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STATEMENT SUPPORTING THE RENEWAL OF INFORMATION COLLECTION 

FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF OFFSITE CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS INFORMATION

UNDER SECTION 112(r)(7)(H) OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT

EPA ICR No. 1981.05

1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE INFORMATION COLLECTION

1(a) Title of the Information Collection Request

Distribution of Offsite Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of 

the Clean Air Act (CAA) (Renewal), EPA No. 1981.05, OMB Control Number 2050-0172.

1(b) Short Characterization

This ICR is the renewal of the ICR developed for 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. 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.

On August 5, 1999, the President signed the Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, 

and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (CSISSFRRA). This Act requires the President to promulgate 

regulations on the distribution of OCA information (CAA section 112(r)(7)(H)(ii)). The 

President delegated to EPA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) the responsibility to promulgate 

regulations to govern the dissemination of OCA information to the public. 

The final rule which was published on August 8, 2000 (65 FR 48108) imposed minimal 

information collection requirements and record keeping. The federal government established 55 

reading rooms at federal facilities geographically distributed across the United States and its 

territories. At these reading rooms, members of the public are able to read, but not mechanically 

copy or remove paper copies of OCA information for up to 10 stationary sources per calendar 

month. At these reading rooms, the members of the public may also have access to OCA 

information that the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) in whose jurisdiction the 

person lives or works is authorized to provide.

At most of the reading rooms, access is available by appointment only. There are few 

walk-in reading rooms. The requestor will need to display photo identification issued by a 

federal, state, or local government agency, sign a sign-in-sheet, and certify that the individual has 

not received access to OCA information for more than 10 stationary sources for that calendar 

month. Persons requesting access to OCA information at the federal reading rooms for local 

stationary sources will also be asked to sign-in and to display documentation demonstrating that 

he or she lives or works in the LEPC jurisdiction for which the OCA information is requested. 

Requestors will be limited to access to paper copies of OCA information for a total of 10 

stationary sources during a calendar month, regardless of how many reading rooms they visit 

during a single month. 
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EPA also established an indicator, Vulnerable Zone Indicator System (VZIS) that informs 

any person located in any state whether an address specified by that person might be within the 

vulnerable zone of one or more stationary sources, according to the data reported in RMPs. The 

indicator is available on the Internet. Members of the public who do not have access to the 

Internet are able to obtain the same information by calling an EPA toll-free number or by regular 

mail request to the Administrator of EPA.

The final rule authorizes and encourages LEPCs and related local government agencies 

(such as police, fire, emergency management and planning departments) to provide read-only 

access to OCA sections of RMP for sources located within the jurisdiction of the LEPC and for 

any other stationary sources that has a vulnerability zone that extends into the LEPC’s 

jurisdiction. These local agencies would receive OCA information upon request for all the 

sources in the LEPC jurisdiction and for any sources whose vulnerable zones extend into the 

LEPC’s jurisdiction. They are authorized to make the OCA information available for reading, but 

not copying mechanically, to members of the public. These agencies that provide read-only 

access are not required to limit the number of stationary sources for which a person can gain 

access, ascertain a person’s identity or place of residence or work, or keep records of public 

access provided. Local agencies are authorized and encouraged, but are not required to provide 

public access to OCA sections of RMPs. 

State agencies and related state government agencies (such as emergency management, 

environmental protection, health, and natural resources departments) can receive OCA data upon 

request for all facilities in the state. They are authorized to make the OCA information available 

for reading, but not copying mechanically, to members of the public for the same stationary 

sources as the LEPC in whose jurisdiction the person lives or works. If the states choose to give 

this information, they need to verify the person’s address or place of employment. State agencies 

are not required to provide public access to OCA information. 

CSISSFRRA allows any member of an LEPC, State Emergency Response Commission 

(SERC) and any other state or local government official to convey to the public any OCA data 

elements orally or in writing, provided that the data elements are not conveyed in the format of 

sections 2 through 5 of an RMP or any electronic database that EPA has developed that includes 

OCA data elements. 

