[Federal Register: July 21, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2006-0361; FRL-8201-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Trade Secret Claims for Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal);
EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0078
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 August 21,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2006-0361, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov
(our
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preferred method), by e-mail to, superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund
Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Sicy Jacob, Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response, Office of Emergency Management, Mail Code 5104A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-8019; fax number:
(202) 564-2620; e-mail address: jacob.sicy@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 April 26, 2006, (71 FR 24670), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on 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-SFUND-2006-0361, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Docket is 202-566-0276.
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, 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: Trade Secret Claims for Emergency Planning and Community
Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA Section 322) (Renewal).
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1428.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0078.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2006.
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: This information collection request pertains to trade
secrecy claims submitted under section 322 of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA). EPCRA contains
provisions requiring facilities to report to State and local
authorities, and EPA, the presence of extremely hazardous substances
(described in section 302), inventory of hazardous chemicals (described
in sections 311 and 312) and manufacture, process and use of toxic
chemicals (described in section 313). Section 322 of EPCRA allows a
facility to withhold the specific chemical identity from these EPCRA
reports if the facility asserts a claim of trade secrecy for that
chemical identity. The provision establishes the requirements and
procedures that facilities must follow to request trade secrecy
treatment of chemical identities, as well as the procedures for
submitting public petitions to the Agency for review of the
``sufficiency'' of trade secrecy claims.
Trade secrecy protection is provided for specific chemical
identities contained in reports submitted under each of the following
EPCRA sections: (1) 303(d)(2)--Facility notification of changes that
have or are about to occur, (2) 303(d)(3)--Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) requests for facility information to develop or
implement emergency plans, (3) 311--Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs)
submitted by facilities, or lists of those chemicals submitted in place
of the MSDSs, (4) 312--Tier II emergency and hazardous chemical
inventory forms, and (5) 313--Toxic chemical release inventory forms.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9.7
hours per claim. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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 manufacturers or non-manufacturers subject to reporting
under sections 303, 311/312 or 313 of the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 481.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,658.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $309,000, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs and $309,000 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 1,175 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The total burden hours (annual) has increased
from the previous ICR due to number of trade secret claim submitters
increased.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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