[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 189 (Friday, September 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50574-50575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24276]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5306-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities
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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described
below.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 28, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office,
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW., Washington DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vanessa Rodriguez, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Office. (202) 260-7913.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those which may petition EPA to modify, by addition or deletion, the
list of regulated substances under section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act
of 1990 as Amended (CAA or the Act). Any person may petition EPA to
modify, by addition or deletion, the list of regulated substances.
Potential petitioners are likely to include environmental groups,
industries producing, using, or storing listed regulated substances,
and state and local agencies.
Title: Information Requirements For Petitions to Modify The List of
Regulated Substances Under Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act, as
Amended.
Abstract: This information collection addresses the requirements
for submitting petitions to modify the list of regulated substances
under section 112(r) of the CAA. CAA section 112(r) requires EPA to
promulgate a list of at least 100 substances (``regulated substances'')
that are known to cause, or may be reasonably anticipated to cause,
death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health or the
environment. EPA is also required to set threshold quantities for each
listed substance. The list and threshold quantities will determine the
need for owners and operators of facilities to comply with subsequent
regulations addressing the prevention and detection of accidental
releases. The act also requires the Agency to develop procedures for
the addition and deletion of substances from the list. Accordingly, EPA
has published a list of regulated substances and threshold quantities
and also the requirements for the petition process that will be used to
add or delete chemicals from the final list.
The listing rule requires the petitioner to submit information in
support of a petition to modify the list of regulated substances. The
petitioner must provide EPA with sufficient information to specifically
support the request to add or delete a substance from the list of
regulated substances. The Agency will use this information in making
the decision to grant or deny a petition. The information collection
addresses the burden of collecting and submitting supporting
information in accordance with EPA's proposed petition process.
Information will be collected on a voluntary basis, and all the
information collected requesting modification of the substance listings
will be stored in a docket created for that purpose.
This information collection is authorized under CAA section 112(r),
42 U.S.C. 7412(r). CAA section 112(r)(3) states, in relevant part,
``The Administrator shall establish procedures for the addition and
deletion of substances from the list established under this paragraph
consistent with those applicable to the list in subsection (b).'' The
information collected during the petition process will provide the
primary basis for EPA to determine if it is appropriate to add or
delete the substance from the list. To be consistent with the petition
process under CAA section 112(b), EPA is required to consider and
respond to petitions to modify the list of regulated substances for
accidental release prevention within 18 months of submission of the
petition; complete data supporting the petition are necessary to allow
EPA to complete its review within that time period. 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.
The EPA would like to solicit 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.
Burden Statement: Public reporting for this collection of
information in the petition process is estimated to be approximately
138 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. EPA
estimates that there will be an average of 11 petitions per year. The
total annual burden is estimated to be 1,518 hours, (138 hours x 11
petitions). This estimate 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.
Dated: September 25, 1995.
James Makris,
Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office.
[FR Doc. 95-24276 Filed 9-28-95; 8:45 am]
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