State and local government officials can also have access to OCA information for their 

official use. These officials must send a request on their official letterhead to certify that they are 

covered persons under P.L. 106-40, and that they will use the data for official use only.

2. NEED FOR AND USE OF THE COLLECTION

2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The information collection for disseminating OCA information is authorized under the 

Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory Relief Act (CSISSFRRA). 

From the members of the public wishing to view OCA information at federal reading rooms, this 

ICR collects signature and a certification stating that the requestor has not received access to 

OCA information for more than 10 stationary sources during that calendar month. The federal 

reading room staff will view photo identification of the requestor and view documentation 

demonstrating where he or she lives (for those who are requesting local stationary sources at 

federal reading rooms.) Members of the public contacting the central office will be asked to give 
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their name, telephone number, residential address, and names of the stationary sources for which 

they wish to view the OCA information. This ICR also covers the collection of written requests 

from state and local officials for OCA information. In addition, it governs the maintenance and 

disclosure of the OCA information by state and local entities for public use, as authorized and 

encouraged by CSISSFRRA and codified in 40 CFR Part 1400.

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Information

The information collected from the public under 40 CFR Part 1400 will be collected to 

assure compliance with 40 CFR 1400.3 (“Public access to paper copies of off-site consequence 

analysis information”). Signature and certification will be collected to ensure that members of 

the public are in compliance with 40 CFR 1400.3(c), which provides that a reading room may not 

provide a person access to OCA information for more than 10 stationary sources in a calendar 

month. This limitation on access is consistent with CSISSFRRA section 3(a), which states in 

relevant part that the regulations promulgated there under “[allow] access by any member of the 

public to paper copies of [OCA] information for a limited number of stationary sources located 

anywhere in the United States . . .” [emphasis added].

The person wishing to view OCA information at federal reading rooms must show photo 

identification to the reading room staff prior to obtaining OCA information. This requirement is a 

reasonable means of accomplishing the statutory requirement that individuals have access “to a 

limited number” of paper copies of OCA information. The photo identification will significantly 

reduce the risk that someone will attempt to use identification that is not his or her own.

At federal reading rooms, the members of the public also have access to OCA 

information that the LEPC in whose jurisdiction the person lives or works is authorized to 

provide. These individuals will be asked to sign-in and to display documentation demonstrating 

that he or she lives or works in the LEPC whose jurisdiction for which the OCA information has 

been requested. This requirement is to assure that the individual will only get the OCA 

information to which he is entitled.

If an individual calls the central office to obtain OCA data, he/she will be asked to give 

his/her name, telephone number, and the names of the stationary sources for which OCA 

information are being requested. This information will enable the central office to schedule an 

appointment for the requestor at a reading room, relay the requested copies of OCA information 

to that reading room, and, if necessary, contact the requestor. 

This collection also covers the letters of request sent by state and local agencies for OCA 

information either for their own use such as emergency planning and/or to provide read-only 

access to the public. State and local officials who decide to obtain OCA information for their 

official use must send a request on their official letterhead to EPA certifying that they are covered 

persons under P.L. 106-40 and that they will use the information for official use only. 

3. NON-DUPLICATION, CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER COLLECTION 

CRITERIA

3(a) Non-Duplication

The information being collected under this rule are signature, certification and personal 

identification data and names of the stationary sources for which the individuals would like to 

view OCA data (for those who call the central office to view OCA data). The letters from state or 
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local officials to EPA requesting OCA information are also collected. This information does not 

duplicate any other federal collection as it is specific to this rule and necessary to ensure that the 

rule can be implemented. 

3(b) Public Notice

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Agency 

notified the public through a Federal Register notice on the resubmission of this ICR on January 

15, 2013 (78 FR 2992). No comments were received. 

