99-22934. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 48157-48162]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-22934]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    [FRL-6432-4]
    
    
    Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
    Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
    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 
    following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
    of Management and Budget (OMB): Spill Prevention, Control, and 
    Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, EPA ICR No. 0328.08, OMB Control No. 2050-
    0021, expiring December 31, 1999. 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 November 1, 1999.
    
    ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the ICR without 
    charge from the U.S. EPA, Oil Program Center, 401 M Street, SW (5203G), 
    Washington, D.C. 20460. Materials relevant to this ICR may be inspected 
    from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays), by 
    visiting the Public Docket, located at 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway 
    (ground floor), Arlington, Virginia 22202. The docket number for this 
    notice is SPCC-11. The telephone number for the Public Docket is (703) 
    603-9232. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket material. 
    Comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection 
    notice should be addressed to the Public Docket.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugo Paul Fleischman, (703) 603-8769. 
    Facsimile number: (703) 603-9116. Electronic address: 
    fleischman.hugo@epa.gov. Note that questions concerning the notice, but 
    not comments will be accepted electronically. As noted above, comments 
    should be sent to the Public Docket.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    Affected Entities
    
         The Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
    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: 
    (1) A total underground buried oil storage capacity of more than 42,000 
    gallons; or (2) 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: (1) Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 
    (NAICS 324); (2) petroleum bulk stations and terminals (NAICS 42271); 
    (3) crude petroleum and natural gas extraction (NAICS 211111); (4) 
    transportation (including pipelines), warehousing, and marinas (NAICS 
    482-486/488112-48819/4883/4889/492-493/71393); (5) electric power 
    generation, transmission, and distribution (NAICS 2211); (6) other 
    manufacturing (NAICS 31-33); (7) gasoline stations/automotive rental 
    and leasing (NAICS 4471/5321); (8) heating oil dealers (NAICS 454311); 
    (9) coal mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying (NAICS 2121/
    2123/213114/213116); (10) heavy construction (NAICS 234); (11) 
    elementary and secondary schools, colleges (NAICS 6111-6113); (12) 
    hospitals/nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 622-623); and 
    (13) crop and animal production (NAICS 111-112).
        Title: ``Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
    Plans,'' OMB Control Number 2050-0021. EPA Control Number 328.08. 
    Expiration date: December 31, 1999.
    
    Abstract
    
        Under section 311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA's SPCC 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.
    
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    New Plan
    
        Preparation of the Plan, required under Sec. 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 Sec. 112.7, 
    and certification by a Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)
    
    Modification of Plan
    
        Under Sec. 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 Sec. 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 prevention and control technology 
    if: (1) Such technology will significantly reduce the likelihood of a 
    spill event; and (2) 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 Sec. 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: (1) A single spill event of more than 1,000 U.S. 
    gallons into navigable waters; or (2) 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 Sec. 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 
    Sec. 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 
    Sec. 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.
        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: (1) When facilities submit the Plans because of oil discharges, 
    and (2) 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.
        An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
    to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
    currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
    regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
        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 
    (December 2, 1997, 62 FR 63812). Proposed revisions would: (1) Give 
    facility owners or operators flexibility to use alternative formats for 
    SPCC Plans; (2) 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; (3) reduce the 
    information required to be submitted after certain spill events; and 
    (4) extend the period in which SPCC Plans must be reviewed and 
    evaluated. EPA is now working to finalize the 1997 proposal, as well as 
    two earlier
    
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    proposals affecting SPCC requirements, specifically, a proposal from 
    October 22, 1991 (56 FR 54612), and one from February 17, 1993 (58 FR 
    8824).
    
    Burden Statement
    
        Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
    expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
    provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
    needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
    technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
    verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
    disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
    comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
    train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
    search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
    and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
        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 
    facilities to perform required actions are presented. Costs are 
    composed of facility labor costs and any associated capital and 
    operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. 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 June 1999 dollars.
        As of January 2000, approximately 460,027 existing facilities are 
    assumed to be regulated under the SPCC program with approximately 4,600 
    new facilities joining the program in 2000. These numbers are based on 
    the previous ICR estimate of approximately 460,027 existing and new 
    facilities as of January 1999. 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 2000 are shown in Exhibits 1 and 2.
    
                                   Exhibit 1.--Estimated Number of Existing Facilities
                                                         (2000)
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                                                           Small          Medium           Large           Total
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    Storage.........................................         236,057          58,857          13,453         308,366
    Production......................................         125,280          26,065             315          51,661
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        Total.......................................         361,337          84,922          13,768         460,027
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                                     Exhibit 2.--Estimated Number of New Facilities
                                                         (2000)
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                                                           Small          Medium           Large           Total
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    Storage.........................................           2,361             589             135           3,084
    Production......................................           1,253             261               3           1,517
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        Total.......................................           3,613             849             138           4,600
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        The facility cost estimates for each category of activities are 
    based on June 1999 hourly wage rates for managerial ($41.68), technical 
    ($30.96), and clerical ($19.41) 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.
        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.
    
    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.
    
