[Federal Register: February 12, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 29)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2007-0272; FRL-8527-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Correction of Misreported
Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No.
2070-0145
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: Correction of Misreported
Chemical Substances on the TSCA Inventory; EPA ICR No. 1741.05, OMB No.
2070-0145. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection activity and its expected burden and costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 13,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2007-0272 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (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, Mail Code: 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-M, 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 September 21, 2007 (72 FR 54034), EPA sought comments on
this renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the comment period. Any
comments related to 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-OPPT-2007-0272, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person inspection at the OPPT Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280. Use http://www.regulations.gov 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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (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 http://www.regulations.gov.
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 http://www.regulations.gov For further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Correction of Misreported Chemical Substances on the TSCA
Inventory.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on February
29, 2008. 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
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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: Section 8(b) of TSCA requires EPA to compile and keep
current an Inventory of Chemical Substances in Commerce, which is a
listing of chemical substances manufactured, imported, and processed
for commercial purposes in the United States. The purpose of the
Inventory is to define, for the purpose of TSCA, what chemical
substances exist in U.S. commerce. Since the Inventory thereby performs
a regulatory function by distinguishing between existing chemicals and
new chemicals, which TSCA regulates in different ways, it is imperative
that the Inventory be accurate.
However, from time to time, EPA or respondents discover that
substances have been incorrectly described by reporting companies.
Reported substances have been unintentionally misidentified as a result
of simple typographical errors, the misidentification of substances, or
the lack of sufficient technical or analytical capabilities to
characterize fully the exact chemical substances. EPA has developed
guidelines (45 FR 50544, July 29, 1980) under which incorrectly
described substances listed in the Inventory can be corrected. The
correction mechanism ensures the accuracy of the Inventory without
imposing an unreasonable burden on the chemical industry. Without the
Inventory correction mechanism, a company that submitted incorrect
information would have to file a premanufacture notification (PMN)
under TSCA section 5 to place the correct chemical substance on the
Inventory whenever the previously reported substance is found to be
misidentified. This would impose a much greater burden on both EPA and
the submitter than the existing correction mechanism. This information
collection applies to reporting and recordkeeping activities associated
with the correction of misreported chemical substances found on the
TSCA Inventory.
Responses to the collection of information are voluntary.
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 be 2.25 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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are manufacturers or importers of chemical substances,
mixtures or categories listed on the TSCA Inventory and regulated under
TSCA section 8, who had reported to the initial effort to establish the
TSCA Inventory in 1979, and who need to make a correction to that
submission.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 9.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 20 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,061.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is no net change in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with that currently in the OMB
inventory.
Dated: February 5, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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