[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58065-58066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28911]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00199; FRL-5397-7]
Toxic Chemicals; Information Collections; Comment Request
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following continuing Information Collection Requests (ICRs) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICRs to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the information collections described below. The ICRs are:
(1) A continuing ICR entitled ``Notification of Substantial Risk of
Injury to Health and the Environment under TSCA Section 8(e),'' EPA ICR
No. 0794.08, OMB No. 2070-0046, which relates to reporting requirements
found at 15 U.S.C. 2607(e), and (2) a continuing ICR entitled ``PCB
Disposal Permitting Regulation,'' EPA ICR No. 1012.06, OMB No. 2070-
0011, which relates to reporting requirements found at 40 CFR parts
761.60, 761.70, and 761.75. 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
Dates: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 13,
1997.
ADDRESSES: Submit three copies of all written comments to: TSCA
Document Receipts (7407), Rm. NE-G99, Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: 202-260-7099. All comments should be
identified by the respective administrative record numbers: comments on
ICR No. 0794.08 should reference administrative record number 165 and
comments on ICR No. 1012.06 should reference administrative record
number 166. These ICRs are available for public review at, and copies
may be requested from, the docket address and telephone number listed
above.
Comments and data may also be submitted electronically by sending
electronic mail (e-mail) to: [email protected]. Electronic
comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Comments and data will also be
accepted on disks in WordPerfect 5.1 file format or ASCII file format.
All comments and data in electronic form with respect to ICR No.
0794.08 must be identified by the administrative record number AR-165
and ICR 0794.08. All comments and data in electronic form with respect
to ICR No. 1012.06 must be identified by the administrative record
number AR-166 and ICR 1012.06. No confidential business information
(CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Electronic comments on these
documents may be filed online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
Additional information on electronic submissions can be found in Unit
III. of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Susan
B. Hazen, Director, Environmental Assistance Division (7408), Office of
Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: 202-554-1404, TDD: 202-554-
0551, e-mail: TSCA-H[email protected].
For technical information contact the following individuals:
For ICR No. 0794.08 contact Richard Hefter, Chemical Screening and
Risk Assessment Division (7402), Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC
20460, Telephone: 202-260-3470, Fax: 202-260-1216, e-mail:
[email protected].
For ICR No. 1012.06, contact Peter Gimlin, Chemical Management
Division (7404), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,
Telephone: 202-260-3972, Fax: 202-260-1724, e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability: Electronic copies of the ICRs are available
from the EPA Public Access gopher (gopher.epa.gov) at the Environmental
Sub-Set entry for this document under ``Rules and Regulations.''
I. Background
Entities potentially affected by this action are: with respect to
ICR No. 0794.08, persons who manufacture, import, process or distribute
a chemical substance or mixture; and, with respect to ICR No. 1012.06,
persons who wish to obtain approval from EPA to operate a PCB disposal
facility (e.g., incinerator, chemical waste landfill, alternate
disposal technology). For each collection of information addressed in
this notice, EPA would like to solicit comments to:
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(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used.
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected.
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
II. Information Collections
EPA is seeking comments on two ICRs, which are identified and
discussed separately below.
Title: Notification of Substantial Risk of Injury to Health and the
Environment under TSCA Section 8(e), EPA ICR No. 0794.08, OMB No. 2070-
0046, expires June 30, 1997.
Abstract: Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
requires that any person who manufactures, imports, processes or
distributes in commerce a chemical substance or mixture and who obtains
information that reasonably supports the conclusion that such substance
or mixture presents a substantial risk of injury to health or the
environment must immediately inform EPA of such information. EPA
routinely disseminates TSCA section 8(e) data it receives to other
Federal agencies to provide information about newly discovered chemical
hazards and risks. Responses to the collection of information are
mandatory (see 15 U.S.C. 2607(e)). 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 burden to respondents for complying with this
ICR is estimated to total 9,500 hours per year, with an annual cost of
$712,500. These totals are based on an average burden ranging between
approximately 5 to 27 hours for 800 respondents making one or more
submissions of information annually. These estimates include 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.
Title: PCB Disposal Permitting Regulation, EPA ICR No. 1012.06, OMB
No. 2070-0011, expires June 30, 1997.
Abstract: TSCA section 6(e) bans polychlorinated biphenyls from the
environment and directs the Administrator to promulgate rules to, among
other things, prescribe methods for the disposal of PCBs. In 1978 and
1979 EPA promulgated rules that address disposal requirements. These
provisions require owners of alternate disposal technologies,
incinerators and chemical waste landfills, to submit permit
applications to and obtain approvals from EPA (i.e., the Regional
Administrators or the Director, Chemical Management Division (CMD)).
Additionally, EPA prescribes technical and operational criteria that
these facilities must meet to qualify for consideration by the Agency.
EPA may include in an approval any other requirements or provisions
that are necessary to ensure the operation of the facility will not
present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
These requirements are found at 40 CFR parts 761.60, 761.70, and
761.75.
Data are submitted to the appropriate approving official (i.e.,
Regional Administrator for the region in which the facility will be
located, or the Director, CMD, for mobile disposal technologies and
research and development technologies involving 500 pounds or more of
PCB materials) and are evaluated pursuant to the established
requirements for a disposal facility and a finding of no unreasonable
risk. Copies of the permit applications and the EPA approval (if the
permit is granted) are maintained in the office issuing the approval.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR parts 761.60, 761.70, and 761.75). 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 burden to respondents for complying with this
ICR is estimated to total 24,440 hours per year with an annual cost of
$1,759,680. These totals are based on an average burden of 940 hours
per response for an estimated 26 respondents making a one-time
response. These estimates include 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.
III. Public Record
A record has been established for this action under docket number
``OPPTS-00199'' (including comments and data submitted electronically
as described below). A public version of this record, including
printed, paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include
any information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from noon
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public
record is located in the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, Rm.
NE-B607, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.
Electronic comments can be sent directly to EPA at:
[email protected]
Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the
use of special characters and any form of encryption.
The official record for this action, as well as the public version,
as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will
transfer all comments received electronically into printed, paper form
as they are received and will place the paper copies in the official
record which will also include all comments submitted directly in
writing. The official record is the paper record maintained at the
address in ADDRESSES at the beginning of this document.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection and Information collection requests.
Dated: November 4, 1996.
Lynn R. Goldman,
Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances.
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