[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71824-71825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6698]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OPPT-2005-0009; FRL-8003-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 5(a)(2) Significant 
New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals; EPA ICR No. 1188.08, OMB Control 
No. 2070-0038

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: TSCA Section 5(a)(2) 
Significant New Use Rules for Existing Chemicals; EPA ICR No. 1188.08, 
OMB No. 2070-0038. This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection, that is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2006. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 30, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2005-0009, 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 March 23, 2005 (70 FR 14674), EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two comments 
during the comment period, which are addressed in the Supporting 
Statement of the ICR. Any comments related to this ICR should be 
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OPPT-2005-0009, which is available for online viewing at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or in person 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. 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

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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 go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: TSCA section 5(a)(2) Significant New Use Rules for Existing 
Chemicals.
    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 721). 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 be 118.9 
hours per response. 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: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 861 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $51,030.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 159 hours (from 
1,020 hours to 861 hours) in the total estimated respondent burden 
compared with that identified in the information collection request 
most recently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA's updating of 
burden estimates for this collection based upon historical information 
on the number of chemicals per SNUR. Based upon revised estimates, the 
number of chemicals per SNUR has decreased from 65.5 to 41, with a 
corresponding decrease in the associated burden. This change is an 
adjustment.

    Dated: November 22, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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