[Federal Register: November 30, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 229)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2005-0009; FRL-8003-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant
New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals; EPA ICR No. 1188.08, OMB Control
No. 2070-0038
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: TSCA Section 5(a)(2)
Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals; EPA ICR No. 1188.08,
OMB No. 2070-0038. This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection, that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2006. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. The
ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information
collection activity and its expected burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 30,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2005-0009, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: Document Control Office
(DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14674), EPA sought comments on this
renewal ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two comments
during the comment period, which are addressed in the Supporting
Statement of the ICR. Any comments related to this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPPT-2005-0009, which is available for online viewing at http://www.epa.gov/edocket
, or in person viewing at the OPPT Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Pollution Prevention and Toxics Docket
is 202-566-0280. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
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CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: TSCA section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing
Chemicals.
Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
provides EPA with a regulatory mechanism to monitor and, if necessary,
control significant new uses of chemical substances. Section 5
authorizes EPA to determine by rule (a significant new use rule or
SNUR), after considering all relevant factors, that a use of a chemical
substance represents a significant new use. If EPA determines that a
use of a chemical substance is a significant new use, section 5
requires persons to submit a notice to EPA at least 90 days before they
manufacture, import, or process the substance for that use.
EPA uses the information obtained through this collection to
evaluate the health and environmental effects of the significant new
use. EPA may take regulatory actions under TSCA sections 5, 6 or 7 to
control the activities for which it has received a SNUR notice. These
actions include orders to limit or prohibit the manufacture,
importation, processing, distribution in commerce, use or disposal of
chemical substances. If EPA does not take action, section 5 also
requires EPA to publish a Federal Register notice explaining the
reasons for not taking action.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR 721). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. EPA
will disclose information that is covered by a CBI claim only to the
extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 40 CFR
part 2.
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 EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be 118.9
hours per response. Burden is the total time, effort or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain or disclose
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install and
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are companies that manufacture, process, import, or
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 861 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $51,030.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 159 hours (from
1,020 hours to 861 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the information collection request
most recently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of
burden estimates for this collection based upon historical information
on the number of chemicals per SNUR. Based upon revised estimates, the
number of chemicals per SNUR has decreased from 65.5 to 41, with a
corresponding decrease in the associated burden. This change is an
adjustment.
Dated: November 22, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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