[Federal Register: May 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 85)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2002-0048; FRL-7492-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 0795.11 (OMB No. 2070-0030) 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: Notification of Chemical
Exports--TSCA Section 12(b) (EPA ICR No. 0795.11; OMB Control No. 2070-
0030). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated cost and burden. On August 19,
2002 (67 FR 53792), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.8(d). EPA received comments from Kokopelli Chemists, Inc.; the
Proctor & Gamble Co.; the Color Pigments Manufacturers Association,
Inc.; and the American Chemistry Council, which are addressed as an
attachment to the ICR.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 2, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2002-0048, to both (1) EPA online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket (our
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 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, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-
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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-2002-0048, 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. The
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744.
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.
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: Notification of Chemical Exports--TSCA Section 12(b) (EPA
ICR No. 0795.11; OMB Control No. 2070-0030). This is a request to renew
an approved collection that is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2003.
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB.
Abstract: Section 12(b)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act
(TSCA) requires that any person who exports or intends to export to a
foreign country a chemical substance or mixture that is regulated under
TSCA sections 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 submit to EPA notification of such
export or intent to export. Upon receipt of notification, EPA will
advise the government of the importing country of the U.S. regulatory
action with respect to that substance. EPA uses the information
obtained from the submitter via this collection to advise the
government of the importing country.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR part 707). Respondents may claim all or part of a document
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, unless that collection is
specifically mandated by statute. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in Title 40 are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 one hour per
response. Under the PRA, 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: Companies that export from the
United States to foreign countries, or that engage in wholesale sales
of, chemical substances or mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion, either once or annually.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,450 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $452,055.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,950 hours
(from 10,400 hours to 7,450 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the information collection
request most recently approved by OMB. This change reflects EPA's
experience over the past three years, in which there has been an
increase in the number of reporting firms but a decrease in the number
of notices per firm than anticipated at the time of the last approval
of this information collection. The net result is a decrease in burden
hours (adjustment).
Dated: April 23, 2003.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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