[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76050-76051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7725]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0006; FRL-8013-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Partial Update of the TSCA 
Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR 
Number 1884.03, OMB Number 2070-0162

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: Partial Update of the TSCA 
Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR 
No. 1884.03, OMB No. 2070-0162. 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 January 23, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2005-0006, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (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 14677), EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this 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. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0006, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.epa.gov/edocket, or in person inspection 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 www.regulations.gov 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 www.regulations.gov 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 
www.regulations.gov. 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 www.regulations.gov. For further information about 
the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, 
Production and Site Reports.
    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: The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Section 8(b), 
requires EPA to compile and keep current a complete list of chemical 
substances manufactured or processed in the United States. EPA updates 
this inventory of chemicals every four years by requiring 
manufacturers, processors and importers to provide production volume, 
plant site information and site-limited status information. This 
information allows EPA to identify what chemicals are or are not 
currently in commerce and to take appropriate regulatory action as 
necessary. EPA also uses the information for screening chemicals for 
risks to human health or the environment, for priority-setting efforts, 
and for exposure estimates.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR 710). 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

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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 range between 
265 hours and 609 hours per response, depending upon the type(s) of 
chemical(s) that a respondent must report. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are companies that manufacture, process or import chemical 
substances, mixtures or categories.
    Frequency of Collection: Every four years.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,026.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 413,575 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $28,362,706.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects a decrease of 2 
hours (from 413,577 hours to 413,575 hours) in the total estimated 
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory, reflecting 
a rounding error. This change is an adjustment.

    Dated: December 14, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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