Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPA-2004-0001-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2004-08-02T04:00Z

ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPA­
2004­
0001,
FRL­
7633­
8]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Renewal
of
Information
Collection
Request
for
the
Implementation
of
the
Oil
Pollution
Act
Facility
Response
Plan
Requirements
(
40
CFR
Part
112);
EPA
ICR
Number
1630.08;
OMB
Control
Number
2050­
0135.

Comment
and
Response
to
Comment:

Comment
(
Docket
number
OPA­
2004­
0001­
0006
dated
06/
12/
2004):

usepa
opa
2004
0001
frl
7669­
4
omb
review
of
OIL
POLLUTION
ACT
It
is
clear
that
this
oil
pollution
act
is
not
doing
the
job
it
should
be
doing
in
protection
for
the
american
public.
this
act
needs
revision
and
upgrading.
Collecting
the
information
you
are
collecting
is
not
helping
the
american
public
one
iota.

a
ship
off
the
NJ
coast
in
bradley
beach
spilled
tons
of
oil,
polluting
the
beach,
killing
wildlife/
birds
and
no
one
knows
who
did
it.
that
has
to
change.
there
has
to
be
enforcement
and
inspection
on
ships
entering
our
harbors.
we
cannot
have
this
secret
spillage
going
on.

The
present
response
is
inadequate
and
negligent.
This
agency
is
sitting
on
its
duff
while
shippers
pollute
our
waters,
kill
our
people
and
animals.

We
also
need
to
identify
the
polluters
so
that
they
can
be
found
and
brought
to
justice
and
made
to
pay
the
millions
upon
millions
in
damage
that
they
cause.
There
is
no
reason
to
make
the
people
who
live
in
NJ
pay
for
that
oil
spilll
off
bradley
beach
when
it
was
plainly
caused
by
one
of
the
ships
that
your
agency
is
supposed
to
be
aware
of.

The
focus
of
this
agency
must
be
changed
to
catching
the
polluters.
There
will
be
less
pollution
if
we
catch
the
malignant
polluters
among
us.

b.
sachau
15
elm
st
florham
park
nj
07932
Response
to
Comment:

As
further
explained
in
the
FRP
ICR
renewal
(
OPA­
2004­
0001),
this
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
covered
information
regarding
the
paperwork
and
cost
burden
place
upon
facilities
that
prepare
and
maintain
Facility
Response
Plans
(
FRPs).
According
to
the
Clean
Water
Act,
as
amended
by
OPA,
certain
facilities
that
handle,
store,
and
transport
oil
must
prepare,
submit,
and
maintain
FRPs.
The
FRP
regulation
is
designed
to
ensure
that
facilities
have
adequate
oil
spill
response
capabilities.
The
FRPs
assist
the
facility
owner
and
operator
in
identifying
the
substantial
threat
of
a
worst­
case
discharge
of
oil
and
oil
spill
response
mechanisms.

Although
EPA
recognizes
the
need
to
protect
the
environment,
there
are
certain
jurisdictions
between
different
governmental
agencies
when
dealing
with
oil
spill
response.
The
U.
S.
Coast
Guard
regulates
transportation­
related
facilities
and
vessels
that
transport
oil.
The
EPA
regulates
non­
transportation
facilities
that
store,
use
and
dispose
of
oil.
The
U.
S.
Coast
Guard
and
EPA
do
co­
regulate
complex
facilities
that
have
a
combination
of
transportation
related
and
non­
transportation
related
components
(
e.
g.
marine
transportation
facilities
with
above
ground
storage
tanks).

Regarding
the
February
2004
oil
spill
off
the
New
Jersey
coast
that
affected
Bradley
Beach,
this
oil
spill
occurred
in
an
area
of
Coastal
Waterways
that
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
United
States
Coast
Guard.
U.
S.
Coast
Guard
On­
Scene
Coordinators
and
the
New
Jersey
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
monitored
the
clean
up
during
this
oil
spill.