2nd Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Notices
Total estimated cost: $22,424,224 (per
year), includes $17,870,276 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 32,636 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. The reason for the increase is due
to an increase in the respondent
universe (818 for the previous ICR vs
881 for this renewal), as well as an
increase in burden estimates based on
consultations with respondents.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Continuous Release Reporting
Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA
1980 (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Continuous Release Reporting
Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA
1980 (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1445.12,
OMB Control No. 2050–0086) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
June 30, 2015. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register (80 FR 7460) on February 10,
2015 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the public. An agency may not
conduct or sponsor and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 17, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–SFUND–2015–0100, to (1) EPA

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online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Bosecker, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of
Emergency Management, (5104A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–7612; email address:
bosecker.elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: Section 103(a) of CERCLA,
as amended, requires the person in
charge of a vessel or facility to
immediately notify the National
Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous
substance release into the environment
if the amount of the release equals or
exceeds the substance’s reportable
quantity (RQ). The list of hazardous
substances and the RQs can be found in
Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4.
Section 103(f)(2) of CERCLA provides
facilities relief from this per-occurrence
notification requirement if the
hazardous substance release at or above
the RQ is continuous and stable in
quantity and rate. Under the Continuous
Release Reporting Requirements
(CRRR), the facility must make an initial
telephone call to the NRC, an initial
written report to the EPA Region, and,
if the source and chemical composition
of the continuous release does not
change and the level of the continuous
release does not significantly increase, a
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submitted to the EPA Region one year
after submission of the initial written
report. If the source or chemical
composition of the previously reported
continuous release changes, notifying
the NRC and EPA Region of a change in
the source or composition of the release
is required. Further, a significant
increase in the level of the previously
reported continuous release must be
reported immediately to the NRC
according to section 103(a) of CERCLA.
Finally, any change in information
submitted in support of a continuous
release notification must be reported to
the EPA Region. The reporting of a
hazardous substance release that is
equal to or above the substance’s RQ
allows the Federal government to
determine whether a Federal response
action is required to control or mitigate
any potential adverse effects to public
health or welfare or the environment.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100–10,
Continuous Release Reporting Form.
Respondents/affected entities: EPA
expects a number of different industrial
categories to report hazardous substance
releases under the provisions of the
CRRR.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory per 40 CFR part 302 if
respondents want to obtain reduced
reporting for continuous releases.
Estimated number of respondents:
4,046.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 325,582
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $17,774,471 (per
year), includes $165,111 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 9,616 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is due to applying
a growth rate of 7.5%, which is
consistent with prior years reporting.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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