46242 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 18, 2021 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2005–0008; FRL–8827– 

01–OLEM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request: 

Emergency Planning and Release 

Notification Requirements (EPCRA 

Sections 302, 303, and 304), EPA ICR 

Number 1395.11, OMB Control Number 

2050–0092 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Emergency Planning and Release 

Notification Requirements,’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1395.11, OMB Control No. 2050– 

0092) 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 April 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 October 18, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2005–0008, 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: 

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: 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 which 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 which have a threshold planning 

quantity of an EHS listed in 40 CFR part 

355, Appendix A and those which have 

a release of any of the EHSs 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: 

108,556. This figure includes 3,556 

LEPCs (or TEPCs) and SERCs (or TERCs) 

and will be updated, as needed, during 

the 60-day OMB review period. 

Frequency of response: EPCRA 

section 302 reporting is a one-time 


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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: 222,856 

hours (per year) (includes LEPCs (or 

TEPCs) and SERCs (or TERCs)). This 

figure will be updated to account for 

any changes in O&M costs, burden and 

number of respondents during the 60- 

day OMB review period. Burden is 

defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $11.67 million 

(per year), including $8,470 annual 

operations and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. This figure will be updated to 

account for any changes in O&M costs, 

burden and number of respondents 

during the 60-day OMB review period. 

There are no capital costs associated 

with this ICR. 

Changes in estimates: The number of 

facilities subject to section 302 is 

95,000, which is the same as in the 

previous ICR. The reduction in burden 

of approximately 25 percent (36,600 

hours annually) 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, 

which EPA assumes will apply to the 

three years of this ICR renewal. In 

addition, EPA corrected a few minor 

calculation errors. Changes in estimated 

costs are attributable to updated wage 

rates and a reduction in estimated O&M 

costs. Any additional 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. 2021–17740 Filed 8–17–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8719–01–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 

Information Management (OIM) is 

giving notice that it proposes to modify 

a system of records pursuant to the 

provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974. 

Central Data Exchange-Customer 

Registration Subsystem (CDX–CRS) is 

being modified to officially change from 

Central Data Exchange Customer 

Registration Subsystem (CDX–CRS). The 

new name for the system will be called 

Central Data Exchange (CDX). 

Additionally, CDX will leverage cloud 

resources. 

DATES: Persons wishing to comment on 

this system of records notice must do so 

by September 17, 2021. Modified 

routine uses for this modified system of 

records will be effective September 17, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OMS–2020–0139, by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

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. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OMS–2020– 

0139. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at https:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Controlled Unclassified 

Information (CUI) or other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CUI or otherwise 

protected through https://

www.regulations.gov. The https://

www.regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system for the 

EPA, which means the EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through https://

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the internet. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA public docket, visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the https:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CUI or other 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in https:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OMS Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 

Public Reading Room is normally open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday excluding legal holidays. 

The telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OMS 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

Temporary Hours During COVID–19 

Out of an abundance of caution for 

members of the public and our staff, the 

EPA Docket Center and Reading Room 

are 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. We encourage the 

public to submit comments via https:// 

www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there 

may be a delay in processing mail and 

faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may 

be received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. 

EPA, Attn: Joe Carioti, U.S. EPA, 

Information Exchange Services Branch, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (Mail Code 

2824T), Washington, DC 20460, Tel: 

202–564–6413, Email: carioti.joe@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information contained in records 

maintained in the CDX system are used 

to verify the identity of the individual, 


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