[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30515-30516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14498]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6356-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Significant New Use
Rules for Existing Chemicals; Submission of ICR No. 1188.06 to OMB
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the Information Collection
Request (ICR) entitled: ``TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use
Rules for Existing Chemicals,'' [EPA ICR No. 1188.06; OMB Control No.
2070-0038] has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the OMB procedures in 5 CFR
1320.12. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of
the information collection and its estimated cost and burden.
The Agency is requesting that OMB renew for 3 years the existing
approval for this ICR, which is scheduled to expire on July 31, 1999. A
Federal Register document announcing the Agency's intent to seek the
renewal of this ICR and the 60-day public comment opportunity,
requesting comments on the request and the contents of the ICR, was
issued on January 14, 1999 (64 FR 2488). EPA did not receive any
comments on this ICR during the comment period.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 8, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202)
260-2740, by e-mail: ``[email protected],'' or download a
copy of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and
refer to EPA ICR No. 1188.06.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1188.06 and OMB
Control No. 2070-0038, to the following addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regulatory Information Division
(Mail Code: 2137), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460;
And to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Review Requested: This is a request to renew a currently approved
information collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1188.06; OMB Control No. 2070-0038.
Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on July 31,
1999.
Title: TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing
Chemicals.
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
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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 to
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 document explaining the
reasons for not taking 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 burden for this
collection of information is estimated to range between approximately 1
hour and 119 hours per response, depending upon the requirements that
the collection places on each respondent, for an estimated 3
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. No person is required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The OMB control numbers for these regulations are displayed in 40
CFR part 9.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are companies that manufacture, process, import, or
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,032 hours.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is an increase (from 237 hours
to 1,032 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden as compared
with that identified in the information collection request most
recently approved by OMB. This increase reflects the inclusion,
overlooked in previous requests for renewal of this information
collection, of the customer notification burden, plus updating
estimates based on historical information on the numbers of significant
new use rules promulgated by EPA.
According to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has
submitted this ICR to OMB for review and approval. Any comments related
to the renewal of this ICR should be submitted within 30 days of this
document, as described above.
Dated: June 3, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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