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reviews permit applications, provides
for public review of proposed permits,
issues permits based on consideration of
all technical factors and public input,
and reviews information submittals
required of sources during the term of
the permit. Under part 71, the EPA
reviews certain actions and performs
oversight of any delegate agency,
consistent with the terms of a delegation
agreement. Consequently, information
prepared and submitted by sources is
essential for sources to receive permits,
and for federal and tribal permitting
agencies to adequately review the
permit applications and issue the
permits, oversee implementation of the
permits, and properly administer and
manage the program. The proposed ICR
is needed to authorize the preparation
and submittal of this information.
Information that is collected is
handled according to EPA’s policies set
forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2,
subpart B—Confidentiality of Business
Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also
section 114(c) of the Act.
Form Numbers: The forms are 5900–
01, 5900–02, 5900–03, 5900–04, 5900–
05, 5900–06, 5900–79, 5900–80, 5900–
81, 5900–82, 5900–83, 5900–84, 5900–
85 and 5900–86.
Respondents/affected entities:
Industrial plants (sources) and tribal
permitting authorities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (see 40 CFR part 71).
Estimated number of respondents: 99
(total); 98 industry sources and 1 tribal
delegate permitting authority (the EPA
serves as a permitting authority but is
not a respondent).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 26,132 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,702,183 (per
year). There are no annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 11,497 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to updated
estimates of the number of sources and
permits subject to the part 71 program,
rather than any new federal mandates.
The changes in estimates are due to
shrinkage from the transfer of 36
permits from the part 71 to the part 70
program and due to a previous
overestimate of the number of sources
that would get permits by the end of the
previous ICR (which is the start of the
current ICR).

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Dated: January 29, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards.
[FR Doc. 2015–02696 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2015–0100; FRL–9922–
88–OSWER]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Continuous
Release Reporting Regulations (CRRR)
under CERCLA 1980 (Renewal); EPA
ICR No. 1445.12, OMB Control No.
2050–0086
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Continuous Release Reporting
Regulations (CRRR) Under CERCLA
1980 (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1445.12,
OMB Control No. 2050–0086) 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 proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through June 30, 2015. 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 April 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2015–0100 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to superfund.docket@
epa.gov, 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
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Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Bosecker, Regulations
Implementation Division, Office of
Emergency Management, (5104A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–7612; 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: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, as
amended, requires the person in charge
of a vessel or facility to immediately
notify the National Response Center
(NRC) of a hazardous substance release
into the environment if the amount of
the release equals or exceeds the
substance’s reportable quantity (RQ).
The RQ of every hazardous substance

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can be found in Table 302.4 of 40 CFR
302.4.
Section 103(f)(2) of CERCLA provides
facilities relief from this per-occurrence
notification requirement if the
hazardous substance release at or above
the RQ is continuous and stable in
quantity and rate. Under the Continuous
Release Reporting Requirements
(CRRR), to report such a release as a
continuous release you must make an
initial telephone call to the NRC, an
initial written report to the EPA Region,
and, if the source and chemical
composition of the continuous release
does not change and the level of the
continuous release does not
significantly increase, a follow-up
written report to the EPA Region one
year after submission of the initial
written report. If the source or chemical
composition of the previously reported
continuous release changes, notifying
the NRC and EPA Region of a change in
the source or composition of the release
is required. Further, a significant
increase in the level of the previously
reported continuous release must be
reported immediately to the NRC
according to section 103(a) of CERCLA.
Finally, any change in information
submitted in support of a continuous
release notification must be reported to
the EPA Region.
The reporting of a hazardous
substance release that is equal to or
above the substance’s RQ allows the
Federal government to determine
whether a Federal response action is
required to control or mitigate any
potential adverse effects to public health
or welfare or the environment.
The continuous release of hazardous
substance information collected under
CERCLA section 103(f)(2) is also
available to EPA program offices and
other Federal agencies who use the
information to evaluate the potential
need for additional regulations, new
permitting requirements for specific
substances or sources, or improved
emergency response planning. State and
local government authorities and
facilities subject to the CRRR use release
information for purposes of local
emergency response planning. Members
of the public, who have access to release
information through the Freedom of
Information Act, may request release
information for purposes of maintaining
an awareness of what types of releases
are occurring in different localities and
what actions, if any, are being taken to
protect public health and welfare and
the environment. 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.

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The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40
CFR part 9.
Form Numbers: EPA Form 6100–10,
Continuous Release Reporting Form
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
not defined. The usage and release of
hazardous substances are pervasive
throughout industry. EPA expects a
number of different industrial categories
to report hazardous substance releases
under the provisions of the CRRR. No
one industry sector or group of sectors
is disproportionately affected by the
information collection burden.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory if respondents want to
obtain reduced reporting for continuous
releases. See the abstract for details.
Estimated number of respondents:
4,046.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 325,582
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $17,236,727 (per
year), includes $165,111 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an
increase of 9,616 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase in burden results
primarily from use of data on the actual
number of continuous release reports
from several regions and applying a
growth rate consistent with prior years
reporting. The average annual percent
increase in facilities in the previous ICR
was approximately 7.5%. The same
percent increase was assumed for this
ICR. The unit burden hours per
respondent information collection
activity remains the same as the
previous ICR.
Dated: February 3, 2015.
Reggie Cheatham,
Acting Director, Office of Emergency
Management.
[FR Doc. 2015–02694 Filed 2–9–15; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
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OAR]

National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants
(Radionuclides); Availability of
Updated Compliance Model
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

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The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is announcing the
availability of Version 4 of the CAP88–
PC model. This version may be used to
demonstrate compliance with the
National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
applicable to radionuclides. CAP88–PC
is approved for this use by EPA. Version
4 has many changes and improvements
from previous versions. The most
significant of these changes from a user
perspective are the incorporation of agedependent radionuclide dose and risk
factors for ingestion and inhalation, the
increase in the number of included
radionuclides, and a change in the file
management system used by the
program. Other changes less visible to
the user include new code architecture,
incorporation of numerical solvers for
the calculation of radioactive decay
chains, including the ingrowth of decay
products during air transport and
ground surface deposition, enhanced
error messages, updated on-line help,
and a utility for migrating Version 3
datasets, wind files and population files
to Version 4. The modifications have
produced a significant improvement in
speed and stability for Version 4 relative
to Version 3, and eliminated the
solution approximations used in
Version 3.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid
J. Rosnick, Office of Radiation and
Indoor Air, Radiation Protection
Division (6608T), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9200; fax
number: (202) 343–2304; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are subject to the
requirements for radionuclide NESHAP
found in 40 CFR part 61, subpart H.
This subpart applies to Department of
Energy (DOE) facilities.
B. How can I get copies of the model
and other related information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0050; FRL–
9922–75–OAR. Publicly available
docket materials are available either
electronically through
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B 102, 1301 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open

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