[Federal Register: December 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 239)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-UST-2007-0494, FRL-8505-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks:
Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval
Procedures (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1360.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0068
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 14,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-UST-
2007-0494, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Underground Storage
Tank (UST) Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail 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: Hal White, Office of Underground
Storage Tanks, Mail Code 5403P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
603-7177; fax number: (703) 603-0175; e-mail address:
white.hal@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On July 25, 2007 (72 FR 40852), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-UST-2007-0494, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the UST Docket in
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744,
and the telephone number for the UST Docket is 202-566-0270.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov
, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or on paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov
.
Title: Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial
Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1360.08, OMB Control No. 2050-0068.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for 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 for new and existing UST system operations and
financial requirements are used by owners and operators and/or EPA or
the implementing agency to monitor results of testing, inspections, and
operation of UST systems, as well as to demonstrate compliance with
regulations. EPA
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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 response to this information collection for
industry is mandatory under 40 CFR part 280.
EPA uses state program applications 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. States must respond to this
information collection in order to obtain or maintain state program
approval under 40 CFR part 281.
Section 3007(b) of RCRA and 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, which define
EPA's general policy on public disclosure of information, contain
provisions for confidentiality. However, the Agency does not anticipate
that businesses will assert a claim of confidentiality covering all or
part of the requirements covered in this ICR. If such a claim were
asserted, EPA must and will treat the information in accordance with
the regulations cited above.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: UST facilities and states.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 237,578.
Frequency of Response: Once, on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,969,217.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $743,453,178 ($453,047,585 in labor
costs; $95,975,266 in annualized capital/startup costs; and
$194,430,327 in operation and maintenance costs).
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 163,020 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to updated data on the
respondent universe which show a lower number of affected facilities
than previously estimated.
Dated: December 6, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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