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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367
663
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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)