[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48157-48162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22934]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6432-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
Plans

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB): Spill Prevention, Control, and 
Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, EPA ICR No. 0328.08, OMB Control No. 2050-
0021, expiring December 31, 1999. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 
review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of 
the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without 
charge from the U.S. EPA, Oil Program Center, 401 M Street, SW (5203G), 
Washington, D.C. 20460. Materials relevant to this ICR may be inspected 
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), by 
visiting the Public Docket, located at 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway 
(ground floor), Arlington, Virginia 22202. The docket number for this 
notice is SPCC-11. The telephone number for the Public Docket is (703) 
603-9232. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket material. 
Comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection 
notice should be addressed to the Public Docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Paul Fleischman, (703) 603-8769. 
Facsimile number: (703) 603-9116. Electronic address: 
[email protected]. Note that questions concerning the notice, but 
not comments will be accepted electronically. As noted above, comments 
should be sent to the Public Docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities

     The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
regulation applies only to non-transportation-related facilities that 
could reasonably be expected to discharge oil into or upon the 
navigable waters of the U.S., or adjoining shorelines, and that have: 
(1) A total underground buried oil storage capacity of more than 42,000 
gallons; or (2) a total aboveground oil storage capacity of more than 
660 gallons in a single container.
    The specific private industry sectors expected to be affected by 
this action include: (1) Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 
(NAICS 324); (2) petroleum bulk stations and terminals (NAICS 42271); 
(3) crude petroleum and natural gas extraction (NAICS 211111); (4) 
transportation (including pipelines), warehousing, and marinas (NAICS 
482-486/488112-48819/4883/4889/492-493/71393); (5) electric power 
generation, transmission, and distribution (NAICS 2211); (6) other 
manufacturing (NAICS 31-33); (7) gasoline stations/automotive rental 
and leasing (NAICS 4471/5321); (8) heating oil dealers (NAICS 454311); 
(9) coal mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying (NAICS 2121/
2123/213114/213116); (10) heavy construction (NAICS 234); (11) 
elementary and secondary schools, colleges (NAICS 6111-6113); (12) 
hospitals/nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 622-623); and 
(13) crop and animal production (NAICS 111-112).
    Title: ``Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
Plans,'' OMB Control Number 2050-0021. EPA Control Number 328.08. 
Expiration date: December 31, 1999.

Abstract

    Under section 311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA's SPCC regulation 
requires facilities to prepare and implement SPCC Plans to help 
``minimize the potential for oil discharges.'' This regulation is 
codified at 40 CFR part 112. The SPCC Plan must be ``a carefully 
thought-out plan, prepared in accordance with good engineering 
practices.'' Preparation of the SPCC Plan requires that a facility's 
staff analyze how the facility will prevent oil discharges, thereby 
encouraging appropriate facility design and operations. The information 
in the SPCC Plan also promotes efficient response in the event of a 
discharge. Finally, proper maintenance of the SPCC Plan will promote 
important spill-reducing measures, facilitate leak detection, and 
generally ensure that the facility is at peak capability for deterring 
discharges. The specific activities and reasons for the information 
collection are described below.

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New Plan

    Preparation of the Plan, required under Sec. 112.3, involves 
several tasks, mostly conducted by the facility's technical personnel. 
These tasks include: field investigations to understand facility design 
and possible failures and to predict the flow paths of spilled oil and 
the potential harm that the spilled oil would have on navigable waters; 
a regulatory review to ensure that personnel are fully aware of all 
requirements and limitations imposed in the rule; an evaluation of 
current spill prevention and control practices the facility employs; 
preparation of the Plan according to the specification of Sec. 112.7, 
and certification by a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)

Modification of Plan

    Under Sec. 112.5(a) the SPCC Plan must be amended whenever there is 
a change in the facility's design, construction, operation, and 
maintenance that materially affects the facility's potential to 
discharge oil into navigable waters or onto adjoining shorelines. The 
amended Plan must also be certified by a P.E.

Triennial Review

    Under Sec. 112.5(b), owners or operators of regulated facilities 
must review and evaluate the Plan at least once every three years. This 
involves review of spill prevention and control procedures being 
implemented under the current Plan, as well as a regulatory review. 
Facility owners/operators must amend the SPCC Plan within six months of 
the review to include more effective prevention and control technology 
if: (1) Such technology will significantly reduce the likelihood of a 
spill event; and (2) such technology has been field-proven at the time 
of the review. If amended, the Plan must also be certified by a P.E.