3(c) Consultations 

The following respondents were consulted for this ICR renewal:

1. Kim Joseph, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

e-mail: Kim.Joseph@epa.state.oh.us

2. Mike Reid, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

e-mail: mike.reid@ncdenr.gov

Phone: 919-707-8443

3. Paul Komosinsky, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

e-mail: Paul.Komosinsky@dep.state.nj.us

Phone: 609-984-3642

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

This section is not applicable. The only data being collected are the signatures and selfcertification; these are only collected at the time of visit. 

3(e) General Guidelines

This section is not applicable.

3(f) Confidentiality

The only data being collected are signatures and self certification, neither of which are 

confidential. EPA and DOJ have not created and will not be creating a tracking system according 

to individual’s names to enforce the limit on access to paper copies at the reading rooms. 

3(g) Sensitive Questions

This section is not applicable.

4. THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMATION REQUESTED

4(a) Respondents/NAICS Codes

The respondent universe for this rule is state and local officials and members of the 

public. The most significant users are likely to be state and local agencies (NAICS code 92111).
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4(b) Information Requested

Members of the public are required to give their names, telephone number, and the names 

of the stationary sources for which OCA information is being requested, when they contact the 

central office to schedule an appointment to view OCA information. Individuals visiting the 

reading rooms are required to sign-in and self certify that they have not viewed OCA information 

for more than 10 stationary sources during that calendar month. Individuals wishing to view 

OCA information that the LEPC in whose jurisdiction the person lives or works is authorized to 

provide will also be asked to sign-in and display documentation demonstrating that he or she lives 

or works in the LEPC jurisdiction for which the OCA information has been requested. 

State and local agencies are required to send a written request to EPA for OCA 

information. State and local officials must send the request on their official letterhead certifying 

that they are covered persons under P. L. 106-40 and that they will use the data for official use 

only.

(i) Data Elements

Members of the public requesting to view OCA information at federal reading rooms are 

required to sign in and self certify. If asking for OCA information from federal reading rooms for 

the stationary sources in the area where they live or work, they would be required to provide 

proof that they live or work in that area. Members of the public are required to give their names, 

telephone number, and the names of the stationary sources for which OCA information is being 

requested, when they contact the central office to schedule an appointment to view OCA 

information. 

(ii) Respondent Activities

The respondent activities for state and local agencies include:

 Reading and understanding the Security Notice to Federal, state, and local 

officials and researchers;

 Submitting a written request to EPA for OCA information;

 Providing a location for the public to review OCA information for local 

stationary sources;

 Ensuring that members of the public do not remove or copy OCA information 

they review;

 Operate the VZIS indicator system, and

 Making OCA information available in formats other than sections 2 through 5 of 

the RMP.

The respondent activities for members of the public include the following:

 Calling the central office to make an appointment at a reading room, provide 

name, phone number, and the names of the stationary sources for which OCA 

information is requested;

 Displaying a photo identification (e.g., driver’s license) at reading rooms and 

proof of place of residence or employment (when seeking to view OCA 

information for stationary sources located near place of residence or 

employment); sign-in and certify that they have not viewed OCA information for 
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more than 10 stationary sources during that calendar month.

 Submitting a request for information from the vulnerable zone indicator system 

(VZIS) (by Internet, phone, or mail); and

 Making follow-up calls or contacts to obtain additional information on stationary 

sources that may affect them.

Members of the public are permitted to read and take notes from the OCA information, 

but not to remove or mechanically reproduce it. The regulation imposes no limit on the number 

of local stationary sources (within the LEPC district or affecting the LEPC district) for which 

members of the public may review paper copies of OCA information made available by local 

agencies. The regulation does not require local agencies to ask members of the public to show 

any identification to gain access to the information. State agencies are permitted to provide a 

person the same access to paper copies of OCA information to a member of the public as that 

person would receive at his or her local agency. State agencies will need to verify that a person 

seeking information for an area lives or works in the area.

The burden estimates for documentation and reporting are discussed in section 6 of this 

ICR. 

5. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED — AGENCY ACTIVITIES, COLLECTION 

METHODOLOGY, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

5(a) Federal, State, and Local Government Activities

Burden to State and Local Agencies and Others

State and local officials who decide to obtain OCA information must send a written 

request on their official letterhead to EPA certifying that they are covered persons under P.L. 

106-40, and that they will use the information for official use only. After approving a request, 

EPA can provide OCA information to state and local officials in one of three ways. OCA 

information can be mailed to the requester on a compact disk, the information can be provided via 

the EPA Central Data Exchange (CDX) system (i.e., over the Internet), or EPA can provide 

paper copies of RMPs to state and local agencies on request. In addition to submitting the 

written request to EPA, state and local covered persons who opt to receive OCA information via 

CDX must also register with EPA for access to CDX. This is a one-time registration requirement 

for each new CDX user.

The rule authorizes and encourages state and local agencies to set up public reading 

rooms. The local reading rooms would provide read-only access to OCA information for all the 

sources in the LEPC’s jurisdiction and for any source where the vulnerable zone extends into the 

LEPC’s jurisdiction. 

These agencies are not required to carry out these activities. However the costs and 

burden are detailed in section 6.

Burden to the Federal Government

The federal government is operating the reading rooms. The federal government is 

maintaining the VZIS software. The federal government also supplies the state and local 

agencies with OCA information, VZIS software and provides technical support. The 

government may also engage in other activities to provide access to OCA information. 
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5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

The federal reading rooms will maintain records of reading room use and certifications in 

accordance with procedures established by the Administrator and the Attorney General. These 

records shall be retained for no more than three years. 

The federal reading room staff will view the photo identification of requestors to ensure 

that the identification belongs to the person requesting OCA information. Requiring an 

individual to show identification may decrease the likelihood that OCA information would be

obtained by individuals seeking it for criminal purposes. 

The reading room staff will also view proof of residence and employment to ensure that 

the requestor only receives access to the local OCA information to which he or she is entitled. 

The requirement for signature and self-certification is to prevent individuals from obtaining more 

than their authorized allotment of national OCA information (10 stationary sources per calendar 

month). To further deter individuals from attempting to exceed their allotment by visiting more 

than one federal reading room in a month, reading room personnel will be instructed to provide 

access to OCA information only to individuals who have signed a certification that they have not 

exceeded their allotment. The certification will inform members of the public that they may be 

subject to criminal penalties under federal law for falsely certifying that they have not received 

OCA information for more than 10 stationary sources that month. The information recorded on 

sign-in sheets may be used by law enforcement in the event of a duly authorized investigation of 

a violation of civil or criminal law. Therefore, these sign-in sheets shall be retained for three 

years.

The information collected during telephone calls received by the central office from a 

requestor of OCA information will enable the central office to schedule an appointment for the 

requestor at a reading room, relay the requested copies of OCA information to that reading room, 

and, if necessary, contact the requestor. This information would not be retained beyond the 

requestor’s appointment date. 

The requests from state and local officials for OCA information would also be retained 

for three years. 

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility

The rule does not require small entities, such as local emergency planning committees or 

related local government agencies, to provide public access to OCA information, hence no special 

requirements are needed for small entities. 

5(d) Collection Schedule

 

 The information collected at the federal reading rooms occurs only when an individual 

requests OCA information. 

6. ESTIMATING THE BURDEN AND COST OF THE COLLECTION

6(a) Respondent Burden

State/Local Agencies
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During the previous ICR period, EPA mailed OCA data CDs to 33 state agencies each 

year. These agencies submitted their letter of request for OCA data in the previous years. 

Therefore, this ICR will not account for the burden associated with these agencies’ requests for 

OCA data.

