81 FR 24088 - 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)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 79 (April 25, 2016)

Page Range		24088-24089
FR Document		2016-09520

The Environmental Protection Agency 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 (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1981.06, OMB Control No. 2050-0172) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 79891) on December 23, 2015 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.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 79 (Monday, April 25, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09520]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073; FRL-9944-44-OEI]


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 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 (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1981.06, OMB 
Control No. 2050-0172) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through June 30, 2016. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 79891) on December 
23, 2015 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 May 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. 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: 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) 564-2625; email address: 
[email protected],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.
    Abstract: This ICR is the renewal of the ICR developed for 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. CAA section 112(r)(7) 
required EPA to promulgate reasonable regulations and appropriate 
guidance to provide for the prevention and detection of accidental 
releases and for responses to such releases. The regulations include 
requirements for submittal of a risk management plan (RMP) to EPA. The 
RMP includes information on offsite consequence analyses (OCA) as well 
as other elements of the risk management program.
    On August 5, 1999, the President signed the Chemical Safety 
Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act 
(CSISSFRRA). The Act required the President to promulgate regulations 
on the distribution of OCA information (CAA section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)). 
The President delegated to EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) the 
responsibility to promulgate

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regulations to govern the dissemination of OCA information to the 
public. The final rule was published on August 4, 2000 (65 FR 48108). 
The regulations imposed minimal information and recordkeeping 
requirements.
    In accordance with the final rule, the federal 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, but not 
mechanically copy or remove paper copies of OCA information for up to 
10 stationary sources per calendar month. At these reading rooms, the 
members of the public may also have access to OCA information that the 
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) in whose jurisdiction the 
person lives or works is authorized to provide.
    The final rule also authorizes and encourages state and local 
government officials to have access to OCA information for their 
official use, and to provide members of the public with read-only 
access to OCA sections of RMPs for sources located within the 
jurisdiction of the LEPC where the person lives or works and for any 
other stationary sources with vulnerability zones extending into the 
LEPC's jurisdiction.
    EPA also established a Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS) that 
informs any person located in any state whether an address specified by 
that person might be within the vulnerable zone of one or more 
stationary sources, according to the data reported in RMPs. The VZIS is 
available on the Internet. Members of the public who do not have access 
to the Internet are able to obtain the same information by regular mail 
request to the EPA.
    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: 860 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 1,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $46,865 (per year), includes $620 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 15 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a slight reduction in the 
number of state and local agencies requesting OCA information from EPA.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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email of new filings and issuances Commission in this proceeding, in docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
related to this or other pending projects. accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and Docket Center, Environmental
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 385.2010. Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for q. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also and local agencies are invited to file Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
available for inspection and comments on the described proceeding. email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
reproduction in the Commission’s If any agency does not file comments Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
Public Reference Room located at 888 within the time specified for filing for EPA.
First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, comments, it will be presumed to have EPA’s policy is that all comments
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502–8371. no comments. received will be included in the public
n. Individuals desiring to be included Dated: April 19, 2016. docket without change including any
on the Commission’s mailing list should Kimberly D. Bose, personal information provided, unless
so indicate by writing to the Secretary the comment includes profanity, threats,
Secretary.
of the Commission. information claimed to be Confidential
o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to [FR Doc. 2016–09481 Filed 4–22–16; 8:45 am]
Business Information (CBI) or other
Intervene: Anyone may submit BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
information whose disclosure is
comments, a protest, or a motion to restricted by statute.
intervene in accordance with the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy
requirements of Rules of Practice and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Jacob, Office of Emergency
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .212 AGENCY
Management, Mail Code 5104A,
and .214. In determining the appropriate [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0073; FRL–9944–44– Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
action to take, the Commission will OEI] Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
consider all protests or other comments
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
filed, but only those who file a motion Information Collection Request 564–8019; fax number: (202) 564–2625;
to intervene in accordance with the Submitted to OMB for Review and email address: jacob.sicy@epa,gov.
Commission’s Rules may become a Approval; Comment Request;
party to the proceeding. Any comments, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Distribution of Offsite Consequence
protests, or motions to intervene must Analysis Information Under Section Supporting documents which explain in
be received on or before the specified 112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), detail the information that the EPA will
comment date for the particular as Amended (Renewal) be collecting are available in the public
application. docket for this ICR. The docket can be
p. Filing and Service of Responsive AGENCY: Environmental Protection viewed online at www.regulations.gov
Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in Agency (EPA). or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
all capital letters the title ACTION: Notice. WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection DC. The telephone number for the
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as
Agency has submitted an information Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
applicable; (2) set forth in the heading
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Distribution of additional information about EPA’s
the name of the applicant and the
project number of the application to Offsite Consequence Analysis public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
which the filing responds; (3) furnish Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) dockets.
the name, address, and telephone of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended Abstract: This ICR is the renewal of
number of the person protesting or (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1981.06, OMB the ICR developed for the final rule,
intervening; and (4) otherwise comply Control No. 2050–0172) to the Office of Accidental Release Prevention
with the requirements of 18 CFR Management and Budget (OMB) for Requirements; Risk Management
385.2001 through 385.2005. All review and approval in accordance with Programs Under the Clean Air Act
comments, motions to intervene, or the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site
protests must set forth their evidentiary 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed Consequence Analysis Information.
basis and otherwise comply with the extension of the ICR, which is currently CAA section 112(r)(7) required EPA to
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All approved through June 30, 2016. Public promulgate reasonable regulations and
comments, motions to intervene, or comments were previously requested appropriate guidance to provide for the
protests should relate to project works via the Federal Register (80 FR 79891) prevention and detection of accidental
which are the subject of the exemption on December 23, 2015 during a 60-day releases and for responses to such
surrender. Agencies may obtain copies comment period. This notice allows for releases. The regulations include
of the application directly from the an additional 30 days for public requirements for submittal of a risk
applicant. A copy of any protest or comments. A fuller description of the management plan (RMP) to EPA. The
motion to intervene must be served ICR is given below, including its RMP includes information on offsite
upon each representative of the estimated burden and cost to the public. consequence analyses (OCA) as well as
applicant specified in the particular An Agency may not conduct or sponsor other elements of the risk management
application. If an intervener files and a person is not required to respond program.
comments or documents with the to a collection of information unless it On August 5, 1999, the President
Commission relating to the merits of an displays a currently valid OMB control signed the Chemical Safety Information,
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issue that may affect the responsibilities number. Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory
of a particular resource agency, they DATES: Additional comments may be Relief Act (CSISSFRRA). The Act
must also serve a copy of the document submitted on or before May 25, 2016. required the President to promulgate
on that resource agency. A copy of all ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, regulations on the distribution of OCA
other filings in reference to this referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– information (CAA section
application must be accompanied by OAR–2003–0073, to (1) EPA online 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)). The President delegated
proof of service on all persons listed in using www.regulations.gov (our to EPA and the Department of Justice
the service list prepared by the preferred method), by email to rcra- (DOJ) the responsibility to promulgate

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 25, 2016.
Contact		Sicy Jacob, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
FR Citation		81 FR 24088