[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46503-46505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17687]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OEI-10016; FRL-6723-9]


Toxic Chemical Release Reporting; Alternate Threshold for Low 
Annual Reportable Amounts; 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 44197) (FRL-6723-9) 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 the procedures described in 5 
CFR 1320.12: Alternate Threshold for Low Annual Reportable Amounts, 
Toxic Chemical Release Reporting (EPA ICR No. 1704.06, OMB No. 2070-
0143). This ICR covers the reporting and record keeping requirements 
associated with reporting under the alternate threshold for 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-10016, 
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: 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 (2844T), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 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

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(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 of 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 sector
 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 4(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 and 
Other Support Documents

    A. Electronic Availability: Electronic copies of this Notice and 
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-10016. 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 44197) (FRL-6723-9), 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 the procedures described in 5 CFR 1320.12: 
Alternate Threshold for Low Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic Chemical 
Release Reporting (EPA ICR No. 1704.06, OMB No. 2070-0143). This ICR 
covers the reporting and record keeping requirements associated with 
reporting under the alternate threshold for 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. 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: 
Alternate Threshold for Low Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic Chemical 
Release Reporting (EPA ICR No. 1704.06, OMB No. 2070-0143) 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-10016'') 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-10016. 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

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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 recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: July 5, 2002.
Elaine G. Stanley,
Director, Office of Information Analysis and Access, Office of 
Environmental Information.
[FR Doc. 02-17687 Filed 7-12-02; 8:45 am]
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