[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42889-42890]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18340]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OLEM-2018-0105; FRL-9982-63-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Oil Pollution Act Facility Response Plan
Requirements (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Oil Pollution Act Facility
Response Plans (EPA ICR No. 1630.13, OMB Control No. 2050-0135) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31,
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal
Register on March 21, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 24,
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-
2018-0105 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB via email to [email protected]. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
    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 Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Troy Swackhammer, Office of Land and
Emergency Management, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-
1966; 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<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The authority for EPA's facility response plan (FRP)
requirements is derived from section 311(j)(5) of the Clean Water Act,
as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. EPA's regulation is
codified at 40 CFR 112.20 and 112.21 and related appendices. The
purpose of an FRP is to help an owner or operator identify the
necessary resources to respond to an oil spill in a timely manner. If
implemented effectively, the FRP will reduce the impact and severity of
oil spills and may prevent spills because of the identification of
risks at the facility. Although the owner or operator is the primary
data user, EPA also uses the data in certain situations to ensure that
facilities comply with the regulation and to help allocate response
resources. State and local governments may use the data, which are not
generally available elsewhere and can greatly assist local emergency
preparedness planning efforts. The EPA reviews all submitted FRPs and
must approve FRPs for those facilities whose discharges may cause
significant and substantial harm to the environment in order to ensure
that facilities believed to pose the highest risk have planned for
adequate resources and procedures to respond to a spill. None of the
information collected under the FRP rule is believed to be
confidential. The EPA has provided no assurances of confidentiality to
facility owners or operators when they file their FRPs.
    Form Numbers: None.

    Respondents/affected entities: Owner or operator of a facility that
is required to have a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure
(SPCC) plan under the Oil Pollution Prevention regulation (40 CFR part
112) and that could cause substantial harm to the environment, and must
prepare and submit an FRP to EPA. The applicability criteria for a
substantial harm facility are: (1) The facility transfers oil over
water to or from a vessel and has a total storage capacity of greater
than or equal to 42,000 gallons; or (2) the facility's total oil
storage capacity is greater than or equal to one million gallons and
one or more of the following harm factors are met: Insufficient
secondary containment for aboveground storage tanks at the facility; a
discharge of oil could impact fish and wildlife and sensitive
environments; a discharge of oil could shut down a drinking water
intake; the facility has experienced a reportable oil discharge of
10,000 gallons or more in last 5 years; or other factors considered by
the Regional Administrator.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under section
311(j)(5) of the Clean Water Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990.
    Estimated number of respondents: 22,274 (total).
    Frequency of response: Less than once per year.
    Total estimated burden: 382,682 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated costs: $16,205,238 (per year), which includes
$3,355 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 73,061 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This estimate is based on EPA's current inventory of
facilities that have submitted and are maintaining an FRP as per 40 CFR
part 112. EPA has not amended the FRP regulation since the last ICR
renewal that would affect the per-facility burden.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-18340 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 54630]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23773]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meetings

TIME AND DATE: 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 1, 2018.

PLACE: The meeting will be held at the Commission's headquarters, 100 F
Street NE, Washington, DC 20549.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Commissioners, Counsel to the Commissioners,
the Secretary to the Commission, and recording secretaries will attend
the closed meeting. Certain staff members who have an interest in the
matters also may be present.
    The General Counsel of the Commission, or his designee, has
certified that, in his opinion, one or more of the exemptions set forth
in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), 9(B) and (10) and 17 CFR
200.402(a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(6), (a)(7), (a)(8), (a)(9)(ii) and (a)(10),
permit consideration of the scheduled matters at the closed meeting.
    Commissioner Peirce, as duty officer, voted to consider the items
listed for the closed meeting in closed session.
    The subject matters of the closed meeting will be:
    Institution and settlement of injunctive actions;
    Institution and settlement of administrative proceedings; and
    Other matters relating to enforcement proceedings.
    At times, changes in Commission priorities require alterations in
the scheduling of meeting items.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: For further information and to
ascertain what, if any, matters have been added, deleted or postponed;
please contact Brent J. Fields from the Office of the Secretary at
(202) 551-5400.

    Dated: October 25, 2018.
Lynn M. Powalski,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-23773 Filed 10-26-18; 11:15 am]
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