[Federal Register: December 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 247)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2002-0014; FRL-7427-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 0575.09 (OMB No. 2070-0004) 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: Health and Safety Data
Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies
[EPA ICR No. 0575.09; OMB Control No. 2070-0004]. The ICR, which is
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection
and its estimated cost and burden. On May 21, 2002 (67 FR 35806), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received
no comments.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23,
2003.
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
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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-2002-0014, 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-
0014, 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 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: Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and
Copies of Health and Safety Studies (EPA ICR No. 0575.09; OMB Control
No. 2070-0004). This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2003. Under the
PRA regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
and 40 CFR part 716 require manufacturers and processors of chemicals
to submit lists and copies of health and safety studies relating to the
health and/or environmental effects of certain chemical substances and
mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting requirements of section
8(d), respondents must search their records to identify any health and
safety studies in their possession, copy and process relevant studies,
list studies that are currently in progress, and submit this
information to EPA.
EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the
known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations
by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The
information enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most
complete information available and to avoid demands for testing that
may be duplicative. EPA will use information obtained via this
collection to support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals
and, in particular, to support its decisions on whether to require
industry to test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 716). 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 4 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 distributers in commerce of chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 569.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,344 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $203,512.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,198 hours
(from 4,542 hours to 2,344 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the information collection
request most recently approved by OMB. This adjustment results from an
updated analysis of the historical reporting patterns and the number of
chemicals listed on the section 8(d) reporting rule. Specifically,
because no new chemicals were added to the rule during the previous ICR
reporting period, the number of chemicals added during the 1993 through
1996 period were averaged over eight-years (1993 through 2000) to
provide an estimate of expected reporting over the coming three-year
period of this ICR renewal. Unit burden estimates have not changed.
Dated: December 17, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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