97-33078. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 66360-66366]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-33078]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [FRL-5936-5]
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
    Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
    et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
    Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan continuing 
    Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
    Budget. The ICR expires on May 31, 1998 (ICR 0328.05, OMB No. 20050-
    0021). Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
    soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
    collection as described below.
    
    DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 17, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Oil Program Center, 401 M Street, SW (5203G), Washington, 
    D.C. 20460. Materials relevant to this ICR may be inspected from 8:30 
    a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, by visiting the Public 
    Docket, located at 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway (ground floor), 
    Arlington, Virginia. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket 
    material.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Paul Fleischman, (703) 603-8769. 
    Facsimile number: (703) 603-9116. Electronic address: 
    fleischman.hugo@epamail.epa.gov. Note that questions but not comments 
    will be accepted electronically.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Affected Entities
    
        The Oil Pollution Prevention regulation applies only to non-
    transportation-related facilities that could reasonably be expected to 
    discharge oil into or upon the navigable waters of the U.S., or 
    adjoining shorelines, and that have a total underground buried oil 
    storage capacity of more than 42,000 gallons; or a total aboveground 
    oil storage capacity of more than 660 gallons in a single container.
        The specific private industry sectors expected to be affected by 
    this action include petroleum and coal products manufacturing (NAICS 
    324); petroleum bulk stations and terminals (NAICS 42271); crude 
    petroleum and natural gas extraction (NAICS 211111); transportation 
    (including pipelines), warehousing, and marinas (NAICS 482-486/488112-
    48819/4883/4889/492-493/71393); electric power generation, 
    transmission, and distribution (NAICS 2211); other manufacturing (NAICS 
    31-33); gasoline stations/automotive rental and leasing (NAICS 4471/
    5321); heating oil dealers (NAICS 454311); coal mining, non-metallic 
    mineral mining and quarrying (NAICS 2121/2123/213114/213116); heavy 
    construction (NAICS 234); elementary and secondary schools, colleges 
    (NAICS 6111-6113); hospitals/nursing and residential care facilities 
    (NAICS 622-623); and crop and animal production (NAICS 111-112).
    
    Title
    
        ``Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans,'' OMB 
    Control Number 2050-0021. EPA Control Number 328.05. Expiration date: 
    May 31, 1998.
    
    Abstract
    
        Under section 311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA's Oil Pollution 
    Prevention regulation requires facilities to prepare and implement SPCC 
    Plans to help ``minimize the potential for oil discharges.'' This 
    regulation is codified at 40 CFR part 112. The SPCC Plan must be ``a 
    carefully thought-out plan, prepared in accordance with good 
    engineering practices.'' Preparation of the SPCC Plan requires that a 
    facility's staff analyze how the facility will prevent oil discharges, 
    thereby encouraging appropriate facility design and operations. The 
    information in the SPCC Plan also promotes efficient response in the 
    event of a discharge. Finally, proper maintenance of the SPCC Plan will 
    promote important spill-reducing measures, facilitate leak detection, 
    and generally ensure that the facility is at peak capability for 
    deterring discharges. The specific activities and reasons for the 
    information collection are described below.
    
    New Plan
    
        Preparation of the Plan, required under section 112.3, involves 
    several tasks, mostly conducted by the facility's technical personnel. 
    These tasks include: field investigations to understand facility design 
    and possible failures and to predict the flow paths of spilled oil and 
    the potential harm that the spilled oil would have on navigable waters; 
    a regulatory review to ensure that personnel are fully aware of all 
    requirements and limitations imposed in the rule; an evaluation of 
    current spill prevention and control practices the facility employs; 
    preparation of the Plan according to the specification of section 
    112.7, and certification by a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)
    
    Modification of Plan
    
        Under section 112.5(a) the SPCC Plan must be amended whenever there 
    is a change in the facility's design, construction, operation, and 
    maintenance that materially affects the facility's potential to 
    discharge oil into navigable waters or onto adjoining shorelines. The 
    amended Plan must also be certified by a P.E.
    
    Triennial Review
    
        Under section 112.5(b), owners or operators of regulated facilities 
    must review and evaluate the Plan at least once every three years. This 
    involves review of spill prevention and control procedures being 
    implemented under the current Plan, as well as a regulatory review. 
    Facility owners/operators must amend the SPCC Plan within six months of 
    the review to include more effective
    
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    prevention and control technology if such technology will significantly 
    reduce the likelihood of a spill event; and such technology has been 
    field-proven at the time of the review. If amended, the Plan must also 
    be certified by a P.E.
    
    Oil Discharge
    
        Under section 112.4, in the event of certain oil discharges, 
    facility owner/operators must submit information to the Regional 
    Administrator within 60 days. Discharges of oil that trigger the 
    reporting requirements are a single spill event of more than 1,000 U.S. 
    gallons into navigable waters; or two or more spills (in a twelve month 
    period) of harmful quantities as defined in 40 CFR part 110.
        Submitting a Plan after a discharge involves time to collect the 
    required information, as well as time for review by management. The 
    facility must also submit a copy of this information to the appropriate 
    state agency in charge of water pollution control activities. After the 
    Regional Administrator and the appropriate state agency have reviewed 
    the Plan, the Regional Administrator may require amendment of the SPCC 
    Plan. The amended Plan must be certified by a P.E. prior to 
    implementation. Facilities may appeal a decision made by the Regional 
    Administrator requiring an amendment to an SPCC Plan.
    
    Recordkeeping
    
        Under section 112.3, the facility owner/operator must maintain a 
    copy of the SPCC Plan at the facility, or under certain circumstances, 
    at the nearest field office. The Plan must be available for review 
    during normal working hours. In addition, facilities must maintain (and 
    update) records of Plan-specific inspections as outlined under section 
    112.7(e).
    