Oil Discharge

    Under Sec. 112.4, in the event of certain oil discharges, facility 
owner/operators must submit information to the Regional Administrator 
within 60 days. Discharges of oil that trigger the reporting 
requirements are: (1) A single spill event of more than 1,000 U.S. 
gallons into navigable waters; or (2) two or more spills (in a twelve 
month period) of harmful quantities as defined in 40 CFR part 110.
    Submitting a Plan after a discharge involves time to collect the 
required information, as well as time for review by management. The 
facility must also submit a copy of this information to the appropriate 
state agency in charge of water pollution control activities. After the 
Regional Administrator and the appropriate state agency have reviewed 
the Plan, the Regional Administrator may require amendment of the SPCC 
Plan. The amended Plan must be certified by a P.E. prior to 
implementation. Facilities may appeal a decision made by the Regional 
Administrator requiring an amendment to an SPCC Plan.

Recordkeeping

    Under Sec. 112.3, the facility owner/operator must maintain a copy 
of the SPCC Plan at the facility, or under certain circumstances, at 
the nearest field office. The Plan must be available for review during 
normal working hours. In addition, facilities must maintain (and 
update) records of Plan-specific inspections as outlined under 
Sec. 112.7(e).

Purpose of Data Collection

    EPA does not collect the information required by the Oil Pollution 
Prevention regulation (i.e., the SPCC Plan) on a routine basis. 
Preparation, implementation, and maintenance of the SPCC Plan by the 
facility help prevent oil discharges, and mitigate environmental damage 
caused by such discharges. Therefore, the primary user of the data is 
the facility itself. For example:
    (i) As facility staff accumulate the necessary data, they must 
analyze the facility's capability to prevent oil discharges, facilitate 
safety awareness, and promote appropriate modifications to facility 
design and operations;
    (ii) Because facility staff keep the required information in a 
single document, they can respond efficiently in the event of a 
discharge;
    (iii) To implement the Plan according to the specifications of 
Sec. 112.7, the facility must meet certain design and operational 
standards that reduce the likelihood of an oil discharge;
    (iv) Inspection records help facilities to promote important 
maintenance, facilitate leak detection, and demonstrate compliance with 
the SPCC requirements; and
    (v) When facility staff review the Plan every three years, they 
ensure implementation of more effective spill prevention control 
technology.
    Although the facility is the primary data user, EPA also uses the 
data in certain situations. EPA primarily uses SPCC plan data to ensure 
that facilities comply with the regulation, including design and 
operation specifications and inspection requirements. EPA reviews SPCC 
Plans: (1) When facilities submit the Plans because of oil discharges, 
and (2) as part of EPA's inspection program. State and local 
governments also use the data, which is not necessarily available 
elsewhere and can greatly assist local emergency preparedness planning 
efforts. Coordination with state governments is facilitated when, after 
certain spill events, a facility sends a copy of the SPCC Plan and 
additional information on the spill to the relevant state agency.
    As part of the Agency's efforts to reduce the overall paperwork 
burden on regulated facilities, EPA would like to solicit comments on 
how the Agency could best reduce the total paperwork burden hours for 
this rule while maintaining an effective level of environmental 
protection.
    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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    EPA would also like to solicit public comments 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.
    Additionally, the Agency has recently proposed revisions to the 
SPCC rule to reduce the burden imposed on regulated facilities 
(December 2, 1997, 62 FR 63812). Proposed revisions would: (1) Give 
facility owners or operators flexibility to use alternative formats for 
SPCC Plans; (2) allow the use of certain records maintained pursuant to 
usual and customary business practices, or pursuant to the National 
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, to be used in 
lieu of records mandated by the SPCC requirements; (3) reduce the 
information required to be submitted after certain spill events; and 
(4) extend the period in which SPCC Plans must be reviewed and 
evaluated. EPA is now working to finalize the 1997 proposal, as well as 
two earlier

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proposals affecting SPCC requirements, specifically, a proposal from 
October 22, 1991 (56 FR 54612), and one from February 17, 1993 (58 FR 
8824).

Burden Statement

    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    This document first presents the estimated number of existing and 
new storage and production facilities regulated under the Oil Pollution 
Prevention Regulation. Next, the estimated burden hours and costs to 
facilities to perform required actions are presented. Costs are 
composed of facility labor costs and any associated capital and 
operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. Finally, the estimated 
total annual burden hours and costs for all facilities to comply with 
the requirements of this regulation are presented. The burden hours 
shown for each action represent the hours in both the existing ICR and 
the corresponding hours in the ICR renewal, where there are 
differences. Costs have been updated to June 1999 dollars.
    As of January 2000, approximately 460,027 existing facilities are 
assumed to be regulated under the SPCC program with approximately 4,600 
new facilities joining the program in 2000. These numbers are based on 
the previous ICR estimate of approximately 460,027 existing and new 
facilities as of January 1999. A one percent annual growth in the 
number of facilities is assumed. For purposes of this ICR, all 
facilities were grouped into two distinct categories: production 
facilities (facilities whose operations and oil storage activities are 
exclusively limited to oil production) and storage facilities (all 
other SPCC-regulated facilities whose operations do not include oil 
production). This categorization of facilities reflects differences in 
the estimated burden of compliance activities depending on the nature 
of the facility's operations.
    The current ICR assumes that storage facilities make up 65 percent 
of small facilities, 69 percent of medium facilities, and 98 percent of 
large facilities. Production facilities make up 35 percent of small 
facilities, 31 percent of medium facilities, and two percent of large 
facilities. These ratios, as well as the Agency's estimate concerning 
the number of regulated facilities, are based on the results of a 1995 
survey of SPCC regulated facilities conducted by EPA. The results of 
this survey are available for public review at the Public Docket. The 
definitions of small, medium, and large facility are based on oil 
storage capacity and are defined as follows, based on the Agency's 
January 1991 ``SPCC Facilities Study'':
    (i) Small facility--a facility that has aboveground storage 
capacity greater than 1,320 gallons (or 660 gallons in a single 
container), but less than or equal to 42,000 gallons;
    (ii) Medium facility--a facility that has total (aboveground or 
underground) storage capacity greater than 42,000 gallons but less than 
or equal to one million gallons; and
    (iii) Large facility--a facility that has total storage capacity 
greater than one million gallons.
    An estimate of the number of existing and new storage and 
production facilities in 2000 are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2.

                               Exhibit 1.--Estimated Number of Existing Facilities
                                                     (2000)
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                                                       Small          Medium           Large           Total
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Storage.........................................         236,057          58,857          13,453         308,366
Production......................................         125,280          26,065             315          51,661
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    Total.......................................         361,337          84,922          13,768         460,027
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                                 Exhibit 2.--Estimated Number of New Facilities
                                                     (2000)
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                                                       Small          Medium           Large           Total
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Storage.........................................           2,361             589             135           3,084
Production......................................           1,253             261               3           1,517
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    Total.......................................           3,613             849             138           4,600
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    The facility cost estimates for each category of activities are 
based on June 1999 hourly wage rates for managerial ($41.68), technical 
($30.96), and clerical ($19.41) work. These wage rates include wages 
and salaries, benefit costs, and overhead costs and reflect private 
industry averages, which were estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics. The Agency recognizes that these wage rates may 
underestimate the actual wages received by some SPCC personnel but 
overestimate the actual wage rate received by other facility personnel.
    Each exhibit represents separate burden estimates for small, 
medium, and large storage and production facilities. Exhibits 3 through 
8 summarize the estimated facility burden associated with performing 
each separate task associated with an SPCC Plan. Not all of the 
activities will be performed on an annual basis by all facilities.

New Plan

    Exhibit 3 presents the estimated burden and costs for a facility to 
perform the activities associated with preparing an SPCC Plan. All new 
facilities must prepare and implement an SPCC Plan.

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                                          Exhibit 3.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs-Preparation of New Plan
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                                                           Burden hours                                                Cost
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            Type of facility                Managerial       Technical       Clerical
                                              $41.68          $30.96          $19.41       Total burden       Capital           O&M          Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small...............................             6.0            25.0             4.0            35.0              $0              $0          $1,102
    Medium..............................             6.0            44.0             6.0            56.0               0               0           1,729
    Large...............................             6.0            76.0             8.0            90.0               0               0           2,758
Production:
    Small...............................             6.0            28.0             4.0            38.0               0               0           1,195
    Medium..............................             6.0            46.0             6.0            58.0               0               0           1,791
    Large...............................             6.0            77.0             8.0            91.0               0               0          2,789
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.

Modification of Plan

    Exhibit 4 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to 
revise an SPCC Plan after any modification that materially affects the 
facility's potential to discharge oil into navigable waters. An 
estimated ten percent of facilities will need to modify their SPCC 
Plans each year.

                                        Exhibit 4.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Modification of Plan
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5           $0           $0         $159
    Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
    Large....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
Production:
    Small....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
    Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
    Large....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0         159
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.

Triennial Review

    Exhibits 5 and 6 present the estimated burden hours and costs for a 
facility to complete a triennial review, with and without amendment. As 
a result of the review process, the facility may need to amend its 
Plan, incurring additional costs. Annual burdens and costs per facility 
are one-third of the values in Exhibits 5 and 6. An estimated three 
percent of all existing facilities will need to amend their Plans each 
year.

