Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information or to obtain a copy of this ICR contract Sandy

Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Title: Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans

(EPA No. 0328.04; OMB No. 2050-0021).

Abstract: This ICR is an extension of an existing collection for

Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) planning

requirements in support of the Clean Water Act at paragraph (1) Section

311 (j), and described at 40 CFR 112. The information will be used by

the EPA to ensure that oil spill prevention planning occurs, thereby

ensuring compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR 112.

Under this ICR, owners or operators of affected facilities must:

(1) Prepare the SPCC plan (40 CFR 112.3 and 112.7), (2) maintain the

plan and appropriate records (40 CFR 112.3 and 112.7(e)) if they begin

operations or significantly modify their facilities during the approval

period, (3) submit the plan in the event of certain discharges of oil

(40 CFR 112.4), (4) revise the plan following modification of the

facility (40 CFR 112.5(a)), and (5) conduct a triennial review of the

SPCC plan (40 CFR 112(b)).

The SPCC plan should describe: (1) possible equipment failures that

could lead to a discharge of oil from the facility (40 CFR 112.7(b));

(2) the use of required preventive measures such as appropriate

containment and/or diversion structures or equipment (40 CFR 112.7(c)),

or if containment is not available, an oil spill contingency plan and a

written commitment of manpower, equipment and materials required to

expeditiously control and remove any harmful quantity of oil discharged

(40 CFR 112.7(d)); and (3) a discussion of the more detailed planning

requirements (40 CFR 112.7(c)).

In addition to these general requirements, onshore facilities must

maintain records of maintenance and usage of bypass valves and

comparison records on past inspections of aboveground storage tanks.

Offshore facilities must maintain written procedures for inspecting and

testing pollution prevention equipment, keep records of well shut-in

valves, prepare written instructions for contractors and

subcontractors, and maintain records of inspection of submarine

pipelines.

Currently there are 450,360 facilities subject to this regulation,

with an estimated increase in the regulated universe of 4,549

facilities per year over the next three years. Facility records related

to compliance must be maintained for three years.

Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for new facilities

subject to this collection of information is estimated to range between

39.6 and 100.6 hours per response, with an average of 40.5 hours

including time for reviewing the Oil Pollution Prevention regulations,

searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining data, and

preparing and reviewing the SPCC plan. The annual recordkeeping burden

for existing facilities is estimated to range from 5.0 to 13.9 hours

per respondent, with an average recordkeeping burden of 5.5 hours

including time for maintaining. reviewing and updating the SPCC plan.

Respondents: Owners or operators of subject facilities as defined

at 40 CFR 112.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,549 new facilities will be

required to prepare a plan; an annual average of 454,878 existing

facilities over the next three years will be required to maintain

records and submit amendments as needed.

Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,662,506 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion (as described at 40 CFR

112.4).

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the

burden, to: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Information Policy Branch (21346), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC

20460.

and

Jonathan Gledhill, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: June 27, 1994.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-16336 Filed 7-5-94; 8:45 am]

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