[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65308-65309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28013]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6893-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Renewal and Revision of Information Collection 
Request for the Implementation of the Oil Pollution Act Facility 
Response Plan Requirements (40 CFR 112.20)

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 notice announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Renewal and Revision of 
Information Collection Request for the Implementation of the Oil 
Pollution Act Facility Response Plan Requirements (40 CFR 112.20), OMB 
Control Number 2050-0135, EPA ICR No.1630.07. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost; 
where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1630.07 and OMB 
Control Number 2050-0135, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division 
(Mail Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1630.07. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Barbara Davis on 703-603-8823.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Renewal and Revision of Information Collection Request for 
the Implementation of the Oil Pollution Act Facility Response Plan 
Requirements (40 CFR 112.20) (OMB Control Number 2050-0135; EPA ICR 
#1630.07). This is a request for extension and revision of a currently 
approved collection.
    Abstract: The authority for EPA's facility response plan 
requirements is derived from section 311 of the Clean Water Act, as 
amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. EPA's regulation is codified 
at 40 CFR 112.20. Facility response plans enhance EPA's ability to 
protect navigable waters and sensitive environments from oil 
discharges, help ensure that human health and safety are protected in 
the vicinity of the facility, and reduce the cost of spills to the 
regulated community and society. EPA has recently finalized revisions 
to the rule to differentiate between animal fats and vegetable oils and 
other oils (65 FR 40776-40817, June 30, 2000). ICR

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number 1630.06 is associated with this rulemaking.
    All facility response plan (FRP) reporting and recordkeeping 
activities are mandatory. Each FRP is submitted to EPA. The Agency, in 
turn, reviews and approves plans from facilities identified as having 
the potential to cause ``significant and substantial harm'' to the 
environment for oil discharges. Other low risk, regulated facilities 
that are not required to prepare facility response plans are required 
to document their determination that they do not meet the ``substantial 
harm'' criteria.
    None of the information to be gathered for this collection is 
believed to be confidential. 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. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on May 31, 2000 (65 FR 34690-34698). No comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated as follows: An 
average of 0.1 hours of recordkeeping for newly regulated facilities 
not required to prepare FRPs (i.e., facilities that certify that they 
do not meet the ``substantial harm'' criteria); 8.3 hours for 
recordkeeping and 239 hours for reporting for the newly regulated 
facilities required to prepare FRPs (i.e., first year costs for plan 
development); 1.2 hours for recordkeeping and 98 hours for reporting 
for facilities maintaining FRPs (i.e., subsequent costs for annual plan 
maintenance). 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of oil 
discharges into waterways.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,310.
    Frequency of Response: One-time certification, one time plan 
development. Annual plan review and revision as needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 583,130 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $22,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1630.07 and OMB Control No. 2050-0135 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 23, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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