Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Notices 28267 

Total estimated cost: $22,424,224 (per 

year), includes $17,870,276 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 32,636 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. The reason for the increase is due 

to an increase in the respondent 

universe (818 for the previous ICR vs 

881 for this renewal), as well as an 

increase in burden estimates based on 

consultations with respondents. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2015–0100; FRL—9927– 

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Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Continuous Release Reporting 

Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA 

1980 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘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.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

June 30, 2015. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (80 FR 7460) on February 10, 

2015 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before June 17, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2015–0100, 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. 

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. 

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 list of hazardous 

substances and the RQs 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), the facility 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 must be 

submitted 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. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100–10, 

Continuous Release Reporting Form. 

Respondents/affected entities: EPA 

expects a number of different industrial 

categories to report hazardous substance 

releases under the provisions of the 

CRRR. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory per 40 CFR part 302 if 

respondents want to obtain reduced 

reporting for continuous releases. 

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: $17,774,471 (per 

year), includes $165,111 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the 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 is due to applying 

a growth rate of 7.5%, which is 

consistent with prior years reporting. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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