[Federal Register: November 13, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 219)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2002-0004; FRL-7407-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 1188.07 (OMB No. 2070-0038) to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment
Request
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: Significant New Use Rules for
Existing Chemicals--TSCA Section 5(a) (EPA ICR No. 1188.07; OMB Control
No. 2070-0038). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated cost and burden.
On April 16, 2002 (67 FR 18606), with a correction on May 15, 2002 (67
FR 34704), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d).
EPA has addressed the single comment it received.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 13,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
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. EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID No. OPPT-2002-
0004, which is available for public viewing at the OPPT Docket in the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building Basement Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Center is open from 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA's
electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 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.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions:
(1) Submit your comments to 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, Mailcode: 7407M, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. OPPT-2002-
0004, and (2) Mail a copy of your comments to 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.
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
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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 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.
Title: Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals--TSCA
Section 5(a) (EPA ICR No. 1188.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0038). This is
a request to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to
expire on November 30, 2002. Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB.
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 part 721). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice
confidential. EPA will disclose information that is covered by a claim
of confidentiality only to the extent permitted by, and in accordance
with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to be about 119 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: Manufacturers, processors,
importers, or distributors in commerce of chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 8.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,020 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $84,306.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 12 hours (from
1,032 hours to 1,020 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the information collection request
most recently approved by OMB. This change results from updating
estimates based upon historical information on SNURs promulgated by the
EPA (adjustment). Based upon revised estimates, the number of SNUNs
estimated to be received annually has increased from 3 to 5.
Additionally, the estimated number of chemicals per SNUR has increased
from 34 to 65.5. However, the estimated annual number of SNURs has
decreased from 10 to 3 based upon historical information. A final
change was the inclusion of burden hours to cover the time companies
may use to verify that their chemicals are on the SNUR (adjustment).
The changes result in an overall decrease in notification burden. The
overall result of these adjustments is a decrease in estimated burden.
Dated: November 4, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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