69368 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2004 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 04–26281 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–C

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[SFUND–2000–0008; FRL–7843–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request, 

Continuous Release Reporting 

Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA 

1980 (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 

1445.06, OMB Control Number 2050–

0086

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on November 30, 

2004. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. The ICR describes the nature of 

the information collection and 

estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments must be 

submitted on or before December 29, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number SFUND–

2000–0008 to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@epa.gov, or 

by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 

Response (5202T), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

and (2) OMB at: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynn M. Beasley, Office of Emergency 

Management (5204G), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 603–9086; fax 

number: (703) 603–9104; e-mail address: 

beasley.lynn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 9, 2004 (69 FR 41472), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

SFUND–2000–0008, which is available 

for public viewing at the Office of Solid 

Waste and Emergency Response Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response Docket is (202) 

566–0276. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: Continuous Release Reporting 

Regulations (CRRR) under CERCLA 

1980 (Renewal). 

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 RQ of every 

hazardous substance 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), to report such a release as a 

continuous release you 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 

do not change and the level of the 

continuous release does not 

significantly increase, a follow-up 

written report 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. 

The continuous release of hazardous 

substance information collected under 

CERCLA section 103(f)(2) is also 

available to EPA program offices and 

other Federal agencies who use the 

information to evaluate the potential 

need for additional regulations, new 

permitting requirements for specific 

substances or sources, or improved 

emergency response planning. State and 

local government authorities and 

facilities subject to the CRRR use release 

information for purposes of local 

emergency response planning. Members 

of the public, who have access to release 

information through the Freedom of 

Information Act, may request release 

information for purposes of maintaining 

an awareness of what types of releases 

are occurring in different localities and 

what actions, if any, are being taken to 

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protect public health and welfare and 

the environment.

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 in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The 

Federal Register document required 

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on July 9, 

2004; no comments were received. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 11.1 hours per 

response. 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are facilities that manufacture, 

process, transport, or otherwise use 

certain specified hazardous substances. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,276. 

Frequency of Response: After initially 

reporting the continuous release to the 

NRC and EPA Region, only a one-year 

follow-up report to the EPA Region is 

necessary unless there is a change in the 

source of the continuous release, a 

change in the chemical composition of 

the continuous release, or a significant 

increase in the level of the continuous 

release. In these cases the person in 

charge of the facility has to notify the 

NRC and the appropriate EPA Regional 

Office of the change in the continuous 

release. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

284,154. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$10,101,032 includes $85,521 O&M 

costs, $0 Capital expense, and 

$10,015,511 Respondent Labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 34,703 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is primarily the 

result of adjustments to the estimates. 

Annual respondent burden hours are 

based on data from actual numbers of 

continuous release reports from several 

regions and the application of a growth 

rate consistent with prior years’

reporting. The average annual percent 

increase in the number of facilities in 

the ICR is 7.5%.

Dated: November 16, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, Director, Collection Strategies 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26297 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

December 13, 2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303:

1. Evan R. Marbin, as trustee of the 

SEE Trust, Miami, Florida; to acquire 

additional voting shares of Transatlantic 

Bank, Miami, Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 22, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26282 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than December 23, 

2004.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Sue Costello, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303:

1. Georgia Trust Bancshares, Inc. 

Buford, Georgia; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of Georgia 

Trust Bank, Buford, Georgia.

2. The Colonial BancGroup, Inc., 

Montgomery, Alabama; to acquire 100 

percent of the voting shares of Union 

Bank of Florida, Lauderhill, Florida.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, November 22, 2004.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 04–26283 Filed 11–26–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes