[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 104 (Thursday, May 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25040-25041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11271]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073; FRL-9993-78-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis 
Information Under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as 
Amended (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Distribution of Offsite 
Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, (EPA ICR Number 1981.07, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0172), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through May 19, 2019. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on November 23, 2018 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 July 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0073 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, 
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: Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency 
Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-8794; fax number: (202) 564-2620; 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: This ICR renewal is for the collection developed to 
support the final rule, Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; 
Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7); 
Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information, published on 
August 4, 2000 (65 FR 48108), defines the Federal Government's 
responsibilities with respect to the dissemination of offsite 
consequence analyses (OCA) information to the public. OCA information 
is received by the EPA within risk management plans (RMPs) collected in 
service to the Agency's mandate to promulgate reasonable regulations 
and appropriate guidance to provide for the prevention and detection of 
accidental releases and for responses to such releases under CAA 
section 112(r)(7).
    In accordance with the final rule, the government established 55 
reading rooms at federal facilities geographically distributed across 
the United States and its territories. At these reading rooms, members 
of the public are able to read OCA information for stationary sources 
(up to 10 per month), for the Local Emergency Planning Committees 
(LEPCs) in whose jurisdiction they live or work, and for any other 
stationary sources with vulnerability zones

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extending into their LEPC's jurisdiction. Individuals anywhere may use 
the Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS) to find out whether a 
specified address is within the vulnerable zone of one or more 
stationary sources.
    The final rule also authorizes and encourages state and local 
government officials to have access to OCA information relevant to 
their jurisdiction, both for their own official use and to 
appropriately disseminate to the local public population.
    This ICR is intended to renew EPA's approval to carry out the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements crated by the final rule as it 
defines the practices that state and local officials need to follow in 
order to share the data they have and the specific procedures that 
different categories of individuals need to follow in order to request 
information, certify their identity, and receive OCA data.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State and local agencies and the 
public.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Required to obtain or retain a 
benefit (40 CFR 1400).
    Estimated number of respondents: 315 (total).
    Frequency of response: As necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 367 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $16,252 (per year), includes $23 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This ICR renewal includes a significant 
decrease in the estimated burden compared to the previous ICR renewal. 
The burden reduction is attributable to the reduced number of reading 
room visits by the public, the reduced number of letters of request for 
OCA from state and local governments and LEPCs, and a reduced number of 
public meetings assumed to be held by LEPCs resulting from the lower of 
letters of request submitted by LEPCs. To a large extent, the 
reductions are the result of the respondents increasingly obtaining the 
OCA data through electronic methods, for example, through rtk.net, 
RMP*Info and RMP Data Download.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-11271 Filed 5-29-19; 8:45 am]
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