[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 27646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12578]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; 2001 Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA) and Risk Management Program (RMP) 
Implementation Status Questionnaire for Tribal Emergency Response 
Commissions (TERCs) and Their Duly Appointed Local Emergency Planning 
Committee(s) (LEPCs)

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: 2001 Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and Risk Management Program (RMP) 
Implementation Status Questionnaire for Tribal Emergency Response 
Commissions (TERCs) and Their Duly Appointed Local Emergency Planning 
Committee(s) (LEPCs), EPA ICR No. 2004.01. 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 June 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 2004.01 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 Affairs, 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. 2004.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Sam Agpawa on 415-744-2342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 2001 Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act 
(EPCRA) and Risk Management Program (RMP) Implementation Status 
Questionnaire for Tribal Emergency Response Commissions (TERCs) and 
Their Duly Appointed Local Emergency Planning Committee(s) (LEPCs), EPA 
ICR No. 2004.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX, Superfund 
Division, proposes to conduct a Regional survey of the Tribal Emergency 
Response Commissions (TERCs). The information collected in this survey 
will be used to assess the progress, status, needs, resources and 
activity level of TERCs. The information will be used by EPA Region IX 
staff to gain a better understanding of EPA Region IX tribes' actual 
implementation of EPCRA and RMP. The Emergency Planning and Community 
Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), also known as SARA Title III, and 
the Risk Management Program (RMP) under the Clean Air Act, 1990, 
section 112(r) and 40 CFR part 68, June 20, 1996, introduced 
fundamental changes in the regulation of chemical facilities and the 
prevention of and preparedness for chemical accidents. These laws and 
rules seek to improve emergency preparedness and reduce the risk of 
chemical accidents by providing information to citizens about the 
chemicals in their community. EPCRA, in conjunction with the RMP 
requirements, sought to create partnerships between all levels of 
government, tribal governments, and the regulated tribal community to 
identify, prevent, plan, prepare and respond to hazardous material 
risks in our communities, including tribal lands, reservations, 
rancherias and colonies. The purpose of this survey is to obtain input 
from the tribal organizations to improve Region IX's EPCRA and RMP 
programs.
    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 January 10, 
2001 (66 FR 1975); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 
hours per response. 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: TERCs and Tribal LEPCs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 145.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 290 Hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    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. 2004.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: May 3, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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