[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27530-27531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13589]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0868; FRL-8916-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Health and Safety Data Reporting,
Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies; EPA ICR
No. 0575.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0004
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 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 Supporting Statement, Health and Safety Data
Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies.
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 July 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2008-0868 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 December 24, 2008 (73 FR 79081), EPA sought comments on
this renewal
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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-2008-0868, 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/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 Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Docket is 202-566-0280.
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 public docket, and to access those
documents in the public 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 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: Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and
Copies of Health and Safety Studies.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0575.12, OMB Control No. 2070-0004.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31,
2009. 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: 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 uses 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about
11 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 companies that manufacture, process, import or
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.2.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 34.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 456 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $28,030.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 13,891 hours
(from 14,347 hours to 456 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that currently in the OMB inventory. This decrease
reflects the episodic nature of rulemakings that add chemicals to the
TSCA section 8(d) list. EPA has added chemicals to the section 8(d)
list in only three of the last 13 years, adding an average of 20
chemicals per year over that time period. The most recent ICR
anticipated adding an unusually large number of chemicals to the 8(d)
list, associated with the high production volume (HPV) chemical
program. Because EPA does not anticipate adding such a large number of
chemicals during the next three years, EPA has reduced the burden
estimate for this ICR. It is now more consistent with the number of
chemicals that EPA has historically added to the TSCA section 8(d)
list. This change is an adjustment. The Supporting Statement provides
additional detail concerning the changes in burden estimates.
Dated: June 4, 2009.
John Moses,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E9-13589 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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