Document ID: EPA-HQ-UST-2004-0001-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Underground Storage Tanks: 
Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1360.07, OMB Control Number 2050-
0068
Posted Date: 2004-09-17T04:00Z

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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
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0001;
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8]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request;
Underground
Storage
Tanks:
Technical
and
Financial
Requirements,
and
State
Program
Approval
Procedures
(
Renewal),
EPA
ICR
Number
1360.07,
OMB
Control
Number
2050­
0068
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).

ACTION:
Notice.

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SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.

[[
Page
56051]]

3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
an
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval.
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection,
which
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
October
31,
2004.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.

DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
October
18
2004.

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
Docket
ID
No.
UST­
2004­
0001,
to
(
1)
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
rcra­
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Underground
Storage
Tank
(
UST)
Docket,
Mail
Code
5305T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Elizabeth
Ketchum,
Office
of
Underground
Storage
Tanks,
Mail
Code
5401G,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
603­
7144;
fax
number:
(
703)
603­
0175;
e­
mail
address:
ketchum.
elizabeth@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
April
19,
2004
(
69
FR
20870),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
UST­
2004­
0001,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
UST
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Public
Reading
Room
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Reading
Room
is
(
202)
566­
1744,
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
UST
Docket
is
(
202)
566­
0270.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket
.

Title:
Underground
Storage
Tanks:
Technical
and
Financial
Requirements,
and
State
Program
Approval
Procedures
(
Renewal).
Abstract:
Subtitle
I
of
the
Resource
Conservation
and
Recovery
Act
(
RCRA),
as
amended,
requires
that
EPA
develop
standards
for
UST
systems,
as
may
be
necessary,
to
protect
human
health
and
the
environment,
and
establish
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
under
40
CFR
part
280
are
used
by
the
owners
and
operators
and/
or
EPA
or
the
implementing
agency
to
monitor
results
of
testing,
inspections,
and
operations
of
UST
systems,
as
well
as
demonstrate
compliance
with
regulations.
EPA
believes
strongly
that
if
the
minimum
requirements
specified
under
the
regulations
are
not
met,
neither
the
facilities
nor
EPA
can
ensure
that
UST
systems
are
being
managed
in
a
manner
protective
of
human
health
and
the
environment.
The
data
collected
under
40
CFR
part
281
are
used
by
EPA
to
determine
whether
to
approve
a
State
program.
Before
granting
approval,
EPA
must
determine
that
programs
will
be
no
less
stringent
than
the
Federal
program
and
contain
adequate
enforcement
mechanisms.
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
For
UST
facilities,
the
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
is
estimated
to
average
24
hours
per
respondent.
For
States
applying
for
program
approval,
the
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
is
estimated
to
average
28
hours
per
respondent.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
or
disclose
or
provide
information
to
or
for
a
Federal
agency.
This
includes
the
time
needed
to
review
instructions;
develop,
acquire,
install,
and
use
technology
and
systems
for
the
purposes
of
collecting,
validating,
verifying,
processing,
maintaining,
disclosing,
and
providing
information;
adjust
the
existing
ways
to
comply
with
any
previously
applicable
instructions
and
requirements;
train
personnel
to
be
able
to
respond
to
a
collection
of
information;
search
data
sources;
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
information.
Respondents/
Affected
Entities:
Owners
and
operators
of
USTs
and
States
that
implement
UST
programs
are
potentially
affected
by
this
information
collection.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
254,705
(
254,666
UST
facilities
and
39
State
programs).
Frequency
of
Response:
Varies
depending
on
the
individual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
requirements.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
6,132,237
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
674.45
million,
includes
$
80.25
million
annual
capital/
startup
costs,
$
263.26
million
annual
O&
M
costs
and
$
330.94
annual
labor
costs.
Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
106,694
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
is
due
to
updated
respondent
universe
and
burden
and
cost
estimates
from
the
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Office
of
Underground
Storage
Tanks
(
OUST)
and
the
regulated
community.
The
current
OMB
inventory
reports
$
363,000
in
total
annualized
costs
(
which
includes
capital/
startup
and
O&
M
costs);
there
was
an
error
in
the
burden
associated
with
the
previous
ICR
(
1360.06)
and
the
cost
estimate
should
have
been
$
363,561,000.
The
total
annualized
cost
requested
in
this
ICR
is
$
343,507,000.
This
corrects
the
current
OMB
inventory
and
is
based
on
updated
data
from
the
Office
of
Underground
Storage
Tanks
(
OUST)
and
the
regulated
community.
This
new
burden
is
$
20.05
million
less
than
the
previous
ICR
submission.

Dated:
September
5,
2004.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
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