Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 16, 2022 / Notices 8837 

August 18, 2021 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 March 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0008, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Hoffman, Regulations 

Implementation Division, Office of 

Emergency Management, (5104A), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

8794; email address: hoffman.wendy@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that EPA will 

be collecting, are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at http://

www.regulations.gov. For further 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, Docket Center services and the 

current status, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. The 

telephone number for the Docket Center 

is 202–566–1744. 

Abstract: The authority for the 

emergency planning and emergency 

release notification requirements is 

sections 302, 303, and 304 of the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) of 1986 (42 

U.S.C. 11002, 11003, and 11004). 

EPCRA established broad emergency 

planning and facility reporting 

requirements. Section 302 requires 

facilities to notify their State Emergency 

Response Commission (SERC) or Tribal 

Emergency Response Commission 

(TERC), Local Emergency Planning 

Committee (LEPC) or Tribal Emergency 

Planning Committee (TEPC) with 

jurisdiction over their facility, of the 

presence of a threshold planning 

quantity of a listed extremely hazardous 

substance (EHS) at the facility. This 

activity was completed by existing 

facilities soon after the law was passed. 

Only new facilities that may become 

subject to these requirements must 

notify the SERC (or TERC) and the LEPC 

(or TEPC). Currently covered facilities 

are required to notify the LEPC (or 

TEPC) of any changes that occur at the 

facility that would be relevant to 

emergency planning. Section 303 

requires the LEPC (or TEPC) to prepare 

local emergency response plans for their 

planning district using the information 

provided by facilities under Section 

302. An LEPC (or TEPC) may request 

any information from facilities 

necessary to develop emergency 

response plans. Initial emergency 

response plans were developed within a 

few months after the law was passed. 

LEPCs (or TEPCs) are required to review 

and update the plan at least annually or 

more frequently as changes occur in the 

community. Section 304 requires 

facilities to report to SERCs (or TERCs) 

and LEPCs (or TEPCs) releases in excess 

of the reportable quantities listed for 

each EHS. This ICR also covers the 

notification and the written follow-up 

required under Section 304. The 

implementing regulations are codified 

in 40 CFR part 355. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

those that have a threshold planning 

quantity of an EHS listed in 40 CFR part 

355, appendix A and those that have a 

release of any EHS above a reportable 

quantity. Entities more likely to be 

affected by this action may include 

chemical manufacturers, retailers, 

petroleum refineries, utilities, etc. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (Sections 302, 303 and 304 

of EPCRA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

98,052. This figure includes 3,052 

LEPCs (or TEPCs) and SERCs (or 

TERCs). 

Frequency of response: EPCRA 

section 302 reporting is a one-time 

notification unless there are changes to 

the reported information; EPCRA 

section 304 notification happens only 

when a release occurs from a facility. 

Total estimated burden: 226,261 

hours (per year) (includes LEPCs (or 

TEPCs) and SERCs (or TERCs)). Burden 

is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: 10,851,328 (per 

year), including $8,470 in annual 

operations and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. There are no capital costs 

associated with this ICR. 

Changes in estimates: The reduction 

in burden of approximately 22 percent 

for activities related to section 304 

reporting requirements for facilities is 

attributable to a decrease in the number 

of release notifications reported to the 

National Response Center for the 

previous three years (reduced from 

10,000 to 7,420), which EPA assumes 

will apply to the upcoming three years 

of this ICR renewal. The reduction in 

state and local government burden 

estimate of approximately 15,607 hours 

annually, is attributable to the reduction 

in the numbers of SERCs (or TERCs) and 

LEPCs (or TEPCs) in this ICR compared 

to the previous ICR (new total of 3,052 

reduced from 3,556). In addition, EPA 

corrected a few minor calculation errors. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03376 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2020–0670; FRL–9584–01– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for Oil and Natural Gas Production and 

Natural Gas Transmission and 

Distribution (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), NSPS for Oil 

and Natural Gas Production and Natural 

Gas Transmission and Distribution (EPA 

ICR Number 2437.05, OMB Control 

Number 2060–0673), to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through April 30, 

2022. Public comments were previously 

requested, via the Federal Register, on 

February 8, 2021 during a 60-day 


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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 March 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0670, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person, at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 

Building, 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: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for Oil 

and Natural Gas Production and Natural 

Gas Transmission and Distribution (40 

CFR part 60, subpart OOOO) apply to 

oil and natural gas facilities that 

commence construction, modification or 

reconstruction after August 23, 2011 

and on or before September 19, 2015, 

that are involved in the extraction and 

production of oil and natural gas, as 

well as for the processing, transmission, 

and distribution of natural gas. Affected 

facilities in the crude oil and natural gas 

source category that commence 

construction, modification, or 

reconstruction after September 18, 2015 

are instead subject to subpart OOOOa 

(40 CFR 60, subpart OOOOa). In general, 

all NSPS standards require initial 

notifications, performance tests, and 

periodic reports by the owners/ 

operators of the affected facilities. They 

are also required to maintain 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 

notifications, reports, and records are 

essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all affected facilities 

subject to NSPS. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Oil and 

natural gas production and natural gas 

transmission and distribution facilities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart 

OOOO). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

532 (total). 

Frequency of response: Semiannually 

and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 69,300 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $9,430,000 (per 

year), which includes $1,220,000 for 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is no 

change in burden from the mostrecently approved ICR as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This is due to two 

considerations: (1) The regulations have 

not changed over the past three years 

and are not anticipated to change over 

the next three years; and (2) no new 

facilities will become subject to this 

regulation, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. Since 

there are no changes in the regulatory 

requirements and there is no significant 

industry growth, there are also no 

changes in the capital/startup or 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03374 Filed 2–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9368–01–OMS] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of Mission Support 

(OMS), Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of 

Acquisition Solutions is giving notice 

that it proposes to modify a system of 

records pursuant to the provisions of the 

Privacy Act of 1974. EPA’s Acquisition 

System (EAS) is an automated contract 

writing and management system with 

configurable workflow used to initiate, 

award, modify, and track acquisition 

actions for the procurement of goods 

and services. The system of records 

notice for EPA Acquisition System 

(EAS) is being modified to reflect that 

the system is now hosted and data 

stored in Unison’s Amazon Web 

Services (AWS) cloud hosting 

environment, which is Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program 

(FedRAMP) authorized. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by March 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OMS–2020–0210, by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Email: docket_oms@epa.gov. Include 

the Docket ID number in the subject line 

of the message. 

Fax: 202–566–1752. 

Mail: OMS Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: OMS Docket, EPA/DC, 

WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 


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