OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. OMB files this comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should provide a summary of any comments related to the information collection and their response, including any changes made to the ICR as a result of comments. In addition, the agency must enter the correct burden estimates.
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This ICR estimates the incremental burden of the proposed changes for a proposed rule titled Addition of Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) that is not already included in the currently approved ICR âChemical Release Reporting,â which covers the current 40 CFR part 372. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a proposed rule under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) concerning the addition of natural gas processing (NGP) facilities to the scope of the industrial sectors covered by the reporting requirements of TRI. Under the section 313 reporting requirements, a facility must report chemical quantities to TRI if it meets all of the following three criteria:
1. It is in a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code covered by the regulations;
2. It has ten or more full-time employees (or the hourly equivalent of 20,000 hours); and
3. It manufactures, processes, or otherwise uses any of the listed toxic chemicals or chemical categories above the applicable reporting threshold.
The proposed rule extends reporting requirements to establishments primarily engaged in the recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases and maintains the existing reporting requirement for establishments primarily engaged in sulfur recovery from natural gas to submit TRI reporting forms on chemicals for which they trigger TRI reporting.
This ICR estimates the incremental burden of the proposed changes for a proposed rule titled Addition of Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) that is not already included in the currently approved ICR âChemical Release Reporting,â which covers the current 40 CFR part 372. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a proposed rule under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) concerning the addition of natural gas processing (NGP) facilities to the scope of the industrial sectors covered by the reporting requirements of TRI.
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.
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Addition of Natural Gas Processing Facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)