Document ID: EPA-HQ-UST-2010-0625-0007
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures
Posted Date: 2014-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56798-56799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22557]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-UST-2010-0625; FRL-9915-84-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and 
Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (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 Tanks: 
Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval 
Procedures (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1360.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0068) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through September 30, 2014. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (79 FR 22487) on April 22, 2014 during a 60-
day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 23, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-UST-2010-0625 online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to mcdermott.elizabeth@epa.gov, or by mail 
to: (1) EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 and (2) OMB 
via email to oirasubmission@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: Elizabeth McDermott, Office of 
Underground Storage Tanks, Mail Code 5401P, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (703) 603-7175; fax number: (703) 603-0175; email address: 
mcdermott.elizabeth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
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

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public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 
(RCRA), as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for Underground 
Storage Tank (UST) systems as may be necessary to protect human health 
and the environment, and procedures for approving state programs in 
lieu of the federal program. EPA promulgated technical and financial 
requirements for owners and operators of USTs at 40 CFR part 280, and 
state program approval procedures at 40 CFR part 281. This ICR is a 
comprehensive presentation of all information collection requirements 
contained at 40 CFR parts 280 and 281.
    The data collected for new and existing UST system operations and 
financial requirements are used by owners and operators and/or EPA or 
the implementing agency to monitor results of testing, inspections, and 
operation of UST systems, as well as to demonstrate compliance with 
regulations.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of USTs.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR Parts 280 
and 281.
    Estimated number of respondents: 211,686.
    Frequency of response: Once and on occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 5,068,897 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $375,584,849 (per year), includes 
$223,435,559 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,684,661 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to an update in the respondent 
universe and burden estimates based on updated data from the Office of 
Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and the regulated community. EPA also 
slightly reduced the burden associated with notification requirements.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-22557 Filed 9-22-14; 8:45 am]
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