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reviews permit applications, provides 

for public review of proposed permits, 

issues permits based on consideration of 

all technical factors and public input, 

and reviews information submittals 

required of sources during the term of 

the permit. Under part 71, the EPA 

reviews certain actions and performs 

oversight of any delegate agency, 

consistent with the terms of a delegation 

agreement. Consequently, information 

prepared and submitted by sources is 

essential for sources to receive permits, 

and for federal and tribal permitting 

agencies to adequately review the 

permit applications and issue the 

permits, oversee implementation of the 

permits, and properly administer and 

manage the program. The proposed ICR 

is needed to authorize the preparation 

and submittal of this information. 

Information that is collected is 

handled according to EPA’s policies set 

forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, 

subpart B—Confidentiality of Business 

Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 

section 114(c) of the Act. 

Form Numbers: The forms are 5900– 

01, 5900–02, 5900–03, 5900–04, 5900– 

05, 5900–06, 5900–79, 5900–80, 5900– 

81, 5900–82, 5900–83, 5900–84, 5900– 

85 and 5900–86. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Industrial plants (sources) and tribal 

permitting authorities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory (see 40 CFR part 71). 

Estimated number of respondents: 99 

(total); 98 industry sources and 1 tribal 

delegate permitting authority (the EPA 

serves as a permitting authority but is 

not a respondent). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 26,132 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,702,183 (per 

year). There are no annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 11,497 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to updated 

estimates of the number of sources and 

permits subject to the part 71 program, 

rather than any new federal mandates. 

The changes in estimates are due to 

shrinkage from the transfer of 36 

permits from the part 71 to the part 70 

program and due to a previous 

overestimate of the number of sources 

that would get permits by the end of the 

previous ICR (which is the start of the 

current ICR). 

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Stephen D. Page, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2015–0100; FRL–9922– 

88–OSWER] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Continuous 

Release Reporting Regulations (CRRR) 

under CERCLA 1980 (Renewal); EPA 

ICR No. 1445.12, OMB Control No. 

2050–0086 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; 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.). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through June 30, 2015. 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 April 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2015–0100 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. 

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. 

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: 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 


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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 

does 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 

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. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100–10, 

Continuous Release Reporting Form 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

not defined. The usage and release of 

hazardous substances are pervasive 

throughout industry. EPA expects a 

number of different industrial categories 

to report hazardous substance releases 

under the provisions of the CRRR. No 

one industry sector or group of sectors 

is disproportionately affected by the 

information collection burden. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory if respondents want to 

obtain reduced reporting for continuous 

releases. See the abstract for details. 

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: $17,236,727 (per 

year), includes $165,111 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in 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 in burden results 

primarily from use of data on the actual 

number of continuous release reports 

from several regions and applying a 

growth rate consistent with prior years 

reporting. The average annual percent 

increase in facilities in the previous ICR 

was approximately 7.5%. The same 

percent increase was assumed for this 

ICR. The unit burden hours per 

respondent information collection 

activity remains the same as the 

previous ICR. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Reggie Cheatham, 

Acting Director, Office of Emergency 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050; FRL–9922–75– 

OAR] 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(Radionuclides); Availability of 

Updated Compliance Model 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of Version 4 of the CAP88– 

PC model. This version may be used to 

demonstrate compliance with the 

National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 

applicable to radionuclides. CAP88–PC 

is approved for this use by EPA. Version 

4 has many changes and improvements 

from previous versions. The most 

significant of these changes from a user 

perspective are the incorporation of agedependent radionuclide dose and risk 

factors for ingestion and inhalation, the 

increase in the number of included 

radionuclides, and a change in the file 

management system used by the 

program. Other changes less visible to 

the user include new code architecture, 

incorporation of numerical solvers for 

the calculation of radioactive decay 

chains, including the ingrowth of decay 

products during air transport and 

ground surface deposition, enhanced 

error messages, updated on-line help, 

and a utility for migrating Version 3 

datasets, wind files and population files 

to Version 4. The modifications have 

produced a significant improvement in 

speed and stability for Version 4 relative 

to Version 3, and eliminated the 

solution approximations used in 

Version 3. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid 

J. Rosnick, Office of Radiation and 

Indoor Air, Radiation Protection 

Division (6608T), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9200; fax 

number: (202) 343–2304; email address: 

rosnick.reid@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are subject to the 

requirements for radionuclide NESHAP 

found in 40 CFR part 61, subpart H. 

This subpart applies to Department of 

Energy (DOE) facilities. 

B. How can I get copies of the model 

and other related information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050; FRL– 

9922–75–OAR. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B 102, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 


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