[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67162-67163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22033]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2005-0003; FRL-7994-1; Docket ID  OPPT-2005-0003]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements for Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human 
Health or the Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08, OMB 
No. 2070-0017

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: Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements for Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human 
Health or the Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08, OMB 
No. 2070-0017. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature 
of the information collection activity and its expected burden and 
costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 5, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2005-0003, 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, Mail Code: 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 February 9, 2005, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR 
(70 FR 6857), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment 
during the comment period, which is addressed in the Supporting 
Statement of the ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2005-0003, which is available for public viewing at the 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 Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280. An electronic version of the public 
docket is available through 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.

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    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. 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: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Allegations 
of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human Health or the Environment 
(TSCA Section 8(c)).
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires companies that manufacture, 
process, or distribute chemicals to maintain records of significant 
adverse reactions to health or the environment alleged to have been 
caused by such chemicals. Since section 8(c) includes no automatic 
reporting provision, EPA can obtain and use the information contained 
in company files only by inspecting those files or requiring reporting 
of records that relate to specific substances of concern. Therefore, 
under certain conditions, and using the provisions found in 40 CFR part 
717, EPA may require companies to report such allegations to the 
Agency.
    EPA uses such information on a case-specific basis to corroborate 
suspected adverse health or environmental effects of chemicals already 
under review by EPA. The information is also useful to identify trends 
of adverse effects across the industry that may not be apparent to any 
one chemical company.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR 717). 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 total annual public burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to be about 24,550 hours, with 
the burden ranging between 15 minutes and 8 hours per response 
depending upon the type(s) of activity that a respondent must complete. 
Burden is 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are companies that manufacture, process, import, or 
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 13,445.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24,548 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $1,232,417.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 5,391 hours 
(from 29,939 hours to 24,548 hours) in the total estimated respondent 
burden compared with that identified in the information collection 
request most recently approved by OMB. This decrease is an adjustment 
and is based on several factors that are described in detail in the 
ICR.

    Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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