During the previous ICR period, EPA also made OCA data available to some state and 

local agencies via the EPA Central Data Exchange (CDX), an on-line information exchange 

system. In addition to submitting the written request letter required of all covered persons 

desiring access to OCA data, covered persons who opt to receive OCA data via CDX must also

register within that system. During the previous ICR period, 44 state and local agencies 

registered for OCA data access via CDX. This ICR accounts for the burden associated with 

submitting letters of request and registering within CDX.

State and local agencies requesting OCA data include members of the State Emergency 

Response Commission (SERC), environmental protection agencies, emergency management 

agencies, etc. EPA expects approximately 50 state and local agencies to submit requests for 

access to OCA data via CDX for each year covered by this ICR.

In the ICR developed for the final rule, it was estimated that 1,500 active LEPCs (based 

on the EPCRA program) would request OCA information from EPA for their own use such as 

emergency planning and some of these LEPCs may also provide public read-only access. During 

the previous ICR, EPA received only 13 requests annually (39 requests for three years) from 

LEPCs for OCA data. Therefore, EPA estimates that 15 LEPCs will submit request for OCA data 

for each year covered by this ICR, and that all of these LEPCs will opt to receive the OCA data 

via CDX, which will require them to register within that system. 

For purposes of estimating the burden associated with these activities, EPA assumes that 

a state agency, local agency or LEPC will spend one hour preparing and submitting a request 

letter, and one hour registering within CDX for on-line access to OCA data.

EPA contacted a subset of state and local agencies that receive OCA data to determine 

how many members of the public visited state and local reading rooms over the previous ICR 

period. Based on those contacts, EPA found that few members of the public visit state and local 

agencies for read-only access to OCA data, and that most OCA public visits occur at the reading 

room operated by EPA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Therefore, EPA assumes that 200 

people will visit state and local reading rooms for OCA data annually. For each visit by a 

member of the public, the state and local agencies are assumed to spend two hours providing 

information to the public (providing read-only access and operating the VZIS). State and local 

reading room staff will also spend one hour learning how to handle OCA information securely. 

The 15 LEPCs are also assumed to hold three public meetings in the three years covered 

by this ICR, which would take eight hours each for preparation and to hold the meeting. The total 

burden hours for state and local agencies are estimated to be 715 hours annually (2145 hours for 

three years) at a cost of $31,246 annually ($93,737 for three years).

Public (Individuals)

It is assumed that each member of the public would take approximately one hour to signin and certify; call the central office to give his/her name, address, telephone number, names of 

the stationary sources for which OCA information is requested, display documentation 
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demonstrating proof of residence and employment, and view OCA information for local facilities 

at a federal reading room. Based on the information received from federal reading rooms for the 

last three years, EPA assumes that approximately 300 people may visit the federal reading rooms 

annually in the three years covered by this ICR. EPA also estimates that at least 200 people will 

visit the state and local reading rooms annually in the next three years covered by this ICR. So, 

we assume a total of 500 people visiting federal, state and local reading rooms annually. 

Additionally, it is assumed that the public will use the vulnerable zone indicator system 

(VZIS). In the previous ICR period, the EPA reporting center received about 300 VZIS inquiries 

annually from the public. EPA estimates that the Agency will receive approximately the same 

number of VZIS inquiries from the public for each year covered by this ICR. EPA estimates that 

it may take approximately one hour for a member of the public to submit a request for the VZIS. 

The total burden to the public for signing in at the reading room and VZIS inquiries is estimated 

to be 800 hours annually (2400 hours over three years) at a cost of $17,608 annually $52,824 for 

three years).

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

To estimate costs for state and local agencies to submit a written request to EPA for OCA 

information, provide the OCA information to the public and monitor its use, operate the VZIS, 

and prepare for and hold public meetings, the administrative services managers hourly rate for 

state government employees of $43.70 was used (Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational 

Employment and Wages data, May 2012, table 11-3011). 

The value of the public time is estimated to be at $22.01 per hour, the average wage for 

all U.S. occupations (Bureau of Labor Statistics data, March 2012).