    Purpose of Data Collection
    
        EPA does not collect the information required by the Oil Pollution 
    Prevention regulation (i.e., the SPCC Plan) on a routine basis. 
    Preparation, implementation, and maintenance of the SPCC Plan by the 
    facility help prevent oil discharges, and mitigate environmental damage 
    caused by such discharges. Therefore, the primary user of the data is 
    the facility itself. For example:
        (i) As facility staff accumulate the necessary data, they must 
    analyze the facility's capability to prevent oil discharges, facilitate 
    safety awareness, and promote appropriate modifications to facility 
    design and operations;
        (ii) Because facility staff keep the required information in a 
    single document, they can respond efficiently in the event of a 
    discharge;
        (iii) To implement the Plan according to the specifications of 
    section 112.7, the facility must meet certain design and operational 
    standards that reduce the likelihood of an oil discharge;
        (iv) Inspection records help facilities to promote important 
    maintenance, facilitate leak detection, and demonstrate compliance with 
    the SPCC requirements; and
        (v) When facility staff review the Plan every three years, they 
    ensure implementation of more effective spill prevention control 
    technology.
        EPA recognizes that the additional data would help to better 
    demonstrate the effectiveness of the program and better understand the 
    nature of the threat of oil pollution posed by facilities regulated 
    under the SPCC program. As such, in 1995, EPA surveyed a random sample 
    of potentially regulated facilities that produce, use, or store oil 
    products. In July 1996, EPA published a report on the effectiveness of 
    the SPCC program, using the data from the 1995 survey. In the 1996 
    report, EPA found that approximately 438,000 facilities were regulated 
    under the SPCC program in 1996. The industries that make up the 
    greatest proportion of potentially-regulated facilities are farms (37 
    percent) and oil production facilities (33 percent). The results of the 
    EPA analysis indicate that facilities with larger storage capacity are 
    likely to have a greater number of oil spills, larger volumes of oil 
    spilled, and greater cleanup costs. Similar increases were found at 
    facilities with more tanks and greater annual throughput. The results 
    of the analysis also appear to indicate that there are no statistically 
    significant relationships between certain other facility 
    characteristics and spill risk. In particular, EPA did not identify a 
    strong and stable relationship between the type of business conducted 
    at a facility and the number of spills or volume of oil spilled. The 
    analysis also revealed that the average age of a facility's tanks, the 
    annual number of transfers, and the annual average tank turnover do not 
    appear to be strongly related to oil spills. The report is available to 
    the public for review at the Public Docket. EPA requests comments on 
    that report.
        Although the facility is the primary data user, EPA also uses the 
    data in certain situations. EPA primarily uses SPCC plan data to ensure 
    that facilities comply with the regulation, including design and 
    operation specifications and inspection requirements. EPA reviews SPCC 
    Plans when facilities submit the Plans because of oil discharges, and 
    as part of EPA's inspection program. State and local governments also 
    use the data, which is not necessarily available elsewhere and can 
    greatly assist local emergency preparedness planning efforts. 
    Coordination with state governments is facilitated when, after certain 
    spill events, a facility sends a copy of the SPCC Plan and additional 
    information on the spill to the relevant state agency.
        As part of the Agency's efforts to reduce the overall paperwork 
    burden on regulated facilities, EPA would like to solicit comments on 
    how the Agency could best reduce the total paperwork burden hours for 
    this rule while maintaining an effective level of environmental 
    protection.
        EPA would also like to solicit public comments 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.
        Additionally, the Agency has recently proposed revisions to the 
    SPCC rule to reduce the burden imposed on regulated facilities (cite FR 
    date). Proposed revisions would give facility owners or operators 
    flexibility to use alternative formats for SPCC Plans; allow the use of 
    certain records maintained pursuant to usual and customary business 
    practices, or pursuant to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
    System (NPDES) program, to be used in lieu of records mandated by the 
    SPCC requirements; reduce the information required to be submitted 
    after certain spill events; and extend the period in which SPCC Plans 
    must be reviewed and evaluated.
    
    Burden Statement
    
        This document first presents the estimated number of existing and 
    new storage and production facilities regulated under the Oil Pollution 
    Prevention Regulation. Next, the estimated burden hours and costs to
    
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    facilities to perform required actions are presented. Costs are 
    composed of facility labor costs, the cost to use consultants, and any 
    associated capital and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. 
    The cost to a facility to use consultants is listed as an O&M 
    expenditure for purposes of this analysis. Finally, the estimated total 
    annual burden hours and costs for all facilities to comply with the 
    requirements of this regulation are presented. The burden hours shown 
    for each action represent the hours in both the existing ICR and the 
    corresponding hours in the ICR renewal, where there are differences. 
    Costs have been updated to 1997 dollars.
        To account for the role of consultants in the process of developing 
    and updating SPCC Plans, EPA re-allocated a percentage of the burden 
    for completing certain paperwork and recordkeeping activities (50 
    percent for large facilities, 25 percent for medium facilities, and 
    five percent for small facilities) from facility personnel to 
    consultants. The analysis assumes that the burden to a consultant to 
    perform these activities would approximately be equal to that of 
    facility personnel. In reality, a consultant may take slightly less 
    time due to the expected economies of scale associated with performing 
    similar tasks for different facilities (e.g., rule familiarization) but 
    on average, especially when it comes to performing more physical 
    activities (e.g., reviews/inspections, modifications) the burden is 
    expected to remain relatively constant regardless of who performs the 
    activity.
        As of January 1998, approximately 451,000 existing facilities are 
    assumed to be regulated under the SPCC program with approximately 4,500 
    new facilities joining the program in 1998. These numbers are based on 
    the previous ICR estimate of approximately 446,500 existing and new 
    facilities as of January 1996. A one percent annual growth in the 
    number of facilities is assumed. For purposes of this ICR, all 
    facilities were grouped into two distinct categories: production 
    facilities (facilities whose operations and oil storage activities are 
    exclusively limited to oil production) and storage facilities (all 
    other SPCC-regulated facilities whose operations do not include oil 
    production). This categorization of facilities reflects differences in 
    the estimated burden of compliance activities depending on the nature 
    of the facility's operations.
        The current ICR assumes that storage facilities make up 65 percent 
    of small facilities, 69 percent of medium facilities, and 98 percent of 
    large facilities. Production facilities make up 35 percent of small 
    facilities, 31 percent of medium facilities, and two percent of large 
    facilities. These ratios, as well as the Agency's estimate concerning 
    the number of regulated facilities, are based on the results of a 1995 
    survey of SPCC regulated facilities conducted by EPA. The results of 
    this survey are available for public review at the Public Docket. The 
    definitions of small, medium, and large facility are based on oil 
    storage capacity and are defined as follows, based on the Agency's 
    January 1991 ``SPCC Facilities Study'':
        (i) Small facility--a facility that has aboveground storage 
    capacity greater than 1,320 gallons (or 660 gallons in a single 
    container), but less than or equal to 42,000 gallons;
        (ii) Medium facility--a facility that has total (aboveground or 
    underground) storage capacity greater than 42,000 gallons but less than 
    or equal to one million gallons; and
        (iii) Large facility--a facility that has total storage capacity 
    greater than one million gallons.
        An estimate of the number of existing and new storage and 
    production facilities in 1998 are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2.
    
                               Exhibit 1.--Estimated Number of Existing Facilities (1998)                           
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                                                                     Small        Medium        Large       Total   
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    Storage.....................................................      231,406       57,697       13,188      302,290
    Production..................................................      122,812       25,551          309      148,672
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          Total.................................................      354,217       83,248       13,497      450,963
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                                  Exhibit 2.--Estimated Number of New Facilities (1998)                             
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                                                                     Small        Medium       Large        Total   
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    Storage.....................................................        2,314          577          132        3,023
    Production..................................................        1,228          256            3        1,487
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    Total.......................................................        3,542          832          135        4,510
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        The facility cost estimates for each category of activities are 
    based on 1997 hourly wage rates for managerial ($38.59), technical 
    ($28.26), and clerical ($17.71) work. These wage rates include wages 
    and salaries, benefit costs, and overhead costs and reflect private 
    industry averages, which were estimated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
    Statistics. The Agency recognizes that these wage rates may 
    underestimate the actual wages received by some SPCC personnel but 
    overestimate the actual wage rate received by other facility personnel. 
    The Agency estimated wage rates for consultants using the 1994 Facility 
    Response Plan Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA). This RIA ``loaded'' the 
    direct, private industry wages by a factor of 2.75 to develop wage 
    rates for consultants. Consequently, this loading factor was applied to 
    the direct labor rates for private industry managerial, technical, and 
    clerical workers to estimate the following rates: managerial ($106.12), 
    technical ($77.72), and clerical ($48.70).
        Each exhibit represents separate burden estimates for small, 
    medium, and large storage and production facilities. Exhibits 3 through 
    8 summarize the estimated facility burden associated with performing 
    each separate task associated with an SPCC Plan. Not all of the 
    activities will be performed on an annual basis by all facilities. For 
    the purposes of estimating respondent burden, EPA assumes that 
    consultants are retained by some facilities to assist in the following 
    activities: preparation of a new plan; modification of an existing 
    plan; and conducting a triennial review. Again, EPA assumed that a 
    large facility would use outside consultants about 50 percent of the 
    time, a medium facility would use outside consultants about 25 percent 
    of the time, and a small facility
    
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    would use outside consultants about five percent of the time to perform 
    the above activities.
    
    New Plan
    
        Exhibit 3 presents the estimated burden and costs for a facility to 
    perform the activities associated with preparing an SPCC Plan. All new 
    facilities must prepare and implement an SPCC Plan.
    