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                                              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                Managerial       Technical       Clerical
                                                  $41.68          $30.96          $19.41       Total burden       Capital           O&M          Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small...............................             6.0            25.0             4.0            35.0              $0              $0          $1,102
        Medium..............................             6.0            44.0             6.0            56.0               0               0           1,729
        Large...............................             6.0            76.0             8.0            90.0               0               0           2,758
    Production:
        Small...............................             6.0            28.0             4.0            38.0               0               0           1,195
        Medium..............................             6.0            46.0             6.0            58.0               0               0           1,791
        Large...............................             6.0            77.0             8.0            91.0               0               0          2,789
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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                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5           $0           $0         $159
        Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
        Large....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
    Production:
        Small....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
        Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0          159
        Large....................................................          0.0          4.5          1.0          5.5            0            0         159
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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                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small....................................................          1.0          2.4          0.5          4.0           $0           $0         $129
        Medium...................................................          1.0          4.5          1.0          6.5            0            0          200
        Large....................................................          1.0          8.0          1.0         10.0            0            0          309
    Production:
        Small....................................................          1.0          3.5          0.5          5.0            0            0          160
        Medium...................................................          1.0          5.5          1.0          7.5            0            0          231
        Large....................................................          1.0          9.0          1.0         11.0            0            0         340
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    \1\ Total cost includes the cost of facility labor, capital, and O&M costs.
    
    
                                        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                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small....................................................          1.0          7.0          2.0         10.0           $0           $0         $297
        Medium...................................................          1.0          9.0          2.0         12.0            0            0          359
        Large....................................................          1.0         12.5          2.0         15.5            0            0          468
    
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    Production:
        Small....................................................          1.0          8.0          2.0         11.0            0            0          328
        Medium...................................................          1.0         10.0          2.0         13.0            0            0          390
        Large....................................................          1.0         13.5          2.0         16.5            0            0         498
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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                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           $8           $0          $81
        Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           10            0           83
        Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           14            0           87
    Production:
        Small....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0            8            0           81
        Medium...................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           10            0           83
        Large....................................................          1.0          1.0          0.0          2.0           14            0          87
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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 Burden Hours and Costs--Recordkeeping
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost
                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden      Capital        O&M       Total \1\
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    Storage:
        Small....................................................          0.0          2.0          0.5          2.5           $0           $0          $72
        Medium...................................................          0.0          4.5          0.5          5.0            0            0          149
        Large....................................................          0.0          9.5          0.5         10.0            0            0          304
    Production:
        Small....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0          103
        Medium...................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0          103
        Large....................................................          0.0          3.0          0.5          3.5            0            0         103
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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 and new 
    facility is shown in Exhibit 9. These estimates were computed by 
    estimating the annual burden for both storage and production facilities 
    and weighting each estimate by the percentage of storage and production 
    facilities to compute an overall model facility estimate.
    
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                                                Exhibit 9.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs Per Facility
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                                                                                      Burden hours                                      Cost
                                                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Type of facility                         Managerial   Technical     Clerical      Total
                                                                      $41.68       $30.96       $19.41       burden       Capital       O&M         Total
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    Existing:
        Small....................................................          0.3          3.8          0.8          4.9           $0           $0         $147
        Medium...................................................          0.3          6.1          0.9          7.4            0            0          222
        Large....................................................          0.3         12.5          0.9         13.8            0            0          419
    New:
        Small....................................................          6.0         28.8          4.6         39.4           67            0        1,232
        Medium...................................................          6.0         49.1          6.6         61.7           67            0        1,899
        Large....................................................          6.0         85.8          8.6        100.4           67            0        3,074
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    Total Annual Expected Facility Burdens
    
        The total annual burdens for all existing facilities and all new 
    facilities are shown in Exhibit 10. The approximately 460,027 existing 
    facilities will incur a combined burden of about 2.6 million hours and 
    $42.0 million. In addition, around 4,600 new facilities will incur a 
    combined burden of about 208,740 hours at a cost of $6.5 million. The 
    total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden to the regulated 
    community as a result of the SPCC Program is estimated to be 
    approximately 2.8 million hours at a cost of about $48.5 million.
    
                                               Exhibit 10.--Estimated Annual Burden Hours and Costs-All Facilities
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                                                                       Burden hours                                                Cost
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Type of facility                Managerial       Technical       Clerical
                                                  $41.68          $30.96          $19.41       Total burden       Capital           O&M            Total
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    Existing:
        Small...............................         120,987       1,370,233         282,445       1,773,666          $4,333               0     $17,413,617
        Medium..............................          28,434         519,585          80,109         628,129           1,195               0      18,828,671
        Large...............................           4,610         171,923          12,988         189,521             287               0       5,767,959
    New:
        Small...............................          21,686         104,204          16,622         142,511         240,935               0       4,452,849
        Medium..............................           5,097          41,701           5,605          52,402          56,626               0       1,612,362
        Large...............................             826          11,817           1,184          13,827           9,182               0         423,298
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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: August 24, 1999.
    Elaine F. Davies,
    Deputy Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
    [FR Doc. 99-22934 Filed 9-1-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
09/02/1999
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
99-22934
Dates:
Comments must be submitted on or before November 1, 1999.
Pages:
48157-48162 (6 pages)
Docket Numbers:
FRL-6432-4
PDF File:
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