[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46628-46629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22378]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7049-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and 
Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures

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: Underground Storage Tanks, 
Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval 
Procedures, OMB Control Number 2050-0068, which expires on September 
30, 2001. 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 October 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1360.06 and OMB 
Control No. 2050-0068, 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. 1360.06. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Sammy Ng at the Office of Underground 
Storage Tanks (OUST) by phone at (703) 603-9900 or by E-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Underground Storage Tanks, Technical 
and Financial Requirements and State Program Approval Procedures, OMB 
Control Number 2050-0068, EPA ICR Number 1360.06, expiring on September 
30, 2001. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA), as amended, requires that the EPA develop standards for 
Underground Storage Tanks (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 
under 40 CFR part 280 are used by the owners and operators and/or EPA 
or the implementing agency to monitor results of testing, inspections, 
and operations 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. The data 
collected under 40 CFR part 281 are used by EPA 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.
    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

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of information was published on March 19, 2001 (66 FR 15423); no 
comments were received.
    Burden Statement: For UST facilities, the annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden is estimated to average 23 hours per respondent. 
For States applying for program approval, the annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden is estimated to average 48 hours per respondent. 
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: Entities potentially affected by 
this information collection are those facilities that own and operated 
USTs and those States that implement the UST programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 261,904.
    Frequency of Response: As needed.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,025,543 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $363.56 
million.
    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. 1360.06 and OMB Control No. 2050-0068 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: August 27, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-22378 Filed 9-5-01; 8:45 am]
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