80_FR_62726 80 FR 62526 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)

80 FR 62526 - Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 200 (October 16, 2015)

Page Range62526-62527
FR Document2015-26406

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)'' (EPA ICR No. 2436.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0206) 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 March 31, 2016. 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.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0763; FRL-9935-84-OSWER]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The Emergency and Hazardous Chemical 
Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)

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), ``Hazardous Chemical 
Reporting: The Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory Forms (Tier I 
and Tier II)'' (EPA ICR No. 2436.03, OMB Control No. 2050-0206) 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 March 31, 2016. An 
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to 
respond to a collection of information unless it

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displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2010-0763 referencing the Docket ID numbers provided for each 
item in the text, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    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; fax number: (202) 564-2620; email address: 
jacob.sicy@epa.gov.

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: Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and 
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) apply to the owner or operator of 
any facility that is required to prepare or have available a Material 
Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for a hazardous chemical under the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and its implementing 
regulations. Under section 311 of EPCRA, these facilities are required 
to submit MSDS to the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC), the 
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and the local fire 
department for each hazardous chemical stored on-site in a quantity 
greater than the reporting threshold. Alternatively, a list of subject 
chemicals, grouped by hazard type, may be submitted. Section 312 of 
EPCRA requires owners and operators of facilities subject to section 
311 to annually report the inventories of those chemicals reported 
under section 311. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
required to publish two emergency and hazardous chemical inventory 
forms, known as ``Tier I'' and ``Tier II,'' for use by these 
facilities. These forms were first published in October 1987 and 
amended in July 1990. On July 13, 2012, EPA further revised these forms 
to add some new data elements that would be useful for local emergency 
planners and responders. This is the renewal of the information 
collection request which was previously approved by OMB in ICR No. 
2436.02. In ICR 2436.02, EPA estimated that after the initial reporting 
of the new data elements, which was reporting year 2013, that it would 
only take 0.25 hours per facility to review the new data elements and 
revise if necessary. Most of the new data elements were added to page 
one of the Tier II form, which include contact information for facility 
emergency coordinator; Tier II information; whether facility is manned 
or unmanned; if the facility is subject to EPCRA Section 302 or CAA 
Section 112(r) (Risk Management Program) etc. EPA do not expect these 
data to change annually. However, we estimated that minimal burden may 
be incurred for reviewing these data annually and revising the 
information as necessary.
    Form Numbers: 8700-30, Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory 
Form.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Facilities that are required to 
prepare or have available a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for any 
hazardous chemicals present at the facility above the reporting 
thresholds specified in the regulations at 40 CFR part 370. These 
facilities are required to submit a hazardous chemical inventory form, 
to the SERC, LEPC and the local fire department with jurisdiction over 
the facility, by March 1 annually.
    Respondent's Obligation to Respond: Mandatory under Section 312 of 
EPCRA.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 390,000 facility 
respondents (120,000 manufacturers and 270,000 non-manufacturers) and 
3,052 SERCs and LEPCs (total).
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Total Estimated Burden: 97,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total Estimated Cost: $5,675,675 per year. There are no annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs expected during this ICR 
period.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 195,000 hours in the 
total estimated facility respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to facility incurring 
minor burden for reviewing and updating previously reported data mainly 
on page one of the Tier II inventory form.

