[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31216-31217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14764]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities; Health and Safety Data 
Reporting; Submission of ICR No. 0575.08 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 8(d) Health and Safety Data 
Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety 
Studies,'' [EPA ICR No. 0575.08; OMB Control No. 2070-0004] 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 12, 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. 0575.08.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 0575.08 and OMB 
Control No. 2070-0004, to the following addresses:

Ms. Sandy Farmer,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Regulatory Information Division (Mail Code: 2137),
401 M Street, S.W.,
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, N.W.,
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. 0575.08; OMB Control No. 2070-0004.
    Current Expiration Date: Current OMB approval expires on July 31, 
1999.
    Title: TSCA Section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting, 
Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies.
    Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
and regulations at 40 CFR part 716 requires manufacturers and 
processors of chemicals to submit lists and copies of health and safety 
studies relating to the health and/or environmental effects of certain 
chemical substances and mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting 
requirements of section 8(d), respondents must search their records to 
identify any health and safety studies in their possession, copy and 
process relevant studies, list studies that are

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currently in progress, and submit this information to EPA.
    EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the 
known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations 
by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The 
information enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most 
complete information available and to avoid demands for testing that 
may be duplicative. EPA will use information obtained via this 
collection to support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals 
and, in particular, to support its decisions on whether to require 
industry to test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 716). 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 2 hours and 32 
hours per response, depending upon the requirements that the collection 
places on each respondent, for an estimated 1,203 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: 1,203.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,542 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease (from 9,668 hours 
to 4,542 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden as compared 
with that identified in the information collection request most 
recently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects updated analyses of 
information related to the historical reporting patterns and the 
numbers of chemicals listed on the TSCA section 8(d) reporting rule, 
and EPA's revisions to section 8(d) reporting requirements.
    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 4, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
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