Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPA-2010-0987-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Implementation of Oil Pollution Act Facility Response Plan Requirements
Posted Date: 2011-06-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38148-38149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16358]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPA-2010-0987, FRL-9426-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Implementation of the Oil 
Pollution Act Facility Response Plan Requirements (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 July 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA-
2010-0987, to (1) EPA, either online using http://www.regulations.gov 
(our preferred method), or by e-mail to rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: J. Troy Swackhammer, Office of 
Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-1966; fax number: (202) 564-2625; e-mail address: 
swackhammer.j-troy@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 3, 2011 (76 FR 6130), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No 
EPA-HQ-OPA-2010-0987, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (RCRA) 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 RCRA 
Docket is (202) 566-0270.
    Use 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 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 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: Implementation of the Oil Pollution Act Facility Response 
Plan Requirements (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1630.10, OMB Control No. 2050-0135.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2011. 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 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: Under section 311(j)(5) of the Clean Water Act, as 
amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and in regulation codified at 
40 CFR 112.20 and 112.21, EPA requires that owners or operators of 
facilities storing oil create and maintain updated Facility Response 
Plans (FRP) in order to identify the necessary resources to respond to 
an oil spill in a timely manner. If implemented effectively, the FRP 
will reduce the impact and severity of oil spills and may prevent 
spills through the identification of risks at the facility. Although 
the owner or operator is the primary data user, EPA also uses the data 
in certain situations to ensure that facilities comply with the 
regulation and to help allocate response resources. State and local 
governments may use the data, which are not generally available 
elsewhere and can greatly assist local emergency preparedness planning 
efforts. EPA reviews all submitted FRPs and must approve FRPs for those 
facilities whose discharges may cause significant and substantial harm 
to the environment in order to ensure that facilities believed to pose 
the highest risk have planned for adequate resources and procedures to 
respond to a spill.
    Burden Statement: The respondent burden for this collection is 
estimated to average 1 hour per response for the Partner Registration 
Form, 34.5 hours per response for the Partner Annual

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Assessment Form, 3 hours per response for the Endorser Registration 
Form, and 5 hours per response for the Endorser Annual Assessment Form. 
This results in an estimated annual partner respondent burden of 51 
hours for new partners, 48 hours for established partners, 7 hours for 
new endorsers, and 3 hours for established endorsers.
    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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Businesses, not-for-profit 
institutions, and State, Local, or Tribal governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,865.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 463,419.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $19,415,628, includes $31,736 
annualized capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 30,792 hours from 
the currently approved burden. This is due to an observed increase in 
the number of facilities which must create and maintain an FRP.

    Dated: June 23, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-16358 Filed 6-28-11; 8:45 am]
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