Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601-0002
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Underground Storage Tank Finder Application
Posted Date: 2023-05-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33611-33612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11007]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601; FRL-11002-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Underground Storage Tank Finder Application (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Underground Storage Tank Finder 
Application (EPA ICR Number 2696.01, OMB Control Number 2080-NEW), to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a request for 
approval of a new collection. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on September 15, 2022 during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before June 23, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to 
OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of 
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find 
this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Hall, Office of Research and 
Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, 
Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: (513) 569-7374; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a new ICR. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on September 15, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. Supporting 
documents that explain in detail the information that the EPA will 
collect are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can 
be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA 
Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA recently developed the Underground Storage Tank 
(UST) Finder application (hereafter ``UST Finder''). UST Finder is a 
publicly available web map application containing a comprehensive, 
state- sourced national map of UST and leaking underground storage tank 
(LUST) data. UST Finder is available via EPA's GeoPlatform at https://gispub.epa.gov/ustfinder. UST Finder provides users access to 
information on the attributes and locations of active and closed USTs, 
UST facilities, and LUSTs in states in a geographic information system 
(GIS) environment. This information collection relates to information 
that state and territorial agencies already collect from UST and LUST 
owners and operators as part of their customary business practice to 
manage their compliance and enforcement programs. To successfully 
implement, maintain, and improve the data quality and usability of UST 
Finder, the Agency seeks to gather, on a voluntary basis, information 
from state and territorial agencies that oversee UST/LUST programs. 
Specifically, EPA will request that these agencies provide location and 
other relevant data about USTs and LUSTs that is already being 
collected and managed by states and territories.
    This information collection is voluntary and does not require the 
agencies to collect additional data on USTs/LUSTs beyond the data 
elements that are already being collected through their previously 
implemented programs. States and territories will decide the extent of 
information to be provided.
    The EPA intends to implement four options for collecting the UST/
LUST

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data from states and territories: (1) by developing an Exchange server 
or other automated service through which states can ``push'' their data 
to the EPA, (2) by developing a link to the agencies' pre-existing 
electronic service used to maintain public websites such that the EPA 
can ``pull'' the data, (3) by allowing states and territories to submit 
existing databases or spreadsheets through an approved file sharing 
method, or (4) by EPA obtaining publicly available data from state and 
territory public agency websites (an option that will be exercised if 
states and territories do not voluntarily submit their data). For all 
data transfer options, the EPA will standardize, curate, and enter 
records into the UST Finder application.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States and territories with 
delegated authority to operate UST and LUST programs under 40 CFR parts 
280, 281, 282, and 40 CFR 302.4.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total). This includes the 50 
states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands.
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 3,470 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $175,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a new information collection, 
therefore, there are no previous burden estimates. The estimated burden 
reflects assumptions based on Agency experience from the development of 
the UST Finder application and consultation with affected entities. No 
comments were received on the burden previously published in the 
Federal Register. Should the EPA request to extend this information 
collection 3 years from now, changes in burden will be evaluated at 
that time.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-11007 Filed 5-23-23; 8:45 am]
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