                                   Exhibit 5.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--No Amendment
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small....................................................          1.0          2.4          0.5          4.0           $0           $0         $129
    Medium...................................................          1.0          4.5          1.0          6.5            0            0          200
    Large....................................................          1.0          8.0          1.0         10.0            0            0          309
Production:
    Small....................................................          1.0          3.5          0.5          5.0            0            0          160
    Medium...................................................          1.0          5.5          1.0          7.5            0            0          231
    Large....................................................          1.0          9.0          1.0         11.0            0            0         340
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.


                                    Exhibit 6.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--Amendment
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small....................................................          1.0          7.0          2.0         10.0           $0           $0         $297
    Medium...................................................          1.0          9.0          2.0         12.0            0            0          359
    Large....................................................          1.0         12.5          2.0         15.5            0            0          468

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Production:
    Small....................................................          1.0          8.0          2.0         11.0            0            0          328
    Medium...................................................          1.0         10.0          2.0         13.0            0            0          390
    Large....................................................          1.0         13.5          2.0         16.5            0            0         498
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.

Oil Discharge

    Exhibit 7 presents estimated burden hours and costs for a facility 
to submit information to the Regional Administrator in the event of 
certain discharges of oil into navigable waters. It is assumed that the 
probability of a facility having such a spill in any given year is 0.15 
percent.

                                               Exhibit 7.--Estimated Burden hours and Costs--Oil Discharge
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           $8           $0          $81
    Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           10            0           83
    Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           14            0           87
Production:
    Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            8            0           81
    Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           10            0           83
    Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           14            0          87
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.

Recordkeeping

    Exhibit 8 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to 
perform Plan maintenance and Plan-specific recordkeeping activities. 
All regulated facilities are subject to these requirements.

                                               Exhibit 8.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs--Recordkeeping
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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Storage:
    Small....................................................          0.0          2.0          0.5          2.5           $0           $0          $72
    Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          0.5          5.0            0            0          149
    Large....................................................          0.0          9.5          0.5         10.0            0            0          304
Production:
    Small....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0          103
    Medium...................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0          103
    Large....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0         103
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\1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.

Annual Expected Facility Burden

    The total annual burden per facility reflects the sum of the annual 
burdens incurred by the facility for each category of activities 
outlined above. The estimated annual burden for an existing and new 
facility is shown in Exhibit 9. These estimates were computed by 
estimating the annual burden for both storage and production facilities 
and weighting each estimate by the percentage of storage and production 
facilities to compute an overall model facility estimate.

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                                            Exhibit 9.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs Per Facility
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                                                                                  Burden hours                                      Cost
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                       Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                  $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden       Capital       O&M         Total
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Existing:
    Small....................................................          0.3          3.8          0.8          4.9           $0           $0         $147
    Medium...................................................          0.3          6.1          0.9          7.4            0            0          222
    Large....................................................          0.3         12.5          0.9         13.8            0            0          419
New:
    Small....................................................          6.0         28.8          4.6         39.4           67            0        1,232
    Medium...................................................          6.0         49.1          6.6         61.7           67            0        1,899
    Large....................................................          6.0         85.8          8.6        100.4           67            0        3,074
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Total Annual Expected Facility Burdens

    The total annual burdens for all existing facilities and all new 
facilities are shown in Exhibit 10. The approximately 460,027 existing 
facilities will incur a combined burden of about 2.6 million hours and 
$42.0 million. In addition, around 4,600 new facilities will incur a 
combined burden of about 208,740 hours at a cost of $6.5 million. The 
total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden to the regulated 
community as a result of the SPCC Program is estimated to be 
approximately 2.8 million hours at a cost of about $48.5 million.

                                           Exhibit 10.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs-All Facilities
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                                                                   Burden hours                                                Cost
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            Type of facility                Managerial       Technical       Clerical
                                              $41.68          $30.96          $19.41       Total burden       Capital           O&M            Total
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Existing:
    Small...............................         120,987       1,370,233         282,445       1,773,666          $4,333               0     $17,413,617
    Medium..............................          28,434         519,585          80,109         628,129           1,195               0      18,828,671
    Large...............................           4,610         171,923          12,988         189,521             287               0       5,767,959
New:
    Small...............................          21,686         104,204          16,622         142,511         240,935               0       4,452,849
    Medium..............................           5,097          41,701           5,605          52,402          56,626               0       1,612,362
    Large...............................             826          11,817           1,184          13,827           9,182               0         423,298
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    No person is required to respond to a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB 
control numbers for EPA's regulations are displayed at 40 CFR part 9.
    Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspects of 
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to the address listed above under ADDRESSES near the top of this 
document.

    Dated: August 24, 1999.
Elaine F. Davies,
Deputy Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
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