# 2025-20050: EPA Renews Oil and Hazardous Spill Notification Collections

2025-20050, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil and Hazardous Substances (Renewal), is a Federal Register notice from Environmental Protection Agency published 2025-11-18, effective Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 2025. The existing information collection request is currently approved through November 30, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

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- As of: 2026-06-08
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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-20050
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil and Hazardous Substances (Renewal)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Environmental Protection Agency
- Citation: 90 FR 51743
- Published: 2025-11-18
- Effective: Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 2025. The existing information collection request is currently approved through November 30, 2025.
- Comments close: 2025-12-18
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

EPA Renews Oil and Hazardous Spill Notification Collections

## Summary

The EPA is asking to keep collecting info about sudden spills of oil and harmful chemicals for a few more years. This affects companies and people who must report these spills to help protect the environment. You’ve got until December 18, 2025, to share your thoughts, and there’s no new cost or big changes—just a smooth renewal to keep things running.

## Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil and Hazardous Substances (EPA ICR Number 1049.16, OMB Control Number 2050-0046) 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 November 30, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 17, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory Spill Reporting Burden on Facilities: cost, medium. If your facility or vessel has a release of a hazardous substance at or above its reportable quantity (RQ) or an oil spill that meets Clean Water Act criteria, you must immediately notify the National Response Center under CERCLA section 103(a). The EPA estimates 21,789 respondents, 22,225 hours of…
- Public Access to Release Information: benefit, low. Information about reported hazardous substance releases and oil spills is stored in EPA systems (WebEOC) and is available to state and local authorities and to the public (including via the Freedom of Information Act). State and local governments and the public can use this information for emergenc…

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## Sources
- [2025-20050 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/18/2025-20050/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2025-20050 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-18/pdf/2025-20050.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-20050 (as of 2026-06-08).