[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78447-78448]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32389]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2002-0014; FRL-7427-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0575.09 (OMB No. 2070-0004) 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: Health and Safety Data 
Reporting, Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies 
[EPA ICR No. 0575.09; OMB Control No. 2070-0004]. The ICR, which is 
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection 
and its estimated cost and burden. On May 21, 2002 (67 FR 35806), EPA 
sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 
no comments.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before January 23, 
2003.

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

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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-2002-0014, 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-
0014, 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 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: Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and 
Copies of Health and Safety Studies (EPA ICR No. 0575.09; OMB Control 
No. 2070-0004). This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2003. Under the 
PRA regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
and 40 CFR part 716 require 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 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.
    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 4 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 distributers in commerce of chemical substances or 
mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 569.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,344 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $203,512.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,198 hours 
(from 4,542 hours to 2,344 hours) in the total estimated respondent 
burden compared with that identified in the information collection 
request most recently approved by OMB. This adjustment results from an 
updated analysis of the historical reporting patterns and the number of 
chemicals listed on the section 8(d) reporting rule. Specifically, 
because no new chemicals were added to the rule during the previous ICR 
reporting period, the number of chemicals added during the 1993 through 
1996 period were averaged over eight-years (1993 through 2000) to 
provide an estimate of expected reporting over the coming three-year 
period of this ICR renewal. Unit burden estimates have not changed.

    Dated: December 17, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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