Distribution of Offsite
Consequence Analysis Information under Section 112(r)(7)(H) of the
Clean Air Act (CAA), As Amended (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
09/30/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2022
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Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, in the first FR notice (87 FR 11425) published on March 1,
2022, EPA solicited comments and information pertaining to the
distribution of offsite consequence analysis information under the
accidental release prevention requirements; Risk Management
Programs under the Clean Air Act Section 112(r)(7). The regulations
include requirements for submittal of a Risk Management Plan (RMP)
to EPA, which includes information on offsite consequence analysis
(OCA) as well as other elements of the Risk Management Program. The
Chemical Safety Information, Site Security, and Fuels Regulatory
Relief Act (CSISSFRRA), published on August 4, 2000 (65 FR 48108),
required the President, who delegated to EPA and the Department of
Justice (DOJ), the responsibility to promulgate regulations on the
distribution of OCA information, imposed minimal information and
recordkeeping requirements. In accordance with the final rule, the
Federal Government established 55 reading rooms at Federal
facilities geographically distributed across the United States and
its territories, where the public may read, but not mechanically
copy or remove, paper copies of OCA information for up to 10
stationary sources per calendar month. The public may also obtain
OCA information that the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
in whose jurisdiction the requestor lives or works, is authorized
to provide. The final rule also authorizes and encourages State and
local government officials to access OCA information for their
official use, and to provide the public with read-only access to
OCA sections of RMPs for sources located within the jurisdiction of
the LEPC where the person lives or works and for any other
stationary sources with vulnerability zones extending into the
LEPCs jurisdiction. EPA also established a Vulnerable Zone
Indicator System (VZIS) which informs any person located in any
state whether an address specified by that person might be within
the vulnerable zone of one or more stationary sources, according to
the data reported in RMPs. The VZIS is available on the internet.
Members of the public who do not have access to the internet are
able to obtain the same information by regular mail request to the
EPA. 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. The OMB control
numbers for EPAs regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part
9.
EPA estimates a slight increase
in the burden to respondents for this renewal compared to the
previous ICR renewal. Even though reading room visits were greatly
reduced, if not stopped altogether because of COVID 19 restrictions
during the previous ICR period and reading room visits had been
declining prior to the COVID restrictions because of the increased
use of the website www.rtk.net.
$90,285
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Wendy Hoffman 202
564-8794
No
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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State and Local Governments (SERCs & LPECs)