Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPA-2007-0584-0306
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2023-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50149-50150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16213]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPA-2007-0584; FRL-11248-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Spill Prevention, Control, and 
Countermeasure Plans (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 0328.19, OMB Control 
Number 2050-0021) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through July 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register on November 4, 2022, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPA-2007-0584, to EPA 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,

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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: Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency 
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: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 31, 2023. 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 November 4, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 66695). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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.
    Abstract: The authority for EPA's oil pollution prevention 
requirements is derived from section 311(j)(1)(C) of the Clean Water 
Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. EPA's regulation is 
codified at 40 CFR part 112. Although the owner or operator is the 
primary data user, EPA may also require the owner or operator to submit 
data to the Agency in certain situations to ensure facilities comply 
with the SPCC regulation and to help allocate response resources. State 
and local governments may use the data, which are not generally 
available elsewhere and can assist local emergency preparedness 
planning efforts.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of facilities 
required to have Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) 
plans under the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation (40 CFR part 112) 
and which, because of their location, could reasonably be expected to 
cause substantial harm to the environment.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory, pursuant to 40 CFR 
112.3(e).
    Estimated number of respondents: 549,362 (total).
    Frequency of response: Facilities must prepare and implement an 
SPCC Plan before beginning operations and review, evaluate, and update 
the SPCC Plan every five years. In the event of certain discharges of 
oil into navigable waters, a facility owner or operator must submit 
certain information to the Regional Administrator within 60 days.
    Total estimated burden: 6,625,194 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $893,604,697 (per year), which includes 
$208,724,033 annualized capital or operation & maintenance (O&M) costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an increase of 315,671 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to changes in the universe of 
regulated facilities after accounting for changes in the numbers and 
types of existing and newly regulated facilities in the new ICR period, 
as well as small adjustments in unit burden estimates for activities 
associated with SPCC Plan amendments. While the universe of regulated 
facilities decreases by less than one percent during the new ICR 
period; (549,362 vs. 549,785 respondents), a slightly higher proportion 
of this universe consists of regulated facilities with a relatively 
greater unit burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-16213 Filed 7-31-23; 8:45 am]
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