[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 116 (Friday, June 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34928-34929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5469]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0043; FRL-8184-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Substantial Risk 
of Injury to Health and the Environment Under TSCA Sec. 8(e); EPA ICR; 
No. 0794.11, OMB No. 2070-0046

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 the submission of an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval: (Notification of Substantial Risk of Injury to 
Health and the Environment Under TSCA Sec. 8(e); EPA ICR No. 0794.11, 
OMB No. 2070-0046. This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection that is scheduled to expire on June 30, 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 July 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2005-0043, 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 October 20, 2005 (70 FR 611240, EPA sought comments on this 
renewal ICR. EPA sought comments on this 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-2005-0043, 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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose pubic 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 http://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, as

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whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in 
the official public docket, and will not be available for public 
viewing in http://www.regulations.gov. For further information about 
the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Notification of Substantial Risk of Injury to Health and the 
Environmental under TSCA Sec. 8(e).
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2006. Under OMB 
regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
requires that any person who manufactures, imports, processes or 
distributes in commerce a chemical substance or mixture and which 
obtains information that reasonably supports the conclusion that such 
substance or mixture presents a substantial risk of injury to health or 
the environment must immediately inform EPA of such information. EPA 
routinely disseminates TSCA section 8(e) data it receives to other 
Federal agencies to provide information about newly discovered chemical 
hazards and risks.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 15 
U.S.C. 2607(e)). 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 
between 5 hours and 51 hours per response, depending upon the type of 
submission. 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, import, process or 
distribute in commerce a chemical substance or mixture and which obtain 
information that reasonably supports the conclusion that such substance 
or mixture presents a substantial risk of injury to health or the 
environment.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated average number of responses for each respondent: 1.3.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 345.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 18,135 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $979,290.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects an increase of 
11,704 hours (from 6,431 hours to 18,135 hours) in the total estimated 
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. This 
increase is primarily due to an increase in estimated managerial and 
technical staff time to review and evaluate data to determine section 
8(e) reportability, as well as the incorporation of two additional 
factors not previously considered separately, based on industry 
comments on the proposed ICR published in the Federal Register. 
Estimated managerial and staff time to review and evaluate data was 
revised upward from 25 to 45 hours, considering that many large 
companies may depend on a committee or team rather than one person to 
decide whether data are reportable. The other factors added to the 
estimate of submitter reporting burden are staff training for TSCA 8(e) 
regulatory requirements (4 hours per submission) and taking into 
account the time and resources needed to review data that may not be 
ultimately reported (estimated to be 50% of the number of initial 
section 8(e) submissions). This change is an adjustment.

    Dated: June 8, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 06-5469 Filed 6-15-06; 8:45 am]
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