[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68859-68860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28846]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2002-0004; FRL-7407-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 1188.07 (OMB No. 2070-0038) to OMB for Review and Approval; 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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Significant New Use Rules for 
Existing Chemicals--TSCA Section 5(a) (EPA ICR No. 1188.07; OMB Control 
No. 2070-0038). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated cost and burden. 
On April 16, 2002 (67 FR 18606), with a correction on May 15, 2002 (67 
FR 34704), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). 
EPA has addressed the single comment it received.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 13, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director, 
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval 
according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. EPA has 
established a public docket for this ICR under docket ID No. OPPT-2002-
0004, which is available for public viewing at the OPPT Docket in the 
EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building Basement Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Center is open from 8 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA's 
electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 
http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public 
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are 
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then 
key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions:
    (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Document 
Control Office (DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7407M, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. OPPT-2002-
0004, and (2) Mail a copy of your comments to OMB at: Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the

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version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed 
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the 
public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, 
information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted 
by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not 
be available for public viewing in EDOCKET.
    Title: Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals--TSCA 
Section 5(a) (EPA ICR No. 1188.07; OMB Control No. 2070-0038). This is 
a request to renew an existing approved collection that is scheduled to 
expire on November 30, 2002. Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the Agency may 
continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this 
submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
provides 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 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 sections 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 notice 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.
    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 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to be about 119 hours per 
response. Burden means the total time, effort or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Manufacturers, processors, 
importers, or distributors in commerce of chemical substances or 
mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 8.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,020 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $84,306.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 12 hours (from 
1,032 hours to 1,020 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden 
compared with that identified in the information collection request 
most recently approved by OMB. This change results from updating 
estimates based upon historical information on SNURs promulgated by the 
EPA (adjustment). Based upon revised estimates, the number of SNUNs 
estimated to be received annually has increased from 3 to 5. 
Additionally, the estimated number of chemicals per SNUR has increased 
from 34 to 65.5. However, the estimated annual number of SNURs has 
decreased from 10 to 3 based upon historical information. A final 
change was the inclusion of burden hours to cover the time companies 
may use to verify that their chemicals are on the SNUR (adjustment). 
The changes result in an overall decrease in notification burden. The 
overall result of these adjustments is a decrease in estimated burden.

    Dated: November 4, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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