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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0073; FRL9343–01– 

OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request: 

Distribution of Offsite Consequence 

Analysis Information Under the Clean 

Air Act (CAA), as Amended, EPA ICR 

1981.08, OMB Control Number 2050– 

0172 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Distribution of Offsite Consequence 

Analysis Information under section 

112(r)(7)(H) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), 

as amended (EPA No. 1981.08, OMB 

Control Number 2050–0172), to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through November 

30, 2022. 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 May 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2006–0073, to: EPA 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, 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: 

Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency 

Management, Mail Code 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. Out of an 

abundance of caution for members of 

the public and our staff, the EPA Docket 

Center and Reading Room is closed to 

the public, with limited exceptions, to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

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. 

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: 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). The Act 

required 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 was published on August 4, 

2000 (65 FR 48108). The regulations 

imposed minimal information and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

In accordance with the final rule, 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. 

The final rule also authorizes and 

encourages state and local government 

officials to have access to OCA 

information for their official use, and to 

provide members of the public with 

read-only access to OCA sections of 

RMPs for sources located within the 

jurisdiction of the LEPC where the 

person lives or works and for any other 

stationary sources with vulnerability 

zones extending into the LEPC’s 

jurisdiction. 

EPA also established a 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 VZIS 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 regular mail 

request to the EPA. 

The burden estimates, numbers and 

types of respondents, wage rates and 

unit and total costs for this ICR renewal 

will be revised and updated, if needed, 

during the 60-day comment period 

while the ICR Supporting Statement is 

undergoing review at OMB. 


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Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: State 

and local agencies and the public. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit (40 

CFR 1400). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

315 (total). 

Frequency of response: As necessary. 

Total estimated burden: 367 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $16,252 (per 

year), includes $23 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: Any change 

in burden or cost resulting from the 60- 

day OMB review period will be 

described and explained in this section 

when the updated ICR Supporting 

Statement is completed. 

Donna Salyer, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04210 Filed 2–28–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0838; FRL–9117–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Reinstatement of 

an Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Assessment of 

Environmental Performance Standards 

and Ecolabels for Federal Procurement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

entitled: ‘‘Assessment of Environmental 

Performance Standards and Ecolabels 

for Federal Procurement’’ and identified 

by EPA ICR No. 2516.04 and OMB 

Control No. 2070–0199. This is a request 

to reinstate a previously approved ICR 

as revised in order to allow the 

information collection to implement the 

Framework for the Assessment of 

Environmental Performance Standards 

and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing 

(Framework). Before submitting the ICR 

to OMB for review and approval under 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed ICR 

must be received on or before May 2, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on 

the proposed ICR identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2014–0838, though the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

opened to visitors by appointment only. 

For the latest status information on 

EPA/DC and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Katherine 

Sleasman, Regulatory Support Branch 

(7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–1204; 

email address: sleasman.katherine@

epa.gov. 

For technical information contact: 

Alison Kinn Bennett, Data Gathering 

and Analysis Division (7406M), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 

564–8859; kinn.alison@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses/ 

organizations (those that employ less 

than 25) on examples of specific 

additional efforts that EPA could make 

to reduce the paperwork burden for very 

small businesses/organizations affected 

by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Assessment of Environmental 

Performance Standards and Ecolabels 

for Federal Procurement. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2516.04; 

OMB Control No. 2070–0199. 

ICR status: This ICR is a 

reinstatement. 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 title 40 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

information that will be requested to be 

submitted to the Agency to evaluate 

private sector standards and ecolabels 

under the updated Framework for the 

Assessment of Environmental 

Performance Standards and Ecolabels 

for Federal Purchasing. EPA’s goal in 

developing this Framework is to create 

a transparent, fair, and consistent 

approach to evaluate product 

environmental performance standards 

and ecolabels for inclusion in EPA’s 

Recommendations of Specifications, 

Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal 

Purchasing (‘‘Recommendations’’). The 

Recommendations help federal 

purchasers identify and procure 

environmentally preferable products 

and services which in turn, help to meet 

their sustainability goals and 

requirements. 

EPA is engaging in this collection 

pursuant to the authority in the 

Pollution Prevention Act (42 U.S.C.A. 

section 13103(b)(11) which requires 

EPA to ‘‘Identify opportunities to use 

Federal procurement to encourage 

source reduction’’ and section 12(d) of 


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