[Federal Register: August 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 149)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0504; FRL-8940-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Chemical
Exports--TSCA Section 12(b); EPA ICR No. 0795.13, OMB No. 2070-0030
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, entitled: ``Notification of Chemical
Exports--TSCA section 12(b),'' (EPA ICR No. 0795.13, OMB No. 2070-
0030). 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 September 4,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2008-0504 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 March 6, 2009 (74 FR 9815), EPA sought comments on this
renewal ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments
during the comment period. Any additional comments related to this
renewal 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-2008-0504, 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: Notification of Chemical Exports--TSCA section 12(b).
ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on November
30, 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 12(b) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
states, in part, that any person who exports or intends to export to a
foreign country a chemical substance or mixture for which submission of
data is required under TSCA section 4 or 5(b), or for which a rule,
action or order has been proposed or promulgated under TSCA section 5,
6, or 7, shall notify the EPA Administrator of such export or intent to
export. The Administrator in turn will notify the government of the
importing country of EPA's regulatory action with respect to the
substance.
The rule codified at 40 CFR part 707, subpart D requires exporters
to submit an annual notice for each country to which a chemical subject
to TSCA section 12(b) requirements is exported. In addition, exporters
of chemicals subject to TSCA section 4 test rules are allowed to submit
a one-time notice to EPA for the export of a TSCA section 4 chemical to
each particular country, instead of providing annual notification.
The export notice must include five easily ascertainable items: the
name and address of the exporter, the name of the chemical, the country
of import, the date of export or intended export, and the section of
TSCA under which EPA has taken action (section 4, 5, 6 or 7). There are
currently over 1,000 substances or categories of substances that have
been regulated or proposed to be regulated under the applicable
sections of TSCA.
Responses to this collection of information are mandatory.
Respondents may claim all or part of a
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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.
Burden Statement: The annual public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to be about 1.18 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 export from the United States to foreign
countries, or that engage in wholesale sales of, chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: Annual, on occasion.
Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Annual Responses: 4,100.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,850 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Costs: $264,255.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,700 hours
(from 7,550 hours to 4,850 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the information collection last
approved by OMB. This decrease represents the net effect of a decrease
in the estimated number of notices sent to EPA and a decrease in the
number of firms sending notices, based on EPA's recent experience with
TSCA section 12(b) notices.
Dated: July 30, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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