[Federal Register: October 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 202)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0852; FRL-8484-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA
Sec. 8(a); EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 19,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2006-0852 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (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, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 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 January 12,
2007 (72 FR 1509), EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR. EPA sought
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments during the comment period. Any comments related
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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. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2006-0852, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, confidential business information (CBI), or other information
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA Sec. 8(a).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1198.08, OMB Control No. 2070-0067.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to promulgate rules that
require persons who manufacture, import or process chemical substances
and mixtures, or who propose to manufacture, import, or process
chemical substances and mixtures, to maintain such records and submit
such reports to EPA as may be reasonably required. Any chemical covered
by TSCA for which EPA or another Federal agency has a reasonable need
for information and which cannot be satisfied via other sources is a
proper potential subject for a chemical-specific TSCA section 8(a)
rulemaking. Information that may be collected under TSCA section 8(a)
includes, but is not limited to, chemical names, categories of use,
production volume, by-products of chemical production, existing data on
deaths and environmental effects, exposure data, and disposal
information. Generally, EPA uses chemical-specific information under
TSCA section 8(a) to evaluate the potential for adverse human health
and environmental effects caused by the manufacture, importation,
processing, use or disposal of identified chemical substances and
mixtures. Additionally, EPA may use TSCA section 8(a) information to
assess the need or set priorities for testing and/or further regulatory
action. To the extent that reported information is not considered
confidential, environmental groups, environmental justice advocates,
state and local government entities and other members of the public
will also have access to this information for their use. This
collection addresses the above information requirements.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR Part 704). 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 average 68.8
hours per response. Burden means 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 or import, or
propose to manufacture, process or import, chemical substances and
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 4
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 275 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $14,080.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no change in the total
estimated respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory.
Dated: October 12, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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