[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61815-61816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26018]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0008; FRL-9935-39-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Emergency Planning and Release Notification 
Requirements (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Emergency Planning and Release 
Notification Requirements (EPCRA Sections 302, 303, and 304) 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1395.09, OMB Control No. 2050-0092) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through December 31, 2015. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (80 FR 35347) on June 19, 2015 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 13, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0008, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected] or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,

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1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency 
Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-8019; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The authority for the emergency planning and emergency 
release notification requirements is Sections 302, 303, and 304 of the 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 1986 (42 
U.S.C. 11002, 11003, and 11004). EPCRA established broad emergency 
planning and facility reporting requirements. Section 302 requires 
facilities to notify their state emergency response commission (SERC) 
and the local emergency planning committee (LEPC) that the facility is 
subject to emergency planning. This activity completed soon after the 
law was passed. Only new facilities that may become subject to these 
requirements must notify the SERC and the LEPC. Currently covered 
facilities are required to notify the LEPC of any changes that occur at 
the facility which would be relevant to emergency planning. Section 303 
requires the LEPC to prepare local emergency response plans for their 
planning district using the information provided by facilities under 
Section 302. LEPC may request any information from facilities necessary 
to develop emergency response plans. Emergency response plans were 
developed within few months after the law was passed. LEPCs are 
required to review and update the plan at least annually or more 
frequently as changes occur in the community. Section 304 requires 
facilities to report to SERCs and LEPCs releases in excess of the 
reportable quantities listed for each extremely hazardous substance 
(EHS). This ICR also covers the notification and the written follow-up 
required under Section 304. The implementing regulations are codified 
in 40 CFR part 355. EPA does not expect any new facilities to come into 
compliance under Section 302 during this ICR period. This ICR only 
covers periodic reporting or updates of information submitted 
previously by existing facilities under Section 302.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Chemical manufacturers, non-chemical 
manufacturers, retailers, petroleum refineries, utilities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 108,556.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 255,456 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $9,113,389, includes $68,820 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,750 hours from 
the previous ICR due to the decrease in the number of release 
notifications to the National Response Center.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-26018 Filed 10-13-15; 8:45 am]
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