This information collection request
(ICR) supports the final rule, Accidental Release Prevention
Requirements; Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act
Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis
Information, under CAA section 112(r) as amended by the Chemical
Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act
(P.L.106-40). CAA section 112(r)(7) required EPA to promulgate
reasonable regulations and appropriate guidance to provide for the
prevention and detection of accidental releases and for responses
to such releases. The regulations include requirements for
submittal of a risk management plan (RMP) to EPA. The RMP includes
information on offsite consequence analyses (OCA) as well as other
elements of the risk management program. EPA has made all RMP data
except the OCA information available to the public on the Internet
through a system called RMP*Info. The final rule will provide
access to OCA information for governmental officials and the
members of the public. This ICR includes the burden placed on the
members of the public requesting OCA information (providing
personal identification and sign-in at federal reading rooms). This
ICR also includes burden on state and local officials deciding to
obtain OCA information (must submit a written request to EPA for
OCA information and may provide reading rooms for the public to
view OCA information for local facilities).
There is a decrease in burden
and costs from the previous ICR due to updated information
indicating that fewer people are visiting the reading rooms to
obtain OCA data, therefore reducing the burden on federal, state
and local agencies to provide the data.
$32,219
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Sicy Jacob
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.