[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29144-29145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7650]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0019; FRL-8172-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Health and Safety Data Reporting, 
Submission of Lists and Copies of Health and Safety Studies (TSCA 
Section 8(d)); EPA ICR No. 0575.10, OMB No. 2070-0004

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. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection that is scheduled to expire on May 31, 
2006. 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 June 19, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2005-0019, to (1) EPA online using http://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 April 6, 2005 (70 FR 17444), EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR, 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. 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-2005-0019, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov 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 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, key in the docket ID 
number identified above, then click the ``submit'' button.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in 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 
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 
Regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic docket go 
to http://www.Regulations.gov.
    Title: Health and Safety Data Reporting, Submission of Lists and 
Copies of Health and Safety Studies [TSCA Section 8(d)].
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0575.10, OMB Control Number 2070-0004.
    Abstract: Section 8(d) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
and 40 CFR part 716 require manufacturers and processors of chemicals 
to submit lists and copies of health and safety studies relating to the 
health and/or environmental effects of certain chemical substances and 
mixtures. In order to comply with the reporting requirements of section 
8(d), respondents must search their records to identify any health and 
safety studies in their possession, copy and process relevant studies, 
list studies that are currently in progress, and submit this 
information to EPA.
    EPA uses this information to construct a complete picture of the 
known effects of the chemicals in question, leading to determinations 
by EPA of whether additional testing of the chemicals is required. The 
information enables EPA to base its testing decisions on the most 
complete information available and to avoid demands for testing that 
may be duplicative. EPA will use information obtained via this 
collection to support its investigation of the risks posed by chemicals 
and, in particular, to support its decisions on whether to require 
industry to test chemicals under section 4 of TSCA.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 716). 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 19 hours 
per respondent. 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

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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: 34.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,278 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $61,129.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,066 hours 
(from 2,334 hours to 1,278 hours) in the total estimated respondent 
burden compared with that identified in the information collection 
request most recently approved by OMB. This change is due to 
adjustments in the estimates to better reflect EPA's experience with 
the 1998 revisions to the TSCA section 8(d) reporting standards that 
reduced reporting burden. The last ICR renewal estimated reporting 
burden by projecting responses based on historical reporting from rules 
prior to the 1998 revisions. The data used to project future responses 
for this ICR renewal are limited to reports for chemicals added to the 
section 8(d) list after the 1998 revisions. The new estimates are based 
solely on experience with the 2004 list of section 8(d) chemicals (the 
first chemicals added to the list since the 1998 revisions to the 
regulations). As a result, EPA has reduced the estimated number of 
reports that will be submitted in the future. This change is an 
adjustment.

    Dated: May 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-7650 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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