[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 85 (Friday, May 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23454-23455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10895]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2002-0048; FRL-7492-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 0795.11 (OMB No. 2070-0030) 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: Notification of Chemical 
Exports--TSCA Section 12(b) (EPA ICR No. 0795.11; OMB Control No. 2070-
0030). The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the 
information collection and its estimated cost and burden. On August 19, 
2002 (67 FR 53792), EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.8(d). EPA received comments from Kokopelli Chemists, Inc.; the 
Proctor & Gamble Co.; the Color Pigments Manufacturers Association, 
Inc.; and the American Chemistry Council, which are addressed as an 
attachment to the ICR.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 2, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID number OPPT-
2002-0048, to both (1) EPA online at http://www.epa.gov/edocket (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, 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-

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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-2002-0048, 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. The 
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744.
    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.
    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: Notification of Chemical Exports--TSCA Section 12(b) (EPA 
ICR No. 0795.11; OMB Control No. 2070-0030). This is a request to renew 
an approved collection that is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2003. 
Under the OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB.
    Abstract: Section 12(b)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA) requires that any person who exports or intends to export to a 
foreign country a chemical substance or mixture that is regulated under 
TSCA sections 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 submit to EPA notification of such 
export or intent to export. Upon receipt of notification, EPA will 
advise the government of the importing country of the U.S. regulatory 
action with respect to that substance. EPA uses the information 
obtained from the submitter via this collection to advise the 
government of the importing country.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 707). Respondents may claim all or part of a document 
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, unless that collection is 
specifically mandated by statute. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations in Title 40 are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 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 one hour per 
response. Under the PRA, 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: Companies that export from the 
United States to foreign countries, or that engage in wholesale sales 
of, chemical substances or mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, either once or annually.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,450 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $452,055.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,950 hours 
(from 10,400 hours to 7,450 hours) in the total estimated respondent 
burden compared with that identified in the information collection 
request most recently approved by OMB. This change reflects EPA's 
experience over the past three years, in which there has been an 
increase in the number of reporting firms but a decrease in the number 
of notices per firm than anticipated at the time of the last approval 
of this information collection. The net result is a decrease in burden 
hours (adjustment).

    Dated: April 23, 2003.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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