66706 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Notices 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number 202–564–3262; fax number: 

202–565–2494; email address: 

benforado.jay@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents that 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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA relies on scientific 

information. Citizen science and 

crowdsourcing techniques will allow 

the Agency to collect qualitative and 

quantitative data that might help inform 

scientific research, assessments, or 

environmental screening; validate 

environmental models or tools; or 

enhance the quantity and quality of data 

collected across the country’s diverse 

communities and ecosystems to support 

the Agency’s mission. Information 

gathered under this generic clearance 

will be used by the Agency to support 

the activities listed above and might 

provide unprecedented avenues for 

conducting breakthrough research. 

Collections under this generic ICR will 

be from participants who actively seek 

to participate on their own initiative 

through an open and transparent 

process (the Agency does not select 

participants or require participation); 

the collections will be low-burden for 

participants; collections will be low-cost 

for both the participants and the Federal 

Government; and data will be available 

to support the scientific research 

(including assessments, environmental 

screening, tools, models, etc.) of the 

Agency, states, tribal or local entities 

where data collection occurs. EPA may, 

by virtue of collaborating with nonfederal entities, sponsor the collection 

of this type of information in connection 

with citizen science projects. When 

applicable, all such collections will 

comply with Agency policies and 

regulations related to human subjects 

research and will follow the established 

approval paths through EPA’s Human 

Subjects Research Review Official. 

Finally, personally identifiable 

information (PII) will only be collected 

when necessary and in accordance with 

applicable federal procedures and 

policies. If a new collection is not 

within the parameters of this generic 

ICR, the Agency will submit a separate 

information collection request to OMB 

for approval. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Participants/respondents will be 

individuals, not specific entities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

17,500 (total) people. 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

of responses will range from once to on 

occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 389,083 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $13,784,949 (per 

year), includes $525,000 annualized 

capital for operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in estimates: The dollar 

figures have been updated to reflect 

current wages. 

Dated: December 17, 2018. 

Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Science. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28121 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND– 2004–0006; FRL–9988– 

07–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Community Right-to-Know Reporting 

Requirements Under Sections 311 and 

312 of the Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act 

(EPCRA) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Community Right-to-Know Reporting 

Requirements under Sections 311 and 

312 of the Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) 

(EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0072), to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through December 31, 2018. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

July 18, 2018 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 28, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2004–0006, to (1) EPA 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. 


khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 247 / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Notices 66707 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 5104A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

8794; email address: hoffman.wendy@

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: The authority for these 

requirements is sections 311 and 312 of 

the Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act 

(EPCRA), 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012). 

EPCRA Section 311 requires owners and 

operators of facilities subject to OSHA 

Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) 

to submit a list of chemicals or MSDSs 

(for those chemicals that exceed 

thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 

370) to the State Emergency Response 

Commission (SERC) or Tribal 

Emergency Response Commission 

(TERC), Local Emergency Planning 

Committee (LEPC) or Tribal Emergency 

Planning Committee (TEPC) and the 

local fire department (LFD) with 

jurisdiction over their facility. This is a 

one-time requirement unless a facility 

becomes subject to the regulations or 

has updated information on the 

hazardous chemicals that were already 

submitted by the facility. EPCRA 

Section 312 requires owners and 

operators of facilities subject to OSHA 

HCS to submit an inventory form (for 

those chemicals that exceed the 

thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 

370) to the SERC (or TERC), LEPC (or 

TEPC), and LFD with jurisdiction over 

their facility. This inventory form, Tier 

II (Emergency and Hazardous Chemical 

Inventory Form), is to be submitted on 

March 1 of each year and must include 

the inventory of hazardous chemicals 

present at the facility in the previous 

calendar year. 

On July 13, 2012, EPA published a 

final rule to add some new data 

elements to the facility identification 

and contact information sections of the 

Tier I and Tier II inventory forms. EPA 

also revised some existing data elements 

in the chemical reporting section of the 

Tier II form to ease reporting for 

facilities and make the forms more userfriendly for state and local agencies. The 

data elements that EPA added to the 

forms were requested by state and local 

agencies to improve their emergency 

response plans and response 

coordination during an emergency. The 

additional data elements, including 

general facility identification and 

contact information for the parent 

company, owner or operator of the 

company, facility emergency 

coordinator etc., are readily available to 

facilities and usually do not change 

from year to year. The burden and costs 

for adding these data elements, 

including one-time burden for 

familiarization by respondents and 

software updates by state agencies, as 

well as the additional annual burden, 

are approved under OMB Control 

Number 2050–0206. The facility-level 

burden to complete the new and revised 

data elements of per facility approved 

under OMB Control Number is being 

added to this ICR. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Manufacturers and non-manufacturers 

required to have available a Material 

Safety Data Sheet (or Safety Data Sheet) 

under the OSHA HCS. 

Form Numbers: Tier II Emergency and 

Hazardous Chemical Inventory Form, 

EPA Form No. 8700–30. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (Sections 311 and 312 of 

EPCRA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

465,692 (includes 3,052 SERCs and 

LEPCs). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 6,963,565 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $301,067,822 

(per year), includes $5,415,824 in 

annualized capital and operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 1,048,311 hours compared to 

the previous ICR approved by OMB. 

This increase in burden is attributable 

mainly to the 15.66 percent increase in 

the estimated number of facilities 

subject to Tier II reporting, based on a 

recount of the number of facilities in the 

E-Plan database and information 

provided by EPA Regions, and the 

additional burden for Inventory 

Reporting Activity from the 

consolidation of 2050–0206 with this 

ICR. A small portion of the change in 

burden is attributable to the correction 

of math errors in the previous ICR 

renewal. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27960 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9988–21–Region 6] 

Underground Injection Control 

Program; Hazardous Waste Injection 

Restrictions; Petition for Exemption 

Reissuance—Class I Hazardous Waste 

Injection; ANGUS Chemical Company 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a final decision on a 

UIC no migration petition reissuance. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

reissuance of an exemption to the Land 

Disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 

Hazardous and Solid Waste 

Amendments to the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act, has 

been granted to ANGUS for two Class I 

hazardous waste injection wells located 

at their Sterlington, Louisiana site. The 

company has adequately demonstrated 

to the satisfaction of the EPA by the 

petition reissuance application and 

supporting documentation that, to a 

reasonable degree of certainty, there will 

be no migration of hazardous 

constituents from the injection zone for 

as long as the waste remains hazardous. 

This final decision allows the 

underground injection by ANGUS of the 

specific restricted hazardous waste 

(D002) identified in this exemption 

reissuance request, into Class I 

hazardous waste injection wells IW–1 

and IW–2 until December 31, 2027, 

unless the EPA moves to terminate this 

exemption. Additional conditions 

included in this final decision may be 

reviewed by contacting the EPA Region 

6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public 

notice was issued August 28, 2018, and 

the public comment period closed on 

October 15, 2018, and no comments 

were received. This decision constitutes 

final Agency action and there is no 

Administrative appeal. 

DATES: This action is effective as of 

November 19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petition 

reissuance and all pertinent information 

relating thereto are on file at the 

following location: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, Water Division, Safe 

Drinking Water Branch (6WQ–S), 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 

75202–2733. 


khammond on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES