[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45928-45929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19770]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0052; FRL--9982-93-OLEM]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Risk 
Management Program Requirements and Petitions To Modify the List of 
Regulated Substances Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act (CAA); 
EPA ICR Number 1656.16, OMB Control Number 2050-0114

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit 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 (CAA)'', EPA ICR 
No. 1656.16, OMB Control No. 2050-0144 to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described 
below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through January 31, 2019. 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 November 13, 2018.

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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of 
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: The authority for these 
requirements is section 112(r) of the 1990 CAA Amendments, which 
provides for the prevention and mitigation of accidental releases. 
Section 112(r) 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 a 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.
    Part 68 requires that sources with more than a threshold quantity 
of a regulated substance in a process develop and implement a risk 
management program and submit a risk management plan (RMP) to EPA. EPA 
uses RMPs to conduct oversight of regulated sources, and to communicate 
information concerning them to federal, state, and local agencies and 
the public, as appropriate.
    The compliance schedule for the part 68 requirements was 
established by rule on June 20, 1996. The burden to sources that are 
currently covered by part 68, for initial rule compliance, including 
rule familiarization and program implementation was accounted for in 
previous ICRs. Sources submitted their first RMPs by June 21, 1999. For 
most sources, the next compliance deadlines occurred (and will occur) 
thereafter at five-year intervals--in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. 
Therefore, resubmissions tend to occur in ``waves'' peaking each fifth

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year. A source submitting an RMP update to comply with its five-year 
compliance deadline will often submit its updated RMP several days or 
weeks early to ensure it is received by EPA before its deadline, and 
other sources revised and resubmitted their RMPs between the five-year 
deadlines because of changes occurring at the source that triggered an 
earlier resubmission. These sources were then assigned a new five-year 
compliance deadline based on the date of their most recent revised plan 
submission. However, because most sources are not required to resubmit 
earlier than their five-year compliance deadline, the next RMP 
submission deadline for most sources occurs in 2019. The remaining 
sources have been assigned a different deadline in 2020, 2021, 2022 or 
2023, based on the date of their most recent submission. Only the first 
three years are within the period covered by this ICR.
    In this ICR, EPA has accounted for burden for new sources that may 
become subject to the regulations, currently covered sources with 
compliance deadlines in this ICR period (2019 to 2021), sources that 
are 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are chemical manufacturers, petroleum refineries, water 
treatment systems, agricultural chemical distributors, refrigerated 
warehouses, chemical distributors, non-chemical manufacturers, 
wholesale fuel distributors, energy generation facilities, etc.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 68).
    Estimated number of respondents: 12,500 (total). This figure will 
be updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period.
    Frequency of response: Sources must resubmit RMPs at least every 
five years and update certain on-site documentation more frequently.
    Total estimated burden: 80,546 hours (per year). This figure will 
be updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period. Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $6,736,212 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation maintenance costs. This figure will be updated 
with most recent available wage rates from BLS and to account for any 
changes in O&M costs, burden and number of respondents.
    Changes in estimates: The above burden estimates are based on the 
current approved ICR. In the final notice for the renewed ICR, EPA will 
publish revised burden estimates based on updates to respondent data 
and unit costs. The revised burden estimates may increase from the 
current ICR, because the new ICR period will include a five-year 
reporting cycle year, whereas the current approved ICR period did not 
include a five-year reporting cycle year. Any change in burden will be 
described and explained in this section when the updated ICR Supporting 
Statement is completed during the 60-day OMB review period.

    Dated: August 20, 2018.
Reggie Cheatham,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-19770 Filed 9-10-18; 8:45 am]
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