    Dated: September 16, 2015.
Reggie Cheatham,
Director, Office of Emergency Management.
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                                                                                                        Support.                                                Roddy C. Bachman 202–372–1451.
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                                                                                                           Any comments should be filed within                Amended Notices
                                                Officer, Office of Management.                          30 days from the date of this notice.
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                                                                                                        on the Commission’s Web site at http://                 Comment Period Ends: 10/16/2015,
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                                                                                                        Commenters can submit brief comments                    8179. Revision to the FR Notice
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                               registration, using the eComment system                 Comment Period from 10/05/2015 to
                                                Commission                                              at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                     10/16/2015.
                                                                                                                                                              EIS No. 20150253, Draft, USACE, PR,
                                                                                                        ecomment.asp. You must include your
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                                                                                                        please contact FERC Online Support.
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                                                                                                        Although the Commission strongly
                                                Draft Environmental Assessment                                                                                  Notice Published 09/11/2015;
                                                                                                        encourages electronic filing, documents
                                                                                                                                                                Extending Comment Period from 10/
                                                   In accordance with the National                      may also be paper-filed. To paper-file,
                                                                                                                                                                26/2015 to 11/09/2015.
                                                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and                    mail an original and five copies to:
                                                                                                        Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal                    Dated: October 13, 2015.
                                                the Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Commission’s (Commission or FERC’s)                     Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                     Karin Leff,
                                                regulations, 18 Code of Federal                         First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.               Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division,
                                                Regulations (CFR) Part 380, the Office of                  For further information, contact                   Office of Federal Activities.
                                                Energy Projects has reviewed Northern                   Rebecca Martin by telephone at 202–                   [FR Doc. 2015–26348 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am]
                                                Indiana Public Service Company’s                        502–6012 or Mark Pawlowski at 202–                    BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                application for amendment of the                        502–6052.
                                                license for the Norway-Oakdale                            Dated: October 9, 2015.
                                                Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No.                                                                       ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                                                                        Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                12514–074), on the Tippecanoe River                                                                           AGENCY
                                                                                                        Secretary.
                                                near the city of Monticello in Carroll                  [FR Doc. 2015–26384 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am]          [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2010–0763; FRL–9935–
                                                and White Counties, Indiana. The                                                                              84–OSWER]
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                                                project does not occupy any federal
                                                lands.                                                                                                        Proposed Information Collection
                                                   Staff prepared a draft environmental                                                                       Request; Comment Request;
                                                assessment (EA) to analyze the potential                ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                              Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The
                                                environmental effects of implementing                   AGENCY                                                Emergency and Hazardous Chemical
                                                the proposed modified definition of                                                                           Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)
                                                                                                        [ER–FRL–9023–5]
                                                abnormal flow conditions, as required                                                                         AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                                by article 405 of the current license                   Environmental Impact Statements;                      Agency (EPA).
                                                (issued October 2, 2007), that would be                 Notice of Availability                                ACTION: Notice.
                                                included in a revised article 403, which
                                                defines the operation of the project.                     Responsible Agency: Office of Federal               SUMMARY:   The Environmental Protection
                                                Staff concludes that authorizing the                    Activities, General Information (202)                 Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
                                                amendment, with staff’s recommended                     564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa.                 information collection request (ICR),
                                                modification to the definition of                       Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact                ‘‘Hazardous Chemical Reporting: The
                                                abnormal river conditions, would not                      Statements (EISs)                                   Emergency and Hazardous Chemical
                                                constitute a major federal action that                  Filed 10/05/2015 Through 10/09/2015                   Inventory Forms (Tier I and Tier II)’’
                                                would significantly affect the quality of               Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.                            (EPA ICR No. 2436.03, OMB Control No.
                                                the human environment.                                  Notice                                                2050–0206) to the Office of Management
                                                   A copy of the EA is available for                                                                          and Budget (OMB) for review and
                                                review at the Commission in the Public                    Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act                 approval in accordance with the
                                                Reference Room or may be viewed on                      requires that EPA make public its                     Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
                                                the Commission’s Web site at                            comments on EISs issued by other                      so, EPA is soliciting public comments
                                                www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.               Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters               on specific aspects of the proposed
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                                                Enter the docket number excluding the                   on EISs are available at: https://                    information collection as described
                                                last three digits in the docket number                  cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/                   below. This is a proposed extension of
                                                field to access the document. For                       action/eis/search.                                    the ICR, which is currently approved
                                                assistance, contact FERC Online                         EIS No. 20150289, Revised Draft, USAF,                through March 31, 2016. An Agency
                                                Support at FERCOnlineSupport@                             GU, Divert Activities and Exercises,                may not conduct or sponsor and a
                                                ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208–3676,                  Commonwealth of the Northern                        person is not required to respond to a
                                                or for TTY, 202–502–8659.                                 Mariana Islands, Comment Period                     collection of information unless it


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                                                displays a currently valid OMB control                  e.g., permitting electronic submission of               Form Numbers: 8700–30, Emergency
                                                number.                                                 responses. EPA will consider the                      and Hazardous Chemical Inventory
                                                DATES: Comments must be submitted on                    comments received and amend the ICR                   Form.
                                                or before December 15, 2015.                            as appropriate. The final ICR package                   Respondents/Affected Entities:
                                                ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,                        will then be submitted to OMB for                     Facilities that are required to prepare or
                                                referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–                       review and approval. At that time, EPA                have available a Material Safety Data
                                                SFUND–2010–0763 referencing the                         will issue another Federal Register                   Sheet (MSDS) for any hazardous
                                                Docket ID numbers provided for each                     notice to announce the submission of                  chemicals present at the facility above
                                                item in the text, online using                          the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to                 the reporting thresholds specified in the
                                                www.regulations.gov (our preferred                      submit additional comments to OMB.                    regulations at 40 CFR part 370. These
                                                method), by email to or by mail to: EPA                    Abstract: Sections 311 and 312 of the              facilities are required to submit a
                                                Docket Center, Environmental                            Emergency Planning and Community                      hazardous chemical inventory form, to
                                                Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,                    Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) apply to the                the SERC, LEPC and the local fire
                                                1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,                             owner or operator of any facility that is             department with jurisdiction over the
                                                Washington, DC 20460.                                   required to prepare or have available a               facility, by March 1 annually.
                                                   EPA’s policy is that all comments                    Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for a                 Respondent’s Obligation to Respond:
                                                received will be included in the public                 hazardous chemical under the                          Mandatory under Section 312 of
                                                docket without change including any                     Occupational Safety and Health Act of                 EPCRA.
                                                personal information provided, unless                   1970 and its implementing regulations.                  Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                                the comment includes profanity, threats,                Under section 311 of EPCRA, these                     Approximately 390,000 facility
                                                information claimed to be Confidential                  facilities are required to submit MSDS                respondents (120,000 manufacturers
                                                Business Information (CBI) or other                     to the State Emergency Response                       and 270,000 non-manufacturers) and
                                                information whose disclosure is                         Commission (SERC), the Local                          3,052 SERCs and LEPCs (total).
                                                restricted by statute.                                  Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC),                    Frequency of Response: Annually.
                                                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy                   and the local fire department for each                  Total Estimated Burden: 97,500 hours
                                                Jacob, Office of Emergency                              hazardous chemical stored on-site in a                (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
                                                Management, Mail Code 5104A,                            quantity greater than the reporting                   1320.03(b)
                                                Environmental Protection Agency, 1200                   threshold. Alternatively, a list of subject             Total Estimated Cost: $5,675,675 per
                                                Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,                      chemicals, grouped by hazard type, may                year. There are no annualized capital or
                                                DC 20460; telephone number: (202)                       be submitted. Section 312 of EPCRA                    operation & maintenance costs expected
                                                564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2620;                   requires owners and operators of                      during this ICR period.
                                                email address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov.                      facilities subject to section 311 to                    Changes in Estimates: There is a
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                              annually report the inventories of those              decrease of 195,000 hours in the total
                                                Supporting documents which explain in                   chemicals reported under section 311.                 estimated facility respondent burden
                                                detail the information that the EPA will                The Environmental Protection Agency                   compared with the ICR currently
                                                be collecting are available in the public               (EPA) is required to publish two                      approved by OMB. This decrease is due
                                                docket for this ICR. The docket can be                  emergency and hazardous chemical                      to facility incurring minor burden for
                                                viewed online at www.regulations.gov                    inventory forms, known as ‘‘Tier I’’ and              reviewing and updating previously
                                                or in person at the EPA Docket Center,                  ‘‘Tier II,’’ for use by these facilities.             reported data mainly on page one of the
                                                WJC West, Room 3334, 1301                               These forms were first published in                   Tier II inventory form.
                                                Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,                      October 1987 and amended in July                        Dated: September 16, 2015.
                                                DC. The telephone number for the                        1990. On July 13, 2012, EPA further                   Reggie Cheatham,
                                                Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For                      revised these forms to add some new                   Director, Office of Emergency Management.
                                                additional information about EPA’s                      data elements that would be useful for                [FR Doc. 2015–26406 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am]
                                                public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/                local emergency planners and                          BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                dockets.                                                responders. This is the renewal of the
                                                   Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of                 information collection request which
                                                the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments                     was previously approved by OMB in                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                                and information to enable it to: (i)                    ICR No. 2436.02. In ICR 2436.02, EPA                  AGENCY
                                                Evaluate whether the proposed                           estimated that after the initial reporting
                                                collection of information is necessary                  of the new data elements, which was                   [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0677; FRL–9935–75]
                                                for the proper performance of the                       reporting year 2013, that it would only
                                                                                                                                                              Receipt of Test Data Under the Toxic
                                                functions of the Agency, including                      take 0.25 hours per facility to review the
                                                                                                                                                              Substances Control Act
                                                whether the information will have                       new data elements and revise if
                                                practical utility; (ii) evaluate the                    necessary. Most of the new data                       AGENCY: Environmental Protection
                                                accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the                elements were added to page one of the                Agency (EPA).
                                                burden of the proposed collection of                    Tier II form, which include contact                   ACTION: Notice.
                                                information, including the validity of                  information for facility emergency
                                                the methodology and assumptions used;                   coordinator; Tier II information;                     SUMMARY:   EPA is announcing its receipt
                                                (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and                 whether facility is manned or                         of test data submitted pursuant to a test
                                                clarity of the information to be                        unmanned; if the facility is subject to               rule issued by EPA under the Toxic
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                                                collected; and (iv) minimize the burden                 EPCRA Section 302 or CAA Section                      Substances Control Act (TSCA). As
                                                of the collection of information on those               112(r) (Risk Management Program) etc.                 required by TSCA, this document
                                                who are to respond, including through                   EPA do not expect these data to change                identifies each chemical substance and/
                                                the use of appropriate automated                        annually. However, we estimated that                  or mixture for which test data have been
                                                electronic, mechanical, or other                        minimal burden may be incurred for                    received; the uses or intended uses of
                                                technological collection techniques or                  reviewing these data annually and                     such chemical substance and/or
                                                other forms of information technology,                  revising the information as necessary.                mixture; and describes the nature of the


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before December 15, 2015.
ContactSicy Jacob, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
FR Citation80 FR 62526 

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