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Data submitted under the GHGRP that 

is classified as CBI is protected under 

the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart 

B. The EPA is determining through a 

series of rulemaking actions the data 

elements that will be eligible for 

treatment as CBI. However, according to 

CAA section 114(c), ‘‘emissions data’’ 

cannot be classified as CBI. The EPA has 

proposed that inputs to emissions 

equations meet the definition of 

‘‘emissions data’’ and cannot be 

afforded the protections of CBI. The 

EPA has deferred the reporting deadline 

for data elements that are used as inputs 

to emissions equations to provide the 

EPA time needed to fully evaluate and 

resolve issues regarding the reporting 

and potential release of these data (76 

FR 53057, August 25, 2011). 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.96 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 which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the EPA’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

1. Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 11,290. 

2. Frequency of response: Annual, 

quarterly. 

3. Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 43. 

4. Estimated total annual burden 

hours: 1,000,914 hours. This includes 

estimated total respondent hours of 

942,344 hours and estimated total EPA 

hours of 58,570 hours. 

5. Estimated total annual costs: 

$98,082,191. This includes an estimated 

cost of $28,086,090 for capital 

investment as well as maintenance and 

operational costs, an estimated 

respondent burden cost of $56,141,455, 

and an estimated EPA cost of 

$13,854,646. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 764,890 hours 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with the combined 

burden in the currently approved ICRs 

for the GHGRP identified in the ICRs 

currently approved by OMB (2060– 

0629, –0646, –0647, –0649, –0650, 

–0651, and –0680). This decrease 

reflects the completion of one-time 

activities that occurred in the first year 

of data collection as well as adjustments 

in the number of respondents based on 

facilities that reported information to 

the EPA. This change is the result of an 

adjustment. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

The 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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, the EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: April 27, 2012. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104; FRL–9516–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before June 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2012–0104, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

docket.superfund@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Lentz, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, (5105T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

566–2745; fax number (202) 566–1476; 

email address: Lentz.Rachel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On February 10, 2012 (77 FR 7143), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment during the comment period, 

which was not relevant to this ICR, and 

is not addressed in the ICR. Any 

additional comments on this ICR should 

be submitted to EPA and OMB within 

30 days of this notice. 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Superfund Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/ 

DC 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 Superfund Docket is 

202–566–9744. 

Use the EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that the EPA’s policy 

is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at www.regulations.gov as the 


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EPA receives them and without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.04, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0192. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 31, 2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 the EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

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 in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The Small Business Liability 

Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

Act (Pub. L. 107–118) (‘‘the Brownfields 

Amendments’’) was signed into law on 

January 11, 2002. The Act amends the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), as amended, and 

authorizes the EPA to award cooperative 

agreements to states, tribes, local 

governments, and other eligible entities 

to assess and clean up brownfields sites. 

Under the Brownfields Amendments, a 

brownfield site means real property, the 

expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of 

which may be complicated by the 

presence or potential presence of a 

hazardous substance, pollutant, or 

contaminant. For funding purposes, the 

EPA uses the term ‘‘brownfield 

property(ies)’’ synonymously with the 

term ‘‘brownfield sites.’’ The 

Brownfields Amendments authorize the 

EPA to award several types of 

cooperative agreements to eligible 

entities on a competitive basis. 

Under subtitle A of the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act, States, 

tribes, local governments, and other 

eligible entities can receive assessment 

cooperative agreements to inventory, 

characterize, assess, and conduct 

planning and community involvement 

related to brownfields properties; 

cleanup cooperative agreements to carry 

out cleanup activities at brownfields 

properties; cooperative agreements to 

capitalize revolving loan funds and 

provide subgrants for cleanup activities; 

and job training cooperative agreements 

to support the creation and 

implementation of environmental job 

training and placement programs. Under 

Subtitle C of the Small Business 

Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act, State and tribes can 

receive cooperative agreements to 

establish and enhance their response 

programs. The cooperative agreements 

support activities necessary to establish 

or enhance four elements of state and 

tribal response programs and to meet 

the public record requirements under 

the statute. The four elements eligible 

for funding include: (a) Timely survey 

and inventory of brownfield sites in the 

State or in the tribal land; (b) oversight 

and enforcement authorities or other 

mechanisms and resources; (c) 

mechanisms and resources to provide 

meaningful opportunities for public 

participation; and (d) mechanisms for 

approval of a cleanup plan and 

verification and certification that 

cleanup is complete. States and tribes 

that receive funding under subtitle C 

must establish a public record system 

during the funding period unless an 

adequate public record system is 

already established. 

Cooperative agreement recipients 

(recipients) have general reporting and 

record keeping requirements as a 

condition of their cooperative agreement 

that result in burden. A portion of this 

reporting and record keeping burden is 

authorized under 40 CFR Parts 30 and 

31 and identified in the EPA’s general 

grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030– 

0020). The EPA requires Brownfields 

program recipients to maintain and 

report additional information to the EPA 

on the uses and accomplishments 

associated with the funded brownfields 

activities. The EPA uses several forms to 

assist recipients in reporting the 

information and to ensure consistency 

of the information collected. The EPA 

uses this information to meet Federal 

stewardship responsibilities to manage 

and track how program funds are being 

spent, to evaluate the performance of 

the Brownfields Cleanup and Land 

Revitalization Program, to meet the 

Agency’s reporting requirements under 

the Government Performance Results 

Act, and to report to Congress and other 

program stakeholders on the status and 

accomplishments of the program. 

This ICR addresses the burden 

imposed on recipients that are 

associated with those reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements that are 

specific to cooperative agreements 

awarded under the Small Business 

Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.22 hours per 

response. It is estimated to average 4 

hours per response for Job Training 

recipients, and 1.25 hours per response 

for subtitle A assessment, cleanup, and 

revolving loan fund and subtitle C 

recipients. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

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 procedures to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,007. 

Frequency of Response: Bi-Annual for 

subtitle C recipients; Quarterly for 

subtitle A recipients. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,167 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$308,911, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 13,383 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This reflects the EPA’s 

updating of burden estimates for this 

collection based on an increase in 

number of experienced recipients 

familiar with reporting requirements, a 

lowered number of responses based on 

previous data submission, and 

improvements in the Assessment, 

Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange 

System (ACRES) reporting database. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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