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60358 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No.

205 / Wednesday, October 24, 2007 / Notices

the Federal Register or by other environment. ERNS fact sheets, which Dated: October 18, 2007.
appropriate means, such as on the provide summary and statistical Sara Hisel-McCoy,
related collection instrument or form, if information about hazardous substance Acting Director, Collection Strategies
applicable. The display of OMB control and oil release notifications, also are Division.
numbers in certain EPA regulations is available to the public. An agency may [FR Doc. E7–20934 Filed 10–23–07; 8:45 am]
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. not conduct or sponsor, and a person is BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
Abstract: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, not required to respond to, a collection
as amended, requires the person in of information unless it displays a
charge of a facility or vessel to ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
currently valid OMB control number.
immediately notify the National AGENCY
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous
substance release into the environment regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 [EPA–HQ–AO–2007–0408, FRL–8486–9]
if the amount of the release equals or CFR part 9.
Agency Information Collection
exceeds the substance’s reportable Burden Statement: The annual public Activities; Submission to OMB for
quantity (RQ) limit. The RQ of every reporting and recordkeeping burden for Review and Approval; Comment
hazardous substance can be found in this collection of information is Request; Regulatory Pilot Projects
Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4. estimated to average 4.1 hours per (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1755.08; OMB
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act response. Burden means the total time, Control No. 2010–0026
(CWA), as amended, requires the person effort, or financial resources expended
in charge of a vessel to immediately by persons to generate, maintain, retain, AGENCY: Environmental Protection
notify the NRC of an oil spill into U.S. or disclose or provide information to or Agency (EPA).
navigable waters if the spill causes a for a Federal agency. This includes the ACTION: Notice.
sheen, violates applicable water quality
time needed to review instructions; SUMMARY: In compliance with the
standards, or causes a sludge or
develop, acquire, install, and utilize Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
emulsion to be deposited beneath the
surface of the water or upon adjoining technology and systems for the purposes U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
shorelines. of collecting, validating, and verifying announces that an Information
The reporting of a hazardous information, processing and Collection Request (ICR) has been
substance release that is above the maintaining information, and disclosing forwarded to the Office of Management
substance’s RQ allows the Federal and providing information; adjust the and Budget (OMB) for review and
government to determine whether a existing ways to comply with any approval. This is a request to renew an
Federal response action is required to previously applicable instructions and existing approved collection. The ICR,
control or mitigate any potential adverse requirements which have subsequently which is abstracted below, describes the
effects to public health or welfare or the changed; train personnel to be able to nature of the information collection and
environment. Likewise, the reporting of respond to a collection of information; its estimated burden and cost.
oil spills allows the Federal government search data sources; complete and DATES: Additional comments may be
to determine whether cleaning up the review the collection of information; submitted on or before November 23,
oil spill is necessary to mitigate or and transmit or otherwise disclose the 2007.
prevent damage to public health or information. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
welfare or the environment. referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
The hazardous substance and oil Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this AO–2007–0408 to (1) EPA online using
release information collected under
action are facilities or vessels that www.regulations.gov (our preferred
CERCLA section 103(a) and CWA
manufacture, process, transport, or method), by e-mail to
section 311 also is available to EPA
otherwise use certain specified oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
program offices and other Federal
hazardous substances and oil. Docket Center, Environmental
agencies that use the information to
Protection Agency, OA Docket, EPA
evaluate the potential need for Estimated Number of Respondents: Docket Center, Environmental
additional regulations, new permitting 25,861. Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T,
requirements for specific substances or
Frequency of Response: On occasion. 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
sources, or improved emergency
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
response planning. Release notification
106,030 hours. mail to: Office of Information and
information, which is stored in the
national Emergency Response Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Estimated Total Annual Cost: Management and Budget (OMB),
Notification System (ERNS) data base, is $3,161,016 includes $0 annualized
available to State and local government Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
capital or O&M costs. 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
authorities as well as the general public.
State and local government authorities Changes in the Estimates: There is an 20503.
and the regulated community use increase of 7,294 hours in the total FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
release information for purposes of local estimated burden currently identified in Gerald Filbin, Office of Policy,
emergency response planning. Members the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Economics, and Innovation, (1807T),
of the general public, who have access Burdens. This increase is due to EPA’s Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
to release information through the updating of burden estimates for this Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
Freedom of Information Act, may collection based upon historical DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–
request release information for purposes information on the number of responses 2182; fax number: 202–566–2220; e-mail
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of maintaining an awareness of what made during the previous three year address: filbin.gerald@epa.gov.
types of releases are occurring in period. Based upon revised estimates, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
different localities and what actions, if the number of responses increased from submitted the following ICR to OMB for
any, are being taken to protect public an estimated three year average of review and approval according to the
health and welfare and the 24,082 to 25,861. procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.

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On June 15, 2007 (72 FR 33218), EPA numbers in certain EPA regulations is Control Act, section 10 (15 U.S.C. 2609);
sought comments on this ICR pursuant consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no Abstract: This is an information Rodenticide Act, section 20 (7 U.S.C.
comments during the comment period. collection request renewal that will 136r); and the Safe Drinking Water Act,
Any additional comments on this ICR allow for the continued solicitation of sections 1442 (a) and (c) (42 U.S.C. 1(a)
should be submitted to EPA and OMB proposals for innovative pilot projects and (c)).
within 30 days of this notice. and to allow EPA to continue its
EPA has established a public docket Burden Statement: The annual public
commitments to monitor the results of reporting and recordkeeping burden for
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– previous and ongoing pilot tests of
HQ–AO–2007–0408, which is available this collection of information is
regulatory innovation. The renewal of estimated to average 6 hours per
for online viewing at this ICR is important as it will allow the
www.regulations.gov, or in person response. Burden means the total time,
Agency to measure performance
viewing at the Office of the effort, or financial resources expended
outcomes of regulatory innovation
Administrator Docket in the EPA Docket piloting and to assess the broader by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room applicability of those pilot projects. The or disclose or provide information to or
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., ICR is also necessary to allow EPA to for a Federal agency. This includes the
Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public identify State and Tribal co-regulators as time needed to review instructions;
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to well as additional regulated entities develop, acquire, install, and utilize
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, who are interested in partnering with technology and systems for the purposes
excluding legal holidays. The telephone of collecting, validating, and verifying
EPA in innovative pilot projects,
number for the Reading Room is 202– information, processing and
allowing the Agency to continue its
566–1744, and the telephone number for maintaining information, and disclosing
commitment to innovation and
the Office of the Administrator Docket and providing information; adjust the
regulatory flexibility with facilities,
is 202–566–0219.
communities, and states in achieving existing ways to comply with any
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at www.regulations.gov environmental results. The renewal of previously applicable instructions and
to submit or view public comments, this ICR will allow EPA to continue to requirements which have subsequently
access the index listing of the contents receive and work with project sponsors changed; train personnel to be able to
of the docket, and to access those on proposals for innovation. Responses respond to a collection of information;
documents in the docket that are related to Project XL are voluntary, as search data sources; complete and
available electronically. Once in the are any responses by state review the collection of information;
system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then key environmental agencies to EPA’s request and transmit or otherwise disclose the
in the docket ID number identified for input for the design of the annual information.
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is competition. States seeking funding for
an environmental regulatory innovation Respondents/Affected Entities: States
that public comments, whether and regulated entities participating in
submitted electronically or in paper, project must submit a project proposal
in the annual competition (see http:// EPA regulatory pilot projects.
will be made available for public
viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA www.epa.gov/innovation/stategrants) to Estimated Number of Respondents:
receives them and without change, receive a grant award and submittal of 1252.
unless the comment contains a proposal does not automatically Frequency of Response: Occasionally,
copyrighted material, Confidential guarantee an assistance agreement quarterly, and/or annually.
Business Information (CBI), or other between EPA and a state for the purpose
of implementing an innovation project. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
information whose public disclosure is
In requiring the submittal of a proposal 7748 hours.
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, in competition, EPA is adhering to its Estimated Total Annual Cost:
go to http://www.regulations.gov. own policies on competition (EPA $331,460. This includes an estimated
Title: Regulatory Pilot Projects 5700.7) and performance measurement labor cost of $331,460 and an estimated
(Renewal). (EPA 5700.8). Similarly, states cost of $0 for capital investment or
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1755.08, implementing innovative regulatory maintenance and operational costs.
OMB Control No. 2010–0026. pilot tests in projects funded by a State
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to Innovation Grant are required to report Changes in the Estimates: There is an
expire on October 31, 2007. Under OMB on progress during the operation of a increase of 6,860 hours in the total
regulations, the Agency may continue to project and to provide a final project estimated respondent burden compared
conduct or sponsor the collection of report summarizing outcomes and major with that identified in the ICR currently
information while this submission is findings of each project. EPA’s policy on approved by OMB. This increase reflects
pending at OMB. An Agency may not performance measurement in assistance the need to collect information on
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not agreements is an implementation project performance and outcomes in
required to respond to, a collection of outcome under the Government the form of quarterly reporting and final
information, unless it displays a Performance and Results Act (GPRA project reporting for current and future
currently valid OMB control number. sections 1115(a)(4) and 1116(c)). EPA’s projects that is not addressed in
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s innovation piloting efforts are multi- previous ICRs.
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after media in nature and include programs Dated: October 17, 2007.
appearing in the Federal Register when authorized under the full range of
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, authorizing legislation (e.g., the Clean
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are displayed either by publication in Air Act, section 103(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. Acting Director, Collection Strategies
the Federal Register or by other 7403(b)(3)) the Clean Water Act, section Division.
appropriate means, such as on the 104(b)(3) (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(3)); the [FR Doc. E7–20937 Filed 10–23–07; 8:45 am]
related collection instrument or form, if Solid Waste Disposal Act, section 8001 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
applicable. The display of OMB control (42 U.S.C. 6981); the Toxics Substances

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