Document ID: EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0440-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing To Evaluate the Impacts of the 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation
Posted Date: 2022-06-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 33481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11790]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2022-0440; FRL-9885-01-OLEM]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Gathering Data on Results of Annual and Triennial Testing To Evaluate 
the Impacts of EPA's 2015 Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation

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), ``Gathering Data on Results of 
Annual and Triennial Testing To Evaluate the Impacts of EPA's 2015 
Federal Underground Storage Tank Regulation'' (EPA ICR No. 2650.01, OMB 
Control No. 2050-NEW) 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 request for approval of a new collection. 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 August 1, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2022-0440 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth McDermott, Prevention 
Division, Office of Underground Storage Tanks, (Mail Code 5401R), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, 
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-0646; 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: This information collection request will allow U.S. 
E.P.A. to employ a contractor to compile data from private companies 
providing compliance testing to owners of federally regulated 
underground storage tank systems (USTs). The completed dataset of test 
results will allow EPA to evaluate the effectiveness of several of the 
newly required measures to prevent fuel releases included in the 2015 
federal UST regulation: Spill containment liquid tightness testing, 
containment sump liquid tightness testing (for containment sumps used 
for interstitial monitoring of piping of single-wall construction), 
overfill equipment inspections, and two types of annual leak detection 
equipment testing. EPA is interested in quantitatively assessing if 
passing rates improve between initial and subsequent rounds of testing 
in the 15 states from which data will be collected. EPA will use the 
data to identify if, and by how much, testing required by the 
regulation impacts equipment performance over time. EPA will use this 
information to enhance national UST program performance. EPA will share 
the information gathered from this collection with all state 
implementing agencies, who could use the results to better inform their 
future regulations, policies, and guidance for preventing UST releases. 
Sharing this information will help states implement their programs 
better, which will help EPA execute national UST program goals and 
better protect human health and the environment.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: UST testing and compliance 
companies, UST facility owners and operators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 60.
    Frequency of response: One-time collection.
    Total estimated burden: 1,275 hours per year. Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $53,398.75 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: This is a request for a new collection.

Mark Barolo,
Acting Office Director, Office of Underground Storage Tanks.
[FR Doc. 2022-11790 Filed 6-1-22; 8:45 am]
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