[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45758-45759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18735]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0052; FRL-9999-20-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Risk Management Program Requirements and 
Petitions To Modify the List of Regulated Substances Under Section 
112(r) of the Clean Air Act (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is submitting an 
information collection request (ICR), Risk Management Program 
Requirements and Petitions to Modify the List of Regulated Substances 
under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (EPA ICR Number 1656.16, OMB 
Control Number 2050-0144) 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. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on September 11, 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: Comments must be submitted on or before September 30, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0052, 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) 564-2625; 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: Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) mandates that 
EPA promulgate a list of ``regulated substances'' with threshold 
quantities and establish procedures for the addition and deletion of 
substances from the list of regulated substances. Processes at 
stationary sources that contain more than a threshold quantity of those 
regulated substance are subject to accidental release prevention 
regulations promulgated under CAA section 112(r)(7). These two rules 
are codified as 40 CFR part 68, which requires that sources with more 
than a threshold quantity of a regulated substance in a process 
develop, implement, and submit a risk management plan to EPA. EPA uses 
risk management plans to conduct oversight of regulated sources, and to 
communicate information concerning them to federal, state, and local 
agencies and the public, as appropriate.
    The burden to sources that are currently covered by 40 CFR part 68 
for initial rule compliance, including rule familiarization and program 
implementation, was accounted for in previous ICRs. The term ``source'' 
refers to a ``stationary source,'' which is the Clean Air Act term for 
facility. This information collection covers sources submitting an RMP 
update to comply with its five-year compliance deadline within this ICR 
period, sources that revised and resubmitted their RMPs between the 
five-year deadlines because of changes occurring at the source that 
triggered an earlier resubmission, and sources that have been assigned 
a different deadline in 2020, 2021 or 2022 based on the date of their 
most recent submission. In addition, this ICR accounts for burden for 
new sources that may become subject to the regulations, sources that 
have been out of compliance since the last regulatory deadline but are 
expected to comply during this ICR period, and sources that have 
deadlines beyond this ICR period but are required to comply with 
certain prevention program documentation requirements during this ICR 
period.
    Form Numbers: Risk Management Plan Form: EPA Form 8700-25; CBI 
Substantiation Form: EPA Form 8700-27; CBI Unsanitized Data Element 
Form: EPA Form 8700-28.
    Respondents/affected entities: Chemical manufacturers, petroleum 
refineries, water treatment systems, agricultural chemical 
distributors, refrigerated warehouses, chemical distributors, non-
chemical

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manufacturers, wholesale fuel distributors, energy generation 
facilities, etc.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 68).
    Estimated number of respondents: 13,009.
    Frequency of response: Sources must resubmit RMPs at least every 
five years and update certain on-site documentation more frequently.
    Total estimated burden: 66,793 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,864,537 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: This ICR includes an increase of 12,793 hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden for all sources and states 
compared to the ICR currently approved by OMB.
    There are two primary reasons for this increase in burden. First, 
this ICR period includes a larger number of RMPs reported than the 
previous ICR period. Second, the burden varies from ICR to ICR due to 
different resubmission deadlines based on the sources' RMP re-
submission deadlines and other regulatory deadlines. Therefore, the 
burden changes each year depending on how many sources are required to 
submit their RMP and comply with certain prevention program 
requirements. The number of sources subject to the regulations 
fluctuates regularly and is lower in this ICR than the previous ICR. 
However, any decrease in burden caused by the lower number of sources 
is offset by the increased burden from the major RMP reporting year.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18735 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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