                                              Exhibit 3.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs--Preparation of New Plan                                         
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of Facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          5.7         23.8          3.8         33.3            0          $86       $1,044
        Medium...................................................          4.5         33.0          4.5         42.0            0          672        1,858
        Large....................................................          3.0         38.0          4.0         45.0            0        2,141        3,402
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          5.7         26.6          3.8         36.1            0           93        1,132
        Medium...................................................          4.5         34.5          4.5         43.5            0          696        1,924
        Large....................................................          3.0         38.5          4.0         43.5            0        2,165       3,440 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    Modification of Plan
    
        Exhibit 4 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to 
    revise an SPCC Plan after any modification that materially affects the 
    facility's potential to discharge oil into navigable waters. An 
    estimated ten percent of facilities will need to modify their SPCC 
    Plans each year.
    
                                            Exhibit 4.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Modification of Plan                                       
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                                                                                      Burden Hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          0.0          4.3          1.0          5.2           $0          $12         $150
        Medium...................................................          0.0          3.4          0.8          4.1            0           61          170
        Large....................................................          0.0          2.3          0.5          2.8            0          123          195
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          0.0          4.3          1.0          5.2            0           12          150
        Medium...................................................          0.0          3.4          0.8          4.1            0           61          170
        Large....................................................          0.0          2.3          0.5          2.8            0          123         195 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    Triennial Review
    
        Exhibits 5 and 6 present the estimated burden hours and costs for a 
    facility to complete a triennial review, with and without amendment. As 
    a result of the review process, the facility may need to amend its 
    Plan, incurring additional costs. Annual burdens and costs per facility 
    are one-third of the values in Exhibits 5 and 6. An estimated three 
    percent of all existing facilities will need to amend their Plans each 
    year.
    
                                       Exhibit 5.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--No Amendment                                  
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          1.0          2.4          0.5          3.8           $0          $10         $122
        Medium...................................................          0.8          3.4          0.8          4.9            0           78          216
        Large....................................................          0.5          4.0          0.5          5.0            0          240          381
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          1.0          3.3          0.5          4.8            0           12          151
        Medium...................................................          0.8          4.1          0.8          5.6            0           90          249
        Large....................................................          0.5          4.5          0.5          5.5            0          264         419 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    
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                                        Exhibit 6.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--Triennial Review--Amendment                                    
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          1.0          6.7          1.9          9.5           $0          $23         $281
        Medium...................................................          0.8          6.8          1.5          9.0            0          140          386
        Large....................................................          0.5          6.3          1.0          7.8            0          363          577
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          1.0          7.6          1.9         10.5            0           26          311
        Medium...................................................          0.8          7.5          1.5          9.8            0          151          419
        Large....................................................          0.5          6.8          1.0          8.3            0          387         615 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    Oil Discharge
    
        Exhibit 7 presents estimated burden hours and costs for a facility 
    to submit information to the Regional Administrator in the event of 
    certain discharges of oil into navigable waters. It is assumed that the 
    probability of a facility having such a spill in any given year is 0.15 
    percent.
    
                                                   Exhibit 7.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs--Oil Discharge                                              
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           $0           $0          $67
        Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            0            0           67
        Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            0            0           67
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            0            0           67
        Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            0            0           67
        Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            0            0          67 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    Recordkeeping
    
        Exhibit 8 presents the burden hours and costs for a facility to 
    perform Plan maintenance and Plan-specific recordkeeping activities. 
    All regulated facilities are subject to these requirements.
    
                                                Exhibit 8.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs-Recordkeeping                                           
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\ 
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          0.0          2.0          0.5          2.5           $0           $0          $65
        Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          0.5          5.0            0            0          136
        Large....................................................          0.0          9.5          0.5         10.0            0            0          277
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0           94
        Medium...................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0           94
        Large....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0          94 
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.                                                                             
    
    Annual Expected Facility Burden
    
        The total annual burden per facility reflects the sum of the annual 
    burdens incurred by the facility for each category of activities 
    outlined above. The estimated annual burden for an existing facility is 
    shown in Exhibit 9. Exhibit 10 presents the estimated annual burden for 
    a new facility.
    
