Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2004-0006-0020
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
Posted Date: 2018-07-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33931-33932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15337]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2004-0006; FRL-9980-74-OLEM]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request: 
Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements Under Sections 311 and 
312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), 
EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB Control Number 2050-0072

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Community Right-to-Know 
Reporting Requirements under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency 
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA ICR Number 
1352.14, OMB Control Number 2050-0072 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.). Before doing so, EPA is 
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension 
of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 2018. 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 September 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2004-0006, to (1) EPA online using 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, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. 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

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Management, Mail Code 5104A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-8794; email address: [email protected].

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 public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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 these requirements is sections 311 and 
312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), 
1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012). EPCRA Section 311 requires owners and 
operators of facilities subject to OSHA Hazard Communication Standard 
(HCS) to submit a list of chemicals or MSDSs (for those chemicals that 
exceed thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 370) to the State Emergency 
Response Commission (SERC) or Tribal Emergency Response Commission 
(TERC), Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) or Tribal Emergency 
Planning Committee (TEPC) and the local fire department (LFD) with 
jurisdiction over their facility. This is a one-time requirement unless 
a facility becomes subject to the regulations or has updated 
information on the hazardous chemicals that were already submitted by 
the facility. EPCRA Section 312 requires owners and operators of 
facilities subject to OSHA HCS to submit an inventory form (for those 
chemicals that exceed the thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part 370) to 
the SERC (or TERC), LEPC (or TEPC), and LFD with jurisdiction over 
their facility. This inventory form, Tier II (Emergency and Hazardous 
Chemical Inventory Form), is to be submitted on March 1 of each year 
and must include the inventory of hazardous chemicals present at the 
facility in the previous calendar year.
    The burden estimates, numbers and types of respondents, wage rates 
and unit and total costs for this ICR renewal will be revised and 
updated as necessary during the 60-day comment period while the ICR 
Supporting Statement is undergoing review at OMB.
    Form Numbers: Tier II Emergency and Hazardous Chemical Inventory 
Form, EPA Form No. 8700-30.
    Respondents/affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this ICR are manufacturers and non-manufacturers required to have 
available a Material Safety Data Sheet (or Safety Data Sheet) under the 
OSHA HCS.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory (Sections 311 and 312 
of EPCRA).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 393,552. This figure will be 
updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Total Estimated Burden: 5,915,254 hours (per year). This figure 
will be updated as needed during the 60-day OMB review period. Burden 
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $6,389,900 (per year), includes annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs. This figure will be updated 
with most recent available wage rates from BLS and to account for any 
changes in O&M costs, burden and number of respondents.
    Changes in Estimates: Any change in burden will be described and 
explained in this section when the updated ICR Supporting Statement is 
completed during the 60-day OMB review period.

    Dated: June 28, 2018.
Gilberto Irizarry,
Acting Director, Office of Emergency Management.
[FR Doc. 2018-15337 Filed 7-17-18; 8:45 am]
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