Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices 95135 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0335; FRL–9954– 

89–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP 

for Aerospace Manufacturing and 

Rework Facilities (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for 

Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework 

Facilities (40 CFR part 63, subpart GG) 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1687.11, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0314), 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 December 31, 2016. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (81 

FR 26546) on May 3, 2016 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 neither conduct nor 

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 January 26, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0335, to: (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@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: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@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: Owners and operators of 

affected facilities are required to comply 

with reporting and record keeping 

requirements for the General Provisions 

(40 CFR part 63, subpart A), as well as 

for the specific requirements at 40 CFR 

part 63, subpart GG. This includes 

submitting initial notifications, 

performance tests and periodic reports 

and results, and maintaining records of 

the occurrence and duration of any 

startup, shutdown, or malfunction in 

the operation of an affected facility, or 

any period during which the monitoring 

system is inoperative. These reports are 

used by EPA to determine compliance 

with these standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Aerospace manufacturing and rework 

facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 63 Subpart GG). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

144 (total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 154,000 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $13,900,000 (per 

year), which includes $144,000 in either 

annualized capital/startup or operation 

& maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment increase in the total 

estimated burden hours and cost as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. The 

increase is due to an increase in the 

estimated number of sources subject to 

the rule, and a recent amendment which 

added reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for facilities with specialty 

coating operations. However, there is a 

decrease in the total number of 

responses due to the rule removing SSM 

exemptions and requirements for SSM 

reports. 

Spencer Clark, 

Acting Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–31166 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9957–36–ORD] 

Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: 

Impacts From the Hydraulic Fracturing 

Water Cycle on Drinking Water 

Resources in the United States 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of a final report titled, 

‘‘Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: 

Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing 

Water Cycle on Drinking Water 

Resources in the United States’’ (EPA/ 

600/R/16/236F), which was prepared by 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). This final report 

provides a review and synthesis of 

available scientific information 

concerning the relationship between 

hydraulic fracturing activities and 

drinking water resources in the United 

States. 

DATES: This document was available on 

December 13, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: The final report, ‘‘Hydraulic 

Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from 

the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on 

Drinking Water Resources in the United 

States’’ is available primarily via the 

internet on EPA–ORD’s hydraulic 

fracturing Web site at www.epa.gov/ 

hfstudy. A limited number of paper 

copies are available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

phone: 703–347–8561; fax: 703–347– 

8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the document title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dayna Gibbons, Office of Research and 

Development; phone: 202–564–7983; or 

email: gibbons.dayna@epa.gov. For 

technical information, contact Dr. 

Jeffrey Frithsen, Office of Research and 

Development; phone: 703–347–8623; or 

email: frithsen.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information About the Document 

EPA found scientific evidence that 

hydraulic fracturing activities can 

impact drinking water resources under 

some circumstances. The report 


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identifies certain conditions under 

which impacts from hydraulic 

fracturing activities can be more 

frequent or severe, to include: 

• Water withdrawals for hydraulic 

fracturing in times or areas of low water 

availability, particularly in areas with 

limited or declining groundwater 

resources; 

• Spills during the handling of 

hydraulic fracturing fluids and 

chemicals or produced water that 

resulted in large volumes or high 

concentrations of chemicals reaching 

groundwater resources; 

• Injection of hydraulic fracturing 

fluids into wells with inadequate 

mechanical integrity, allowing gases or 

liquids to move to groundwater 

resources; 

• Injection of hydraulic fracturing 

fluids directly into groundwater 

resources; 

• Discharge of inadequately treated 

hydraulic fracturing wastewater to 

surface water; and 

• Disposal or storage of hydraulic 

fracturing wastewater in unlined pits 

resulting in contamination of 

groundwater resources. 

Data gaps and uncertainties limited 

EPA’s ability to fully assess the 

potential impacts on drinking water 

resources locally and nationally. 

Because of these data gaps and 

uncertainties, it was not possible to 

fully characterize the severity of 

impacts, nor was it possible to calculate 

or estimate the national frequency of 

impacts on drinking water resources 

from activities in the hydraulic 

fracturing water cycle. 

EPA’s report advances the scientific 

understanding of hydraulic fracturing’s 

impact on drinking water resources and 

can inform decisions by federal, state, 

tribal, local officials, industry, and 

communities to protect drinking water 

resources now and in the future. 

Dated: December 15, 2016. 

Mary A. Ross, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2016–31034 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0333; FRL–9956– 

15–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Air 

Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface 

Impoundment and Containers 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Air Emission 

Standards for Tanks, Surface 

Impoundment and Containers (40 CFR 

part 264, subpart CC, and 40 CFR part 

265, subpart CC) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1593.10, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0318), 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 

December 31, 2016. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (81 FR 26546) on May 

3, 2016 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 

neither conduct nor 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 January 26, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0333, to: (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@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: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@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: Owners and operators of 

affected facilities are required to comply 

with reporting and record keeping 

requirements for the General Provisions 

(40 CFR part 264, subpart A and 40 CFR 

part 265, subpart A), as well as for the 

specific requirements at 40 CFR part 

264, subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265, 

subpart CC. This includes submitting 

initial notifications, performance tests 

and periodic reports and results, and 

maintaining records of the occurrence 

and duration of any startup, shutdown, 

or malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. These reports are used by 

EPA to determine compliance with the 

standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Facilities that treat, store, or dispose of 

hazardous wastes in tanks, surface 

impoundments, and containers. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 264, subpart CC 

and 40 CFR part 265, subpart CC). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

6,209 (total). 

Frequency of response: Occasionally 

and semiannually. 

Total estimated burden: 712,000 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $85,900,000 (per 

year), which includes $12,400,000 for 

either annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in labor hours and 

capital and O&M costs from the mostrecently approved ICR. This is not due 

to any program changes. The decrease 


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