[Federal Register: August 5, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 149)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0219; FRL-8940-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; EPA's Design for the Environment
Formulator Product Recognition Program; EPA ICR No. 2302.01, OMB
Control No. 2070-NEW
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: EPA's Design for the
Environment Formulator Product Recognition Program; EPA ICR No.
2302.01, OMB No. 2070-NEW. 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-2008-0219 to (1) EPA online using 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 June 18, 2008 (73 FR 34726), EPA sought comments on this
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-2008-0219, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing 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
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 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 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
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. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
www.regulations.gov.
Title: EPA's Design for the Environment Formulator Product
Recognition Program.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2302.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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
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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: EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Formulator Product
Recognition Program formally recognizes safer products where all
ingredients have an environmental and human health profile showing that
they are the safest in their functional use class. Under the
encouragement of this program, leading companies have made great
progress in developing safer, highly effective chemical products. Since
the program's inception in 1997, formulators have used the program as a
portal to OPPT's unique chemical expertise, information resources, and
guidance on greener chemistry. DfE Formulator partners enjoy Agency
recognition, including the use of the DfE logo on products with the
safest possible formulations. In the future, EPA expects much greater
program participation due to rising demand for safer products. This
information collection enables EPA to accommodate participation by more
than nine formulators each year and to enhance program transparency.
Information collection activities associated with this program will
assist the Agency in meeting the goals of the Pollution Prevention Act
(PPA) by providing resources and recognition for businesses committed
to promoting and using safer chemical products. In turn, the program
will help businesses meet corporate sustainability goals by providing
the means to, and an objective measure of, environmental stewardship.
Investment analysts and advisers seek these types of measures in
evaluating a corporation's sustainability profile and investment
worthiness. Formulator Program partnership is an important impetus for
prioritizing and completing the transition to safer chemical products.
The Formulator Program is also needed to promote greater use of safer
chemical products by companies unaware of the benefits of such a
change.
EPA has tailored its request for information, and especially the
Formulator Product Recognition Program application forms, to ensure
that the Agency requests only that information essential to verify
applicants' eligibility for recognition. Responses to the collection of
information are voluntary. 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 22 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 formulate end-use, for-sale chemical
products.
Frequency of Collection: On occassion.
Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 32.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 691 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $815,473 (including $382,800 in M&O
costs).
Changes in Burden Estimates: This is a new ICR. This estimated
burden for this new ICR is estimated to be 691 hours and is a program
change.
Dated: July 30, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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