[Federal Register: April 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 72)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2003-0066; FRL-7647-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic
Substances Control Act Section 8(a), EPA ICR No. 1198.07, OMB 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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Chemical-Specific Rules,
Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a) (EPA ICR No. 1198.07, OMB No.
2070-0067). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection.
This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2004. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 14, 2004.
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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2003-0066, 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, 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, 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 December
15, 2003, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (68 FR 69680)
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments related to this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice using the
methods described under the ADDRESSES section of this document.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPPT-2003-0066, which is available for public viewing at the
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (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 OPPT Docket is 202-566-0280. An electronic
version of the public docket is available through 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.
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. For
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
ICR Title: Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act
Section 8(a).
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, byproducts 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 own use.
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
hour 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: Companies that manufacture, process
or import, or propose to manufacture, process or import, chemical
substances and mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 4.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 275 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Costs: $11,702.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There are no changes in burden
estimates from the last approval.
Dated: April 2, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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