[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19840-19841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8456]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2003-0066; FRL-7647-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic 
Substances Control Act Section 8(a), EPA ICR No. 1198.07, OMB No. 2070-
0067

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: Chemical-Specific Rules, 
Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a) (EPA ICR No. 1198.07, OMB No. 
2070-0067). This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. 
This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2004. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. This 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 14, 2004.

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2003-0066, to (1) 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: 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, 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. On December 
15, 2003, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR (68 FR 69680) 
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. Any additional comments related to this ICR should be 
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice using the 
methods described under the ADDRESSES section of this document.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2003-0066, which is available for public viewing at the 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) Docket in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room 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, and the 
telephone number for the OPPT Docket is 202-566-0280. An electronic 
version of the public docket is available through 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.
    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. For 
further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal 
Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
    ICR Title: Chemical-Specific Rules, Toxic Substances Control Act 
Section 8(a).
    Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to promulgate rules that 
require persons who manufacture, import or process chemical substances 
and mixtures, or who propose to manufacture, import, or process 
chemical substances and mixtures, to maintain such records and submit 
such reports to EPA as may be reasonably required. Any chemical covered 
by TSCA for which EPA or another Federal agency has a reasonable need 
for information and which cannot be satisfied via other sources is a 
proper potential subject for a chemical-specific TSCA section 8(a) 
rulemaking. Information that may be collected under TSCA section 8(a) 
includes, but is not limited to, chemical names, categories of use, 
production volume, byproducts of chemical production, existing data on 
deaths and environmental effects, exposure data, and disposal 
information. Generally, EPA uses chemical-specific information under 
TSCA section 8(a) to evaluate the potential for adverse human health 
and environmental effects caused by the manufacture, importation, 
processing, use or disposal of identified chemical substances and 
mixtures. Additionally, EPA may use TSCA section 8(a) information to 
assess the need or set priorities for testing and/or further regulatory 
action. To the extent that reported information is not considered 
confidential, environmental groups, environmental justice advocates, 
state and local government entities and other members of the public 
will also have access to this information for their own use.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 704). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. 
EPA will disclose information that is covered by a CBI claim only to 
the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related 
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 68.8 
hour 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: Companies that manufacture, process 
or import, or propose to manufacture, process or import, chemical 
substances and mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 4.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 275 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Costs: $11,702.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There are no changes in burden 
estimates from the last approval.

    Dated: April 2, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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