[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41436-41437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11608]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0050; FRL-8201-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Notification of Chemical 
Exports--TSCA Section 12(b); EPA ICR No. 0795.12, OMB No. 2070-0030

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: Notification of Chemical 
Exports--TSCA Section 12(b); EPA ICR No. 0795.12, OMB No. 2070-0030. 
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 August 21, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2005-0050 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email 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-M, 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 November 8, 2005 (70 FR 67697), 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-2005-0050, 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 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, key in the 
docket ID number identified above, then click on the ``submit'' button.
    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 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 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

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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 http://www.regulations.gov. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Notification of Chemical Exports--TSCA Section 12(b).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 0795.12, OMB Control Number 2070-0030.
    ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
    Abstract: Section 12(b)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(TSCA) requires that any person who exports or intends to export to a 
foreign country a chemical substance or mixture that is regulated under 
TSCA sections 4, 5, 6 and/or 7 submit to EPA notification of such 
export or intent to export. Upon receipt of notification, EPA will 
advise the government of the importing country of the U.S. regulatory 
action with respect to that substance. EPA uses the information 
obtained from the submitter via this collection to advise the 
government of the importing country.
    Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40 
CFR part 707). 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 0.878 
hours per response. 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 export from the United States to foreign 
countries, or that engage in wholesale sales of, chemical substances or 
mixtures.
    Frequency of Collection: Annual.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses for Each Respondent: 25.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,550 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $382,130.
    Changes in Burden Estimates: This request reflects an increase of 
100 hours (from 7,450 hours to 7,550 hours) in the total estimated 
respondent burden from that currently in the OMB inventory. This 
increase represents the net effect of an increase in the estimated 
number of notices sent to EPA and a decrease in the number of firms 
sending notices, based on EPA's recent experiences with TSCA section 
12(b) notices. This increase is an adjustment.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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