6(c) Estimating Annual Respondent Cost Burden 

Capital and O&M Costs - State, local agencies and the public

The total annual O&M cost for state and local agencies to mail letters to EPA requesting 

OCA information is approximately $65.00.

6(d) Estimating Costs for the Federal Government

EPA and DOJ currently operate 55 reading rooms located at federal buildings. Some of 

the 55 reading rooms have the capability to operate the VZIS. The EPA Headquarters reading 

room is operated on a walk-in basis and the others are by appointment only.

Federal costs were estimated based on activity and the FY 2012 GS wage schedule. 

Reading room activities were estimated using a GS-9, step 5; and VZIS operation was estimated 

at GS-13, step 5. The wages for these staff were loaded with fringe, but no overhead. 

The reading room activities may vary depending on whether it is a reading room with 

walk-in access or operates the VZIS. The reading room staff are expected to take phone calls 

from the public, schedule appointments for use of the reading rooms, print the requested RMPs, 

review the identification presented, monitor the use of the RMPs to ensure that they are not 

mechanically copied, and shred them when the user is finished. Federal reading room staff are 

assumed to spend two hours performing these activities for each reading room visit by a member 

of the public. Reading room staff will also spend one hour learning how to handle OCA 
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information securely. 

EPA will also have to operate the VZIS system and respond to queries. It was estimated 

that EPA would spend 15 minutes responding to each query and an equal amount of time 

answering follow up calls. 

The total labor burden on the federal government is estimated to be 855 hrs annually 

(2415 hrs for three years) at a cost of $25,619 annually ( $76,856 for three years).

O&M Costs

In the previous ICR, reading rooms were assumed to have a computer, monitor, printer, 

and shredder. Reading rooms that operate VZIS may require upgraded computer systems to run 

the VZIS software. The cost for the equipment was calculated in previous ICRs. The equipment 

was assumed to be depreciated over five years. So, in this ICR, EPA did not calculate the costs 

for the equipment.

The annual cost for VZIS software is $5,400. In addition, reading rooms were assumed 

to print out copies. Using a cost of $5.00 for a ream of recycled copy paper, EPA estimates that 

its annual paper cost is $1,200, assuming each person visiting a reading room looks at 20 RMPs 

(10 local and 10 outside the area).

The combined annual labor and O&M cost is thus estimated to be $32,219.

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Costs

Respondents for this ICR are state and local officials requesting OCA data from EPA and 

the members of the public visiting reading rooms and making inquiries on the VZIS. The total 

number of annual respondents is 865, of which 800 are Private Individuals and 65 are state/local 

governments.

The annualized cost burden for respondents during the time period covered by this ICR is 

estimated to be 1,515 hours at a cost of $48,854. O&M costs total $65. 

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

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. The costs 

have been adjusted to the most current wage rates from BLS. 

6(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average approximately 2 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; 
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search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 

15. 

To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided 

burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the 

use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073, which is available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 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 Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of 

the public docket is available at www.regulations.gov. This site can be used 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. When in the system, select 

“search,” then key in the Docket ID Number identified above. Also, you can send comments to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA 

Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0073 and OMB Control Number 2050-0172 in any 

correspondence.
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Exhibit 1

STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES BURDEN AND COSTS

Annualized Three-Year

65 Respondents Hours Dollars Hours Dollars

Reading Room 400 $17,480 1,200 $52,440 

Covered Person 

Request 130 $5,681 390 $17,043 

Public Meeting 120 $5,244 360 $15,732 

Train Reading Room 

Staff

65 $2,841 195 $8,522

Total 715 $31,246 2,145 $93,737

Exhibit 2

PUBLIC BURDEN AND COSTS

Annualized Three-Year

800 Respondents Hours Dollars Hours Dollars

Reading Room 500 $11,005 

1,500 

$33,015 

VZIS 300 $6,603 

900 $19,809 

Total 800 $17,608

2400

$52,824