EPA's 40 CFR part 112.20-.21 regulation under section 311 of the Clean Water Act amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, requires that owners and operators of facilities that would cause "substantial harm" to the environment by discharging oil into navigable water bodies or adjoining shorelines prepare plans for responding, to the maximium extent practicable, to a worst case discharge of oil, to a substantial threat of such a discharges, and, as appropriate, to discharges smaller than worst case discharges. Other low-risk regulated facilities that are not required to prepare facility response plans.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.