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                                          Exhibit 9.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs Per Facility-Existing Facilities                                     
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M         Total   
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          0.3          3.3          0.8          4.3           $0           $5         $123
        Medium...................................................          0.3          6.0          0.8          7.1            0           33          227
        Large....................................................          0.2         11.1          0.7         12.0            0           94          426
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          0.3          4.6          0.8          5.7            0            6          161
        Medium...................................................          0.3          4.7          0.8          5.8            0           37          195
        Large....................................................          0.2          4.7          0.7          5.6            0          102          255
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                                           Exhibit 10.--Estimated Burden Hours and Costs Per Facility--New Facilities                                       
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
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                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M         Total   
                                                                      38.59        28.26        17.71        hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................          5.7         26.2          4.4         36.3          $67          $87       $1,192
        Medium...................................................          4.5         37.8          5.1         47.4           67          678        2,078
        Large....................................................          3.0         47.7          4.6         55.3           67        2,153        3,765
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................          5.7         30.0          4.4         40.1           67           94        1,308
        Medium...................................................          4.5         37.8          5.1         47.4           67          702        2,102
        Large....................................................          3.0         41.7          4.6         49.3           67        2,177        3,620
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    Total Annual Expected Facility Burdens
    
        The total annual burdens for all existing facilities and all new 
    facilities are shown in Exhibits 11 and 12. The approximately 451,000 
    existing facilities will incur a combined burden of about 2.42 million 
    hours and 72 million. In addition, around 4,500 new facilities will 
    incur a combined burden of about 180,137 hours at a cost of 6.6 
    million. The total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden to the 
    regulated community as a result of the SPCC Program is estimated to be 
    approximately 2.6 million hours at a cost of about 78.6 million.
    
                                          Exhibit 11.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--All Existing Facilities                                     
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M         Total   
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................       73,626      755,173      177,623    1,006,422           $0   $1,091,079  $28,418,284
        Medium...................................................       14,511      346,051       48,033      408,595            0    1,891,286   13,080,463
        Large....................................................        2,218      146,152        9,517      157,887            0    1,233,329    5,617,205
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................       39,075      562,489       94,268      695,832            0      677,170   19,749,279
        Medium...................................................        6,426      121,312       21,272      149,010            0      939,632    4,992,377
        Large....................................................           52        1,468          223        1,743            0       31,375       78,810
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                                            Exhibit 12.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs--All New Facilities                                        
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost                
                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Type of facility                                                                  Total                                          
                                                                    Managerial   Technical     Clerical      burden      Capital        O&M         Total   
                                                                      $38.59       $28.26       $17.71       hours                                          
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    Storage:                                                                                                                                                
        Small....................................................       13,194       60,580       10,170       83,944     $155,042     $201,558   $2,757,678
        Medium...................................................        2,597       21,832        2,928       27,357       38,657      391,318    1,198,967
        Large....................................................          396        6,294          600        7,290        8,836      283,996      496,585
    Production:                                                                                                                                             
        Small....................................................        7,002       36,879        5,398       49,279       82,284      115,801    1,605,988
        Medium...................................................        1,150        9,668        1,297       12,115       17,119      179,422      537,095
        Large....................................................            9          129           14          152          207        6,730       11,189
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        No person is 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 are displayed at 40 CFR part 9.
        Send comments regarding these matters, or any other aspects of 
    information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
    to the address listed above under ADDRESSES near the top of this 
    document.
    
        Dated: December 11, 1997.
    Elaine F. Davies,
    Deputy Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
    [FR Doc. 97-33078 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
12/18/1997
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
97-33078
Dates:
Comments must be submitted on or before February 17, 1998.
Pages:
66360-66366 (7 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-5936-5
PDF File:
97-33078.pdf