[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46502-46503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17686]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OEI-10015; FRL-6723-8]


Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Request for Comment on Renewal 
Information Collection; Correction; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Technical correction; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects an error published in the Federal 
Register of July 1, 2002, (67 FR 44213) (FRL-6723-8) concerning a 
notice announcing that EPA is planning to submit the following 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to procedures described in 5 CFR 
1320.12: Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (EPA ICR No. 1363.12, OMB No. 
2070-0093). This ICR covers the reporting and record keeping 
requirements associated with reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory 
(TRI), which appear in 40 CFR part 372. The location for the Document 
Control Office (DCO), where comments may be submitted in person or by 
courier, was incorrectly listed. Also, this notice announces that the 
TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, North East Mall, Room B-607, 
Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC, will be closed from 
August 12-27, 2002. The Center will move to the EPA West Building 
basement, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. This center 
contains the public version of the official record which is available 
for inspection. Because of these corrections, EPA is extending the 
comment period by 7 days until September 6, 2002. The comment period 
for the proposed rule was initially scheduled to close on August 30, 
2002.

DATES: Comments, identified by the docket control number OEI-10015, 
must be received by EPA on or before September 6, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, electronically, or in 
person. Please follow the detailed instructions for each method as 
provided in Unit III. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: The 
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Hotline at (800) 424-
9346 or (703) 412-9810, TDD (800) 553-7672, http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline/.
    For technical information about this Notice and the ICR renewal 
contact: Judith Kendall, Toxics Release Inventory Program Division, 
OEI, Environmental Protection Agency (2844T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 
NW, Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: 202-566-0750; Fax: 202-566-0727; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does This Notice Apply to Me?

A. Affected Entities

    Entities that will be affected by this action are those facilities 
that manufacture, process, or otherwise use certain toxic chemicals 
listed on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and which are required 
under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act of 1986 (EPCRA) to report annually to EPA their environmental 
releases and other waste management activities involving such 
chemicals.
    Currently, those industries with the following SIC code 
designations (that meet all other threshold criteria for TRI reporting) 
must report toxic chemical releases and other waste management 
activities:

 20-39, manufacturing
 10, metal mining (except for SIC codes 1011, 1081, and 1094)
 12, coal mining (except for SIC code 1241 and extraction 
activities)
 4911, 4931 and 4939, electrical utilities that combust coal 
and/or oil for the purpose of generating power for distribution in 
commerce.
 4953, RCRA Subtitle C hazardous waste treatment and disposal 
facilities
 5169, chemicals and allied products wholesale distributors
 5171, petroleum bulk plants and terminals
 7389, solvent recovery services, and
 federal facilities in any SIC code

    To determine whether you or your business is affected by this 
action, you should carefully examine the applicability provisions at 40 
CFR part 372 and section 3(a) of the Supporting Statement of the 
information collection. If you have any questions regarding the 
applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the 
person(s) listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

II. How Can I Get Additional Information or Copies of This Document or 
Other Support Documents?

A. Electronic Availability

    Electronic copies of the ICR are available from the EPA Home Page 
at the Federal Register--Environmental Documents entry for this 
document under ``Laws and Regulations'' (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/). 
An electronic copy of the collection instrument referenced in this ICR 
and instructions for its completion are available at http://www.epa.gov/triinter/#forms.

B. In Person

    The Agency has established an official record for this action under 
docket control number OEI-10015. The official record consists of the 
documents specifically referenced in this action, any public comments 
received during an applicable comment period, and other information 
related to this action, including any information claimed as 
confidential business information (CBI). This official record includes 
the documents that are physically located in the docket, as well as the 
documents that are referenced in those documents. The public version of 
the official record does not include any information claimed as CBI. 
The public version of the official record, which includes printed, 
paper versions of any electronic comments submitted during an 
applicable comment period, is available for inspection in the TSCA 
Nonconfidential Information Center, North East Mall Rm. B-607, 
Waterside Mall, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC. The Center is open from 
noon to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number of the Center is (202) 260-7099. The TSCA 
Nonconfidential Information Center will close from August 12-27, 2002. 
The Center will move to the EPA West Building basement at 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. For more information on how to 
access the information, contact James Wanzer at (202) 566-0729.

III. What Does This Notice Do?

    This notice corrects an error published in the Federal Register of 
July 1, 2002, (67 FR 44213) (FRL-6723-8), concerning a notice 
announcing that EPA is planning to submit the following continuing 
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) pursuant to procedures described in 5 CFR 1320.12: Toxic 
Chemical Release Reporting (EPA ICR No. 1363.12, OMB No. 2070-0093). 
This ICR covers the

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reporting and record keeping requirements associated with reporting to 
the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which appear in 40 CFR part 372. 
The location for the Document Control Office (DCO), where comments may 
be submitted in person or by courier was incorrectly listed. Also, this 
notice announces that the TSCA Nonconfidential Information Center, 
North East Mall, Room B-607, Waterside Mall, 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, D.C., will be closed from August 12-27, 2002.
    The Center will move to the EPA West Building basement, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. This center contains the 
public version of the official record which is available for 
inspection. Because of these corrections, EPA is extending the comment 
period by 7 days. Comments concerning EPA's notice announcing its plan 
to submit the following continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the procedures 
described in 5 CFR 1320.12: Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (EPA ICR 
No. 1363.12, OMB No. 2070-0093) are due on or before September 6, 2002. 
The comment period for the proposed rule was initially scheduled to 
close on August 30, 2002. The following is the corrected information on 
how to submit comments for EPA's ICR renewal notice.

A. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments through the mail, in person, or 
electronically. Be sure to identify the appropriate docket control 
number (i.e., ``OEI-10015'') in your correspondence.
    1. By mail. All comments should be sent in triplicate to : Document 
Control Office (7407), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 
(OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 
Ariel Rios Building, Washington, DC 20460.
    2. In person or by courier. Comments may be delivered in person or 
by courier to: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO) in the EPA East 
Building, Room 6428, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. The 
DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930.
    3. Electronically. Submit your comments electronically by e-mail 
to: ``[email protected].'' Please note that you should not submit any 
information electronically that you consider to be CBI. 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 standard computer disks in WordPerfect 6.1/8.0 or ASCII 
file format. All comments and data in electronic form must be 
identified by the docket control number OEI-10015. Electronic comments 
on this document may also be filed online at many Federal Depository 
Libraries.

B. How Should I Handle CBI Information That I Want To Submit to the 
Agency?

    All comments which contain information claimed as CBI must be 
clearly marked as such. Three sanitized copies of any comments 
containing information claimed as CBI must also be submitted and will 
be placed in the public record for this document. Persons submitting 
information on any portion of which they believe is entitled to 
treatment as CBI by EPA must assert a business confidentiality claim in 
accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for each such portion. This claim must 
be made at the time that the information is submitted to EPA. If a 
submitter does not assert a confidentiality claim at the time of 
submission, EPA will consider this as a waiver of any confidentiality 
claim and the information may be made available to the public by EPA 
without further notice to the submitter.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 372

    Environmental protection, Information collection requests, 
Reporting and record keeping requirements.

    Dated: July 5, 2002.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access, Office of 
Environmental, Information.
[FR Doc. 02-17686 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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