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OMB Control No: 2050-0068	ICR Reference No: 201908-2050-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201510-2050-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OLEM	Agency Tracking No: 1360.17
Title: Underground Storage Tanks: Technical and Financial Requirements, and State Program Approval Procedures (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/14/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/30/2019
Terms of Clearance: Upon resubmission, the program must use the standard 18 question Supporting Statement format. The agency is reminded to state whether a collection is voluntary or mandatory on forms and instructions, and that the agency does not have authority to collect information without an approved OMB control number.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2021
Responses	415,610	0	546,066
Time Burden (Hours)	8,722,192	0	5,413,131
Cost Burden (Dollars)	424,720,745	0	235,891,778

Abstract: Subtitle I of RCRA, as amended, requires that EPA develop standards for Underground Storage Tank systems, as may be necessary, to protect human health and the environment, and procedures for approving state programs in lieu of the federal program. EPA promulgated technical and financial requirements for owners and operators of USTs at 40 CFR part 280, and state program approval procedures at 40 CFR part 281. This ICR is a comprehensive presentation of all information collection requirements contained at 40 CFR parts 280 and 281. The data collected for new and existing UST system operations and financial requirements are used by owners and operators and/or EPA or the implementing agency to monitor results of testing, inspections, and operation of UST systems, as well as to demonstrate compliance with regulations. EPA believes strongly that if the minimum requirements specified under the regulations are not met, neither the facilities nor EPA can ensure that UST systems are being managed in a manner protective of human health and the environment. EPA uses state program applications to determine whether to approve a state program. Before granting approval, EPA must determine that programs will be no less stringent than the federal program and contain adequate enforcement mechanisms.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 6991 Name of Law: Subchapter IX - Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 35475	07/26/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 45760	08/30/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	415,610	546,066	-130,456
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,722,192	5,413,131	3,309,061
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	424,720,745	235,891,778	188,828,967

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This ICR presents a comprehensive description of the total annual respondent burden for all information collection activities related to the UST program. In renewing this ICR, EPA has updated its respondent universe and burden estimates based on updated data from the Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and the regulated community. Several new requirements not previously included became effective as of October 2018, which has resulted in a burden increase for this ICR renewal (e.g., annual release detection operability testing and recordkeeping, periodic testing and inspection of spill, overfill equipment and containment sumps, operator training, walk through inspections, notification of ownership changes, and maintaining records for compatibility). In addition, EPA expects most states to submit state program re-approval applications during the three-year period of this ICR.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $22,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Elizabeth McDermott 703 603-7175 McDermott.Elizabeth@epamail.epa.gov

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