 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.
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 part 1400).
Estimated number of respondents: 377 (total).
Frequency of response: As necessary.
Total estimated burden: 665 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $35,637 (per year), includes $95 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.
Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate,
Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2025-06594 Filed 4-16-25; 8:45 am]
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