[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4522]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5431-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Renewal Request for EPAICR Number 1188

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 notice announces that the Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) is seeking the renewal of an 
existing Information Collection Request (ICR) from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). As such, OPPTS has forwarded the ICR 
entitled TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing 
Chemicals (OMB Control No. 2070-0038, EPA, ICR No. 1188), which is 
abstracted below, to OMB. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected cost and burden; and, where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument. On 
September 29, 1995, OPPTS published a notice in the Federal Register 
(60 FR 50568), requesting comment on this ICR. OPPTS did not receive 
any comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 29, 1996..

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202-260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing 
Chemicals (OMB Control No. 2070-0038, EPA ICR No. 1188). This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved information collection 
which expires on April 30, 1996.
    Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and 
regulations at 40 CFR part 721 provide EPA with a regulatory mechanism 
to monitor and, if necessary, control significant new uses of chemical 
substances. Section 5 authorizes EPA to determine by rule (a 
significant new use rule or SNUR), after considering all relevant 
factors, that a use of a chemical substance represents a significant 
new use. If EPA determines that a use of a chemical substance is a 
significant new use, section 5 requires persons to submit a notice to 
EPA at least 90 days before they manufacture, import, or process the 
substance for that use.
    EPA uses the information obtained through this collection to 
evaluate the health and environmental effects of the significant new 
use. EPA may take regulatory actions under TSCA section 5, 6 or 7 
control the activities for which it has received a SNUR notice. These 
actions include orders to limit or prohibit the manufacture, 
importation, processing, distribution in commerce, use or disposal of 
chemical substances. If EPA does not take action, section 5 also 
requires EPA to publish a Federal Register notice explaining the 
reasons for not asking action.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 721). 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 118 
hours per response. This estimate 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. No person is required to respond to 
a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB 
control number. The OMB control number for EPA's regulations are 
displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Those that manufacture, process, 
import, or distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
    Estimated No. Of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 237 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1188 
and OMB Control No. 2070-0038 in an correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information 
Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

      and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